Jonathan Colmer is an Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy in the Department of Economics at the University of Virginia, and the Co-Founder and Director of the Environmental Inequality Lab. 

Jonathan works to understand how economic activity, policy, and the environment interact to shape prosperity, opportunity, and well-being.

He is a Theme Leader for the Climate & Environment Program at PEDL (CEPR), a research affiliate of CEPR, the CESifo Network, and the IGC, a research fellow of IZA, and a research associate at the Center for Economic Performance. In 2024, he received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.

What's New:

We have just released an updated version of our working paper,  Is the Electricity Sector a Weak Link in Development?, with David Lagakos and Martin Shu!

The Census Environmental Impacts Frame and The Public-Use Gridded Environmental Impacts Frame, both with Kendall Houghton, Eva Lyubich, Mary Munro, Cameron Scalera, John Voorheis, and Jenny Withrow are now forthcoming in the Review of Environmental Economics and Policy!

Contact Information:

E-mail: j.colmer@virginia.edu