Using longitudinal survey data from western Kenya, this paper estimates the economic impacts of antiretroviral treatment. The responses in two important outcomes are studied: (1) labor supply of adult AIDS patients receiving treatment; and (2) labor supply of patients’ household members. We...

This paper reports on the results of two field experiments examining the impact of providing information on how a consumer’s own electricity use translates into its monthly electricity bill on how that consumer responds to a nonlinear retail price schedule for electricity. Across the two...

The fires in Los Angeles ignited in January 2025. I will use this shock to sketch out my main themes as I will explore the microeconomics of natural disasters as I focus on the causes and consequences of extreme weather events; including hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, extreme heat, and...

This paper builds on Graves' (1979) migration research on climate demand and on Rosen's (1974) research agenda of identifying structural demand parameters for capitalized non-market amenities. Graves (1972, 1982, 1985) has used aggregated migration net flow data to quantify migratory...