Environment & Energy
J-PAL’s Environment & Energy sector measures the real-world impacts of energy and environmental policies, particularly on energy access, pollution reduction, and climate change mitigation and resilience.
Publication
Envirodevonomics: A Research Agenda for a Young Field
Why is environmental quality so poor in developing countries despite its high health and economic costs? J-PAL affiliates Michael Greenstone and Kelsey Jack propose four explanations and lay out a...
News
Engaging Consumers to Promote Sustainable Fishing in Chile
Sernapesca partnered with J-PAL affiliate and Environment and Energy sector co-chair Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale) and Andrés Gonzalez (UC Berkeley) to conduct a randomized evaluation comparing a consumer...
affiliate
Catherine Wolfram
Catherine Wolfram is the Cora Jane Flood Professor of Business Administration at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
Evaluation
Are Consumers Poorly-Informed about Fuel Economy? Evidence from Two Experiments
Consumers often lack information about fuel economy when purchasing vehicles. Researchers provided fuel economy information to potential car buyers in both dealership and online settings to measure...
Evaluation
The Demand for and Costs of Rural Electrification in Kenya
Over the past century, rural electrification has served as a key benchmark for economic development and social progress. Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to measure the impact of...
Publication
Truth-Telling in Third-Party Audits
Changing the market for environmental audits to incentivize accurate reporting in Gujarat, India made auditors more likely to report the truth about industrial plants’ pollution levels. In response,...
Publication
Up in Smoke
In Odisha, India improved cooking stoves did not reduce smoke exposure, improve health, or reduce fuel usage of recipients because they were not used regularly and recipients did not invest to...
