A Perspective on the Market for Agricultural Economists: Background, Trends, and Issues

Wallace Huffman and Larry J. Connor

ISU General Staff Papers from Iowa State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper summarizes broad trends in the market for and training of agricultural economists, models of professional labor markets, and key issues facing the agricul- tural economics profession. The number of U.S. Ph.D. agricultural economists grew at a 7 percent rate during 1973 to 1983. An increasing share of them are being employed in business-industry. Some issues facing the profession are: potential imbal- ance in Ph.D.s supplied and demanded, type and quality of graduate education needed to meet diverse job roles of doctor- ates, demand growth potential for masters level agricultural economists

Date: 1986-07-01
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