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 in the areas of environmental economics, and growth and development economics. His research combines data with insights from economic theory and environmental science to examine how economic activity and the environment influence one another, and how government interventions shape these interactions.
Research Interests:
How we can manage natural assets and liabilities in a way that maximizes global economic potential?
How does environmental quality affect poverty, economic opportunity, and inequality?
What are the causes of environmental inequality?
What are the environmental and economic consequences of environmental policies and regulations?
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.
What's New
I am delighted to have been awarded one of the 2024 NSF CAREER Awards in Economics for my work on "The Extent, Causes, and Consequences of Environmental Inequality in the United States."
I have a new working paper, The Global Effects of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms, with Kim Clausing, Allan Hsiao, and Catherine Wolfram. Comments welcome!
The Intergenerational Effects of Early-Life Pollution Exposure has been accepted at the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics!
Environmental Citizen Complaints has been accepted at the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics!
Contact Information:
E-mail: j.colmer@virginia.edu