SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLICY
Congressional Hearing – House Select Committee on Climate Crisis. July 2021
Written Testimony | Oral Testimony | Full Hearing
SELECTED PRESS COVERAGE (BY PAPER)
“Workers and the Green Energy Transition: Evidence from 300 Million Job Transitions.” 2023. Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy
The Guardian, Quartz
“The effect of natural disasters on human capital in the United States.” 2023. Nature Human Behavior
Scientific American
“Temperature, Workplace Safety, and Labor Market Inequality.” 2021. IZA Discussion Paper
The Financial Times, The New York Times (1), The Guardian, LA Times, Vox, The Economic Times, Yahoo Finance, UCLA Anderson Forecast, Science News, NPR, LAist, The New York Times (2)
“Learning is Inhibited by Hotter Temperature: Both Internationally and within the United States.” 2020. Nature Human Behavior
The New York Times (1), The Guardian, Scientific American, U.S. White House Council of Economic Advisors Blog, Seattle Times, The New York Times (2)
“Heat and Learning.” 2020. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
The New York Times, The Washington Post (1), The Washington Post (2), The Wall Street Journal, PBS, BBC News, NPR, USA Today, Reuters
US News & World Report, Marketwatch, Bloomberg, Axios, ThinkProgress, The Telegraph, HuffPost UK, Business Standard (India), The Hill, KPCC, Public News Service, CTV (1), CTV (2), Chalkbeat
“Hot Temperature and High Stakes Performance.” 2020. Journal of Human Resources
The New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC News, KCRW, The 74 Million, Joongang Ilbo (Korean Daily), Chalkbeat, WYPR (radio), Marginal Revolution, TBS radio, NRC Netherlands, NPR
“Reflections – Temperature Stress and the Direct Impacts of Climate Change: A Review of An Emerging Literature.” 2016. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy
BBC News, The Globe and Mail
“Will We Adapt? Temperature, Labor, and Adaptation to Climate Change.” 2016. Harvard Project on Climate Agreements Working Paper
Vox
SELECTED PRESS & INTERVIEWS
The Guardian, “Transition from ‘dirty’ to green U.S. jobs rises, leaving older workers behind.” August, 2023
The New York Times ,”Heat is Costing the U.S. Economy Billions in Lost Productivity”. July, 2023
The Financial Times, “A hotter planet will expose divides in the world of work.” August, 2022
Marketplace, “Heat Waves Perilous for Delivery Truck Drivers.” August, 2022
Crooked Media, America Dissected, “The Last Best Chance.” November, 2021
UCLA Anderson Business School Forecast Direct, “How Climate Change and Weather Directly Affect Labor.” August, 2021
The New York Times, “Work Injuries Tied to Heat are Vastly Undercounted, Study Finds.” July, 2021
Marketplace, “More frequent, extreme heat waves linked to workplace injuries.” July, 2021
The New York Times, “How California Became Ground Zero for Climate Disasters.” September, 2020
NPR, Hidden Brain, “Heat and Learning. What’s the Connection?” May, 2020
PBS New Hour, “The hotter the planet grows, the less children are learning” September, 2019
Marketplace, “Heat waves reveal another cost of climate change.” July, 2019
NPR, Morning Edition, “Heat making you lethargic? Research shows it can slow your brain.” July, 2018
NRC Netherlands, “De werkvloer moet blijvend rekening houden met de hitte (The workplace must permanently take the heat into account).” July, 2018
The New York Times, “Temperatures Rise, and We’re Cooked.” September, 2016
SELECTED PUBLIC TALKS