Inequality in Well-Being Increasing in the United States
New research by School of Economics Associate Professor Shatakshee Dhongde combines multidimensional inequality measurements to better understand disparity in the United States.
Habit and Skill Retention in Recycling
New research from Dylan Brewer, an assistant professor at Georgia Tech's School of Economics, and Samantha Cameron, an alumna of the School and Ph.D. student at the University of California-Davis, suggests that pausing recycling programs may not have long-term effects on recycling habits.
Tipping the Scale: Why Utility-scale Solar Avoids a Solar Rebound and What It Means for U.S. Solar Policy
Imagine a household that consumes 1,000 kilowatt hours of energy per month. Then they install solar panels on their roof that generate 500 kilowatt hours of electricity per month on average. How much should their consumption of electricity drawn from the power grid decline after they install solar? Five hundred kilowatt hours is the expectation, but in reality, it’s less than that for most people. Now, they’re consuming more than 1,000 kilowatt hours per month.
Managerial Human Capital and Corporate R&D Investment
Professor Haizheng Li and School of Economics alumna Jing Xu published "Managerial Human Capital and Corporate R&D Investment" in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. They write:
Advances in Causal Inference at the Intersection of Air Pollution and Health Outcomes
Professor and School Chair Laura Taylor and assistant professors Dylan Brewer and Daniel Dench published "Advances in Causal Inference at the Intersection of Air Pollution and Health Outcomes" in the Annual Reviews of Resource Economics. Brewer writes:
Preheating Prosocial Behaviour
Assistant Professor Casey Wichman's paper "Preheating Prosocial Behaviour" was published in The Economic Journal. Wichman writes: