Research

The Legacy of Natural Disasters: The Intergenerational Impact of 100 Years of Natural Disasters in Latin America

Examines the long-run effects of childhood exposure to natural disasters across Latin America and shows that consequences for education, health and welfare can persist into adulthood and across generations.

Heat Exposure and Youth Migration in Central America and the Caribbean

With Javier Baez, Valerie Mueller and Chiyu Niu

Links census information with georeferenced climate data to examine how young people adjust migration decisions in response to heat exposure.

Spillover Effects of the Venezuelan Crisis: Migration Impacts in Colombia

With Valerie Mueller and Christian Gomez

Uses high-frequency administrative data to study employment, wage and poverty effects associated with large migration flows into Colombia.

Detailed Geographic Information, Conflict Exposure, and Health Impacts

With Richard Akresh and Harsha Thirumurthy

Shows why the geographic precision used to measure exposure to conflict can materially change estimates of its effects on children's health.

Leveraging Unsupervised Machine Learning to Examine Women's Vulnerability to Climate Change

With Valerie Mueller and Alexis Villacis

Uses unsupervised machine learning to identify drought exposure and examine its consequences for women's vulnerability and early marriage in Malawi.

Climate Changes Affect Human Capital

With Ilan Noy and Ines de Marco

Develops a framework for understanding how climate change affects human capital directly through health and wellbeing and indirectly through markets, infrastructure and economic systems.