Research

Published Articles

Heat and Learning
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy | 2020 | with Joshua Goodman, Mike Hurwitz, and Jonathan Smith

Hot Temperature and High Stakes Performance
Journal of Human Resources | 2020

Learning is Inhibited by Heat Exposure, Both Internationally and Within the U.S.
Nature Human Behavior | 2020 | with Joshua Goodman and A. Patrick Behrer

The effect of natural disasters on human capital in the United States
Nature Human Behavior | 2023 | with Isaac Opper and Lucas Husted

High temperatures and electricity disconnections for low-income homes in California
Nature Energy | 2022 | with Alan Barreca and Paul Stainier

Workers and the Green-Energy Transition: Evidence from 300 Million Job Transitions
Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy | 2023 | with Mark Curtis and Layla O’Kane

Heat Stress and the Labour Force
Nature Reviews: Earth and Environment | forthcoming | with Shouro Dasgupta, Elizabeth Robinson, Simon Gosling, Soheil Shayegh, and Francesco Bosello,

Heat has Larger Impacts on Labor In Poorer Areas
Environmental Research Communications | 2021 | with A. Patrick Behrer, David Keith, Colleen Golja, and Gernot Wagner

Households and Heat Stress: Estimating the Distributional Consequences of Climate Change
Environment and Development Economics | 2018 | with Mook Bangalore, Stephane Hallegatte, and Evan Sandhoefner

Temperature Stress and the Direct Impact of Climate Change: A Review of an Emerging Literature
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy | 2016 | with Geoffrey Heal

Combining multiple climate policy instruments: how not to do it
Climate Change Economics | 2011 | with Sam Fankhauser and Cameron Hepburn

Working Papers

Temperature, Workplace Safety, and Labor Market Inequality
with Nora Pankratz and A. Patrick Behrer

Inequality in Workplace Climate Exposure
with Paul Stainier

Will We Adapt? Temperature, Labor, and Adaptation to Climate Change (draft available upon request)
with A. Patrick Behrer

In Progress

Outside Options and Working Conditions
with Anna Stansbury

Labor Market Frictions and Adaptation to Climate Change
with A. Patrick Behrer and Mike Dalton

Climate Shocks and Consumer Credit
with Bret Stevens, Alan Barreca, and Nora Pankratz

Books

Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World
Princeton University Press | 2024

Other Publications

We Don’t See What Climate Change is Doing to Us
The New York Times Guest Essay | 2024

Impacts of Warming Temperatures on Education and Learning
Econofact | 2020

Air Condition Sweltering Schools to Close Racial Achievement Gaps
USA Today | 2019

Heat Isn’t Just a Nuisance to Students; It’s a Barrier to Learning
The Hill | 2018 | with Joshua Goodman, Mike Hurwitz, and Jonathan Smith

Economic Modeling of Climate Change
Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges, and Decisions, Cambridge University Press | 2011 | with Cameron Hepburn