Staff Biographical Page: Elise Golan

Briefly

Elise Golan is Deputy Director for Research and Product Coordinator for ERS’s Food Economics Division. Her research has focused on the economics of food choice, the distributional consequences of food policy, the economics of food labeling, traceability, product differentiation, and domestic and international food safety policy.

Background

Before joining ERS, Elise did consulting work for, among others, the World Bank, the International Labour Organization, and the California Department of Finance. She served as a senior staff economist on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers from 1998-99.

Education

Elise received her Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the University of California at Berkeley and completed a post-doctorate fellowship focusing on environmental economics at the University of Haifa, Israel. She did her undergraduate studies in economics at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Professional Affiliations

Elise is a member of the American Association of Agricultural Economists and is past president of the Food Safety and Nutrition Section of the AAEA.

Publications

ERS publications by this author

Selected Publications

Fred Kuchler, Elise Golan, Jayachandran N. Variyam, and Stephen R. Crutchfield (2005). "Obesity Policy and the Law of Unintended Consequences," ERS, Amber Waves (June): 26-33

Elise Golan, Tanya Roberts, Elisabete Salay, Julie Caswell, Michael Ollinger, and Danna Moore (2004). Food Safety Innovations in the United States: Evidence from the Meat Industry, Agricultural Economics Report, Number 831, Economic Research Service, USDA.

Elise Golan, Tanya Roberts, and Michael Ollinger (2004). Savvy Buyers Spur Food Safety Innovations in Meat Processing, ERS, Amber Waves (April):22-29.

Elise Golan, Barry Krissoff, Fred Kuchler, Kenneth Nelson, Gregory Price, and Linda Calvin (2004). Traceability in the U.S. Food Supply: Economic Theory and Industry Studies, Agricultural Economics Report, Number 830, Economic Research Service, USDA.

Elise Golan, Barry Krissoff, Fred Kuchler (2004). Food Traceability: One Ingredient in a Safe and Efficient Food Supply, ERS, Amber Waves (April):14-21.

Robbin Shoemaker, D. Demcey Johnson, and Elise Golan (2003). Consumers and the Future of Biotech Foods in the United States, ERS, Amber Waves (November):30-36.

Kenneth Hanson, Elise Golan, Stephen Vogel, and Jennifer Olmsted (2002). Tracing the Impacts of Food Assistance Programs on Agriculture and Consumers: A Computable General Equilibrium Model, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Report, No. FANRR18 (May).

Jay Variyam and Elise Golan (2002). New Health Information is Reshaping Food Choices, ERS FoodReview No. 25-1 (May).

Elise Golan, Fred Kuchler, and Lorraine Mitchell (with contributions from Catherine Green and Amber Jessup) (2000). Economics of Food Labeling, Agricultural Economics Report, Number 793, Economic Research Service, USDA.

Elise H. Golan, Paul D. Frenzen, Stephen J. Vogel, and Katherine L. Ralston (2000). Tracing the Costs and Benefits of Improvements in Food Safety: The Case of HACCP for Meat and Poultry, Agricultural Economics Report, Number 791, Economic Research Service, USDA.

Kuchler, Fred and Elise Golan (1999). Assigning Values to Life: Comparing Methods for Valuing Health Risks, Agricultural Economics Report, No. 784, Economic Research Service, USDA.