Alex Marré is a regional economist at the Baltimore branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. He monitors and briefs the public on regional economic conditions and conducts research on economic issues in the Fifth Federal Reserve District.
Marré was elected chair of the Community and Regional Economics Network (2013-2015) and selected as a Rural Development Topic Leader for the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2017-2018). His research has informed the White House Rural Council, the National Academies of Sciences-Geographical Sciences Committee, the National Science Foundation, the Southern Legislative Conference, and the American Association of Community Colleges’ Commission on Small and Rural Colleges, among others. His papers have appeared in the Journal of Economic Geography, the Journal of Regional Science and the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Marré earned a doctorate in agricultural and resource economics from Oregon State University in 2009, a master's degree in economics from Fordham University in 2004, and a bachelor's degree in economics with a minor in mathematics at Seattle University.
"The Net Worth of Households: Is There a Rural Difference?" In Rural Wealth Creation, edited by J.L. Pender, B.A. Weber, T.G. Johnson and J.M. Fannin, Routledge Press, 2014.
"Measuring Rural Wealth: Valuing Human Capital and Built Capital at the Community Level." In Rural Wealth Creation, edited by J.L. Pender, B.A. Weber, T.G. Johnson and J.M. Fannin, Routledge Press, 2014.
Marré discussed economic conditions in Columbia, Md.
Rural Education at a Glance, 2017 Edition. Economic Information Bulletin EIB-171, U.S. Department of Agriculture, April 2017.
"College Education in the Post-Recession Rural Economy. CHOICES Magazine 29, no. 2 (Second Quarter 2014): 1-5.
Rural Employment Trends in Recession and Recovery (with Thomas Hertz, Lorin Kusmin and Timothy Parker). Economic Research Report ERR-172, U.S. Department of Agriculture, August 2014.
Rural Wealth Creation: Concepts, Strategies and Measures (with John Pender and Richard Reeder). Economic Research Report ERR-131, U.S. Department of Agriculture, March 2012.
Economic Assessment of Appalachia: An Appalachian Regional Development Initiative Report (contributor). Appalachian Regional Commission, June 2010.
