Jessie Lin

Jessie is a research agricultural economist in the International Trade and Development Branch of the Market and Trade Economics Division at the USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS).

Prior to joining ERS in 2023, Jessie was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Goettingen’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, in the Chair of Environmental and Resource Economics . In this research position, she was associated with the research training group “Sustainable Food Systems”. She has also worked as a policy analyst consultant for the United Nations’s Food and Agricultural Organization. Jessie’s research has primarily focused on the role of institutions and how the institutions affect agricultural value chains and agricultural productivity.

Ph.D.: University of Goettingen (Germany)

M.Sc.: University of Hohenheim (Germany)

MPP: University of Maryland

BA: University of Utah

Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

European Association of Agricultural Economists

Lin, J., & M. Wollni. 2024. "Milk, money, and gender: Exploring the link between women's decision‐making in dairy production and welfare investments in boys versus girls," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie.

Lin, J., D. D. D. Fiankor, & G. Rosero. 2024. "Revisiting the role of governance and institutions on agricultural production", Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

Ma, M., J. Lin, & R. Sexton. 2022. “Smallholder Versus Large-Scale Farming Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Economies: A Welfare Analysis,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Lin, J. 2021. “Fiji’s Participation in the Global Coconut Value Chain: Opportunities and Challenges,”  Journal of Agribusiness in Development and Emerging Economies.

Lin, J., I. Flachsbarth, & S. von Cramon-Taubadel. 2020. “The Role of Institutional Quality on the Performance in the Export of Coconut Products,” Agricultural Economics