Eleanor Krause

The Resilient Energy Economies Initiative Announces Six Research Grants to Support Fossil Fuel–Dependent Communities The projects will use a variety of methods to explore timely issues in fossil-dependent regions across the country.

Amidst real tragedies, I'm so glad to have been able to send some folks good news this week -- announcing $450k in funding for 6 projects researching transition in fossil fuel host communities through the Resilient Energy Economies Initiative. I'm so excited about this work to make transition better

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

Human health benefits are by far the largest benefit from most environmental regulations.

By not monetizing these benefits moving forward, the Trump EPA is essentially saying there are no human health benefits to reducing air/toxic/climate pollution, improving drinking water quality, etc. 1/

9th Annual LSE/Imperial Workshop on Environmental Economics Information about the LSE Department of Geography and Environment's Environmental Economics Workshop.

📢 Call for Papers! The 9th Annual LSE/Imperial Workshop on Environmental Econ. will be held in London June 8-9
✅ Submissions by Feb 1
📄 Full papers only (no abstracts)
🎤 Keynote: Prof. @rmetcalfe.bsky.social

🔗 more details here: www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...

Policy implication: Supporting legacy energy communities likely requires deliberate human capital policy (not just physical capital investment incentives) to help regions rebuild and recover.

Why?

Likely both demand- (e.g., cost, expectations) and supply- (e.g., capacity, proximity) side constraints limiting postsecondary training.

But, it also reflects policy design: Transfer programs are typically automatic; training investments are not.

tldr: Recent collapse of coal mining emp in Appalachia ➡️
- No detectable increase in postsecondary training investments;
- Big rise in govt transfers, driven by Medicaid (& not explained by ACA alone)
So, safety-net use rose, but human cap investment didn’t (unlike responses in other settings)

Adjusting to the energy transition: Training and transfers in coal country Between 2011 and 2016, coal mining employment declined by over 50 percent in Appalachia, producing sharp earnings and employment losses in coal-depend…

New paper 🚨!

Big thanks to the @jeem-econ.bsky.social editor, reviewers, & my advisors for letting me see a null result paper through to completion. #econsky #energytransition

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Grants

Very excited to announce our* $450k RFP for ~$25-100k proposals on research for economic resilience in fossil fuel-dependent communities in the United States as they transition. Hit us with your preproposals, due 31 October 👻

*Resilient Energy Economies Initiative! This one sponsored by Sloan

Opinion | We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse.

Economists argue for an American industrial policy to counter a China Shock 2.0.

From
@davidautor.bsky.social
and Gordon Hanson.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...

We love it

Updated draft coming soon! In the meantime, a blog:

(tldr: Coal's collapse has been bad for coal workers)

🌎 PhD students: apply to 2025 Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Environmental/Energy Economics!

🔗 Info + application: www.auffhammer.com/summer-school

📅 Deadline: May 14 | Program: Aug 18–22 at Berkeley

w @auffhammer.bsky.social @severinborenstein.bsky.social, TCarleton, MFowlie, KJack...

The ‘China Shock’ Offers a Lesson. It Isn’t the One Trump Has Learned. (Gift Article) Economists say the U.S. manufacturing decline in recent decades was not mainly about free trade, but about the pace of change without time to adjust.

The lesson of the "China shock" isn't actually about trade. It's about how hard it is for workers and communities to adapt to rapid economic changes. Now Trump is trying to reshape the global economy overnight, with potentially devastating consequences.
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/b...

Finding the Right Fit: What Jobs Offer a Good Match for Fossil Fuel Workers’ Skills? A webinar exploring best job matches in terms of skills for fossil fuel workers.

What jobs offer the best "skills match" for fossil fuel workers? Come learn about a new analysis & interactive web tool from @jacobgreenspon.bsky.social and @rff.org's @danielraimi.bsky.social on Wednesday at 2pm! #econsky

www.rff.org/events/webin...

Today we announced the initial research portfolio for Resilient Energy Economies, 22 policy-focused projects that will contribute to the economic strategies of fossil fuel-reliant communities across the USA.
Please check them out!

www.resilientenergyeconomies.org/grants

KY Senate approves bill to help coal industry by allowing pollution in more water sources Critics say they worry groundwater and drinking water sources could be left unprotected by Senate Bill 89.

This seems sensible 🫠

www.kentucky.com/news/politic...

The Role of People vs. Places in Individual Carbon Emissions (Forthcoming Article) - There is substantial spatial heterogeneity in household carbon emissions. I leverage movers in two decades of administrative Decennial Census and American Community Survey data...

Forthcoming in the AER: "The Role of People vs. Places in Individual Carbon Emissions" by Eva Lyubich. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

The Impact of Being Denied a Wanted Abortion on Women and Their Children* Abstract. This paper examines the impact of denying a wanted abortion on women and children in Colombia using high-quality administrative microdata and cre

Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Impact of Being Denied a Wanted Abortion on Women and their Children,” by Londoño-Vélez (@jlondonovelez.bsky.social) and Saravia: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

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.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Resilient Energy Economies "brownbag" with Eleanor Krause. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Resilient Energy Economies "brownbag" with Eleanor Krause. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Friday! Join the first monthly Resilient Energy Economies "brownbag." This month will feature @eleanorkrause.bsky.social sharing her work on the labor market impacts of energy transition (cc @noahqkaufman.bsky.social @gruberte.bsky.social @juliahaggarty.bsky.social)

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Imagine that delivered in classic Yellen deadpan.

Another great line: "I have witnessed the profound impact that comes from pairing intellectual rigor with moral purpose."

#econsky

We'll discuss my working paper on the topic (co-authored w/ @jmcolmer.bsky.social, @johnvoorheis.bsky.social, & Eva Lyubich) plus some new results 🎉

Hey folks! Excited to join the first-ever @reeconomies.bsky.social virtual brownbag on Friday, Jan 17. I'll be chatting w/ @danielraimi.bsky.social about how the decline in coal has impacted workers. Register here ⬇️ #econsky #energytransition

us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

What Tariffs Can and Can’t Do | by Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate Dani Rodrik argues that import duties are neither an all-purpose tool, as Donald Trump believes, nor a purposeless one.

Tariffs are neither a Swiss Army knife for domestic problems nor an effective stick to discipline other nations (as Trump believes). But they can be useful as a shield allowing other (social, environmental, industrial) policies to do their work. My latest www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...

Request for proposals: Research grants for early career scholars Equitable Growth's early career scholars request for proposals is live! Seeking researchers interested in policy relevant study related to inequality and economic growth.

We're investing in the advancement of early career scholars who are conducting policy-relevant research on economic mobility, the labor market, and more.

Apply for our Early Career RFP by Jan. 21, 2025 for the chance to help shape the future of economic policy.

#EGgrantee

Two days of no power in Eastern Kentucky and counting = Natural experiment on worker productivity inside of a refrigerator. Conclusion: bad.

Submission: Environment and Energy Economics Program Meeting, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBERNBER: National Bureau of Economic Research

Submit your interesting paper to the Spring @nberpubs.bsky.social EEE meetings. The great
#PaulinaOliva and @stevecicala.bsky.social ky.social
are sure to pick an amazing set of papers.

DEADLINE IS IN 9 DAYS!!

March 27-28, 2025

conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...

This slowly dawned on me during my PhD - it was by being at seminars or conferences where I could see the true debate behind a paper and what people thought its contribution and flaws were, not by reading the published version.

Science would be better served if everyone could see these debates

Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen Without insurance, it’s impossible to get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home. See Where Home Insurance Policies Were Dropped in Your State

Reality bats last

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A smaller % of Americans moved in 2023 than ever (at least since 1948) via Jed Kolko and Census