Jeffrey Shrader

I was interviewed for Signals of Change. Check out the episode here. We talk about climate adaptation, weather forecasts, and what environmental economists can do to better understand climate change impacts.

Alex Mechanick and I have published an article on how economics research can better influence regulatory policy. You can find it here.

The blog post “Progress In Reducing Child Mortality” has been updated!

Emma Du Puy and I have released a working paper on estimating the cost of climate change adaptation in the agricultural sector in France. Come for the amazing farm-level data and stay for unique empirical estimates of the costs and benefits of farmer responses to a warming climate!

Manuel and I have written a new version of “Global Inequalities in Weather Forecasts”. It now analyzes more weather variable (adding precipitation), includes new analysis of seasonal forecasts, decomposes forecast accuracy differences across countries based on geography and weather-observing infrastructure, and more. The key message still remains: despite progress, weather forecasts are still substantially worse, on average, in low-income countries around the world.

Working Under the Sun: The Role of Occupation in Temperature-Related Mortality in Mexico has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Human Resources.