Research Highlights

What are the effects of power outages on economic activity?

Could home delivery of locally-treated water increase access to clean drinking water?

How do rainfall and rising sea levels together shape mortality risks in coastal megacities like Mumbai?

Did the eradication of the sparrow in China contribute to the greatest famine in history?

How does extreme heat affect dairy productivity, and can farmers adapt?

What impact will climate change have on crops, and to what extent do adaptation measures help?

By Michael Greenstone, Rohini Pande, Nicholas Ryan, and Anant Sudarshan Context Air pollution is one of India’s foremost public-health concerns, with the average person in India losing about 3.5 years of life expectancy. Policymakers have struggled to reduce industrial pollution,...

Do habitat protections decrease home value or delay development?

If oil producers were to anticipate a long-run decline in demand for oil, how would they respond?

Does electricity access bring small villages out of poverty?