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 growth, development, 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 recieved a National Science Foundations CAREER Award.
What's New
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