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49
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1415
National Ranking
860

Overview

Joshua Graff Zivin is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans topics primarily related to environmental economics, health, and the economic impacts of climate factors.

The scientist has published extensively, with significant contributions appearing in journals such as the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Development Economics, and SSRN Electronic Journal. They have also contributed to research featured in UNC Libraries and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Frequent coauthors include Matthew Neidell, Harsha Thirumurthy, Gregor Singer, Nicholas Sanders, and Markus Goldstein.

Their recent papers include:

  • Temperature and high-stakes cognitive performance: Evidence from the national college entrance examination in China, 2020, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  • The unintended impacts of agricultural fires: Human capital in China, 2020, Journal of Development Economics

Joshua Graff Zivin has also contributed to the book "Human Capital and Climate Change," published by World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks in 2023.

Their research covers several subfields of study, including:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • General Health Professions
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Accounting

Main topics of their work are centered on:

  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses

Joshua Graff Zivin's research frequently appears in publication venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  • Journal of Development Economics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • The Impact of Pollution on Worker Productivity

    Joshua S. Graff Zivin;Matthew J Neidell

  • Incentives and creativity: evidence from the academic life sciences

    Pierre Azoulay;Joshua S. Graff Zivin;Gustavo Manso

  • Temperature and the Allocation of Time: Implications for Climate Change

    Joshua Graff Zivin;Matthew J Neidell

  • PARTICULATE POLLUTION AND THE PRODUCTIVITY OF PEAR PACKERS

    Tom Chang;Joshua S. Graff Zivin;Tal Gross;Matthew J Neidell

  • Environment, Health, and Human Capital

    Joshua Graff Zivin;Matthew Neidell

  • The Effect of Pollution on Worker Productivity: Evidence from Call-Center Workers in China

    Tom Y. Chang;Joshua Graff Zivin;Tal Gross;Matthew Neidell

  • Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of marginal emissions: Implications for electric cars and other electricity-shifting policies

    Joshua S. Graff Zivin;Joshua S. Graff Zivin;Matthew J. Kotchen;Matthew J. Kotchen;Erin T. Mansur;Erin T. Mansur

  • Temperature and Human Capital in the Short and Long Run

    Joshua S. Graff Zivin;Solomon M Hsiang;Matthew J Neidell

  • Economic burden of a gluten-free diet

    Anne Lee;DL Ng;Joshua Graff Zivin;Phr Green

  • Public R&D Investments and Private-sector Patenting: Evidence from NIH Funding Rules

    Pierre Azoulay;Joshua S. Graff Zivin;Danielle Li;Bhaven N. Sampat

  • Days of haze: Environmental information disclosure and intertemporal avoidance behavior

    Joshua Graff Zivin;Matthew Neidell

  • Does science advance one funeral at a time

    Pierre Azoulay;Christian Fons-Rosen;Joshua S. Graff Zivin

  • The Economic Impact of AIDS Treatment; Labor Supply in Western Kenya

    Harsha Thirumurthy;Joshua Graff Zivin;Markus Goldstein

  • Rotator cuff repair: an analysis of utility scores and cost-effectiveness

    Mark A. Vitale;Michael G. Vitale;Joshua G. Zivin;Joshua G. Zivin;Jonathan P. Braman

  • What Do We Know About Short- and Long-Term Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Pollution?

    Janet Currie;Joshua S. Graff Zivin;Jamie Mullins;Matthew J Neidell

  • Understanding the Solar Home price premium: Electricity generation and ''Green'' social status $

    Samuel R. Dastrup;Joshua Graff Zivin;Dora L. Costa;Matthew E. Kahn

  • Gray Matters: Fetal Pollution Exposure and Human Capital Formation

    Prashant Bharadwaj;Matthew Gibson;Joshua Graff Zivin;Christopher A Neilson

  • How Do Doctors Behave When Some (But Not All) of Their Patients are in Managed Care

    Sherry Glied;Joshua Graff Zivin

  • Global drug-resistance patterns and the management of latent tuberculosis infection in immigrants to the United States

    Kamran Khan;Peter Muennig;Maryam Behta;Joshua Graff Zivin

  • Economic effects of pharmacists on health outcomes in the United States: A systematic review

    Marie A. Chisholm-Burns;Joshua S. Graff Zivin;Jeannie Kim Lee;Christina A. Spivey

  • Water Quality Violations and Avoidance Behavior: Evidence from Bottled Water Consumption

    Joshua Graff Zivin;Matthew Neidell;Wolfram Schlenker

  • The Economic Impact of AIDS Treatment: Labor Supply in Western Kenya

    Harsha Thirumurthy;Markus Goldstein;Joshua Graff Zivin

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Neidell
Matthew Neidell Columbia University
Harsha Thirumurthy
Harsha Thirumurthy University of Pennsylvania
Sherry Glied
Sherry Glied New York University
David Zilberman
David Zilberman University of California, Berkeley
Erin T. Mansur
Erin T. Mansur Dartmouth College
Matthew J. Kotchen
Matthew J. Kotchen Yale University
Matthew E. Kahn
Matthew E. Kahn University of Southern California
Janet Currie
Janet Currie Princeton University
Dora L. Costa
Dora L. Costa University of California, Los Angeles
Solomon Hsiang
Solomon Hsiang University of California, Berkeley

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