How developing the renewable energy sector increased employment in Brazil The development of the wind energy sector in Brazil improved employment in recipient municipalities—with workers under the age of 40 and those without high school degrees benefitting the most.

🆕 How developing the renewable energy sector increased employment in Brazil

Today on VoxDev, @hernandezcortes.bsky.social (Arizona State University) & @s-mathes.bsky.social (EPGE) discuss the impact of the wind energy sector on employment in Brazil: voxdev.org/topic/energy...

🆕 Just accepted 🆕 in JAERE:

"The Distributional Consequences of Incomplete Regulation" by Danae Hernandez-Cortes (@hernandezcortes.bsky.social)

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🌬️ Just accepted 🇧🇷 in JAERE:

"The Effects of Renewable Energy Projects on Employment: Evidence from Brazil" by Danae Hernandez-Cortes (@hernandezcortes.bsky.social) and Sophie Mathes (@s-mathes.bsky.social)

Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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1/🚨New chapter in Handbook of Regional & Urban Economics: Spatial Environmental Economics

🌍 How do spatial forces affect the environment? How does enviro shape spatial outcomes?

Thread, chapter explore this nascent subfield via stylized acts, models, building blocks for rsrch. w Clare Balboni.

The School of Sustainability at ASU is hiring two full time positions (one assistant professor rank, one open rank) in sustainable energy systems. Especially encouraging applicants using data analytics (e.g. economics, techno-economics, etc).

Apply here:
apply.interfolio.com/157579

Bringing Environmental Justice into Government Rulemaking, with Ann Wolverton Ann Wolverton discusses how the US Environmental Protection Agency incorporates environmental justice into the agency’s analysis of regulations.

Really enjoyed this conversation with Ann Wolverton about how EPA economists are incorporating environmental justice considerations into their analyses. Check it out #EconSky
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