- Associate Professor of Environmental Economics, University of California, Los Angeles
Alan Barreca is a Professor in the Institute of the Environment & Sustainability at University of California-Los Angeles.
He earned his PhD in Economics from University of California-Davis in 2008.
Prof. Barreca’s research helps advance our understanding of the effects of climatic shocks on human health, especially for children and pregnant women.
Experience
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2024–presentProfessor, UCLA
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2017–2024Associate professor, UCLA
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2014–2017Associate professor, Tulane University
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2008–2014Assistant professor, Tulane University
Education
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2008University of California-Davis, PhD
Publications
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2018Does Hot Weather Affect Human Fertility?, IZA World of Labor
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2018Maybe Next Month? Temperature Shocks and Dynamic Adjustments in Birth Rates, Demography
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2016Heaping-Induced Bias in Regression Discontinuity Designs, Economic Inquiry
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2016Adapting to Climate Change: The Remarkable Decline in the U.S. Temperature Mortality Relationship over the 20th Century, Journal of Political Economy
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2016Success is Something to Sneeze At: Influenza Mortality in Cities that Participate in the Super Bowl, American Journal of Health Economics
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2015Convergence in Adaptation to Climate Change: Evidence from High Temperatures and Mortality, 1900-2004, American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings
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2015A Pint for a Pound? Minimum drinking age laws and birth outcomes, Health Economics
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2012Climate Change, Humidity, and Mortality in the United States, Journal of Environmental Econ and Mngmt
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2012Absolute Humidity, Temperature, and Influenza Mortality: 30 Years of County-Level Evidence from the United States, American Journal of Epidemiology
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2012Agricultural Policy, Migration, and Malaria in the United States in the 1930s, Explorations in Economic History
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2011Saving Babies? Revisiting the Effect of Very Low Birth Weight Classification, Quarterly Journal of Economics
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2010The Long-Term Economic Impact of In Utero and Postnatal Exposure to Malaria, Journal of Human Resources
Professional Memberships
- American Economic Association
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- Location: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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