A BIG Congrats to @LauraKeohane just got tenure @VUHealthPol As a Health Services, Policy & Practice Department graduate we are all so proud. you go girl! Keep an eye out for her, she's going to make a difference.

Attention Ag Economists! Montana State University is searching for 2 Assistant Profs in Ag Econ. Teach 2 courses/yr and live in beautiful Bozeman. DM me with questions or apply at econjobmarket.org/positions?show…

Planning your climate or environment syllabus? I like to show short videos so students & I can visualize some of the things we're talking about. Here are just some of the ones I like:

Poor drinking water quality harms health and human capital, but not when individuals are informed immediately. In November 2022 issue by Michelle Marcus (Michelle M. Marcus) zcu.io/TrZ6

Our (LSE Geography & Environment/Imperial Business School/Grantham LSE) 6th annual Workshop in Environmental Economics will take place on 19-20 June 2023. This year with Economics at King's & LSE Department of Economics . Keynote: Lucas Davis (Haas School of Business) Deadline for submissions: 1 February 2023 lse.ac.uk/geography-and-…

It was a privilege to work with Peter Christensen and @gabelade on this important topic. I hope this paper helps shed light on the economic consequences of the Flint drinking water crisis.

Great afternoon of environmental health talks from Claudia Persico (@claudiapersico.bsky.social) and Seth Neller as well!

The Flint water crisis was a systemic failure, and the city’s housing market may still be suffering from it, say Peter Christensen of ACE at Illinois, Dave Keiser of UMass Amherst, and @gabelade of Macalester College. aeaweb.org/research/envir…

Starting tomorrow!!

What a great time at #PPCW! Thanks Lindsey Bullinger Daniel Dench for organizing such an engaging and fun workshop!

FACULTY HIGHLIGHT Michelle M. Marcus is an assistant professor in Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science. Her research lies at the intersection of health and environmental economics and has been published in numerous journals including the "Journal of Health Economics.” #VUFaculty #EarthDay

Was the $1.9T spent for the Clean Water Act to reduce #pollution worth it? Most cost-benefits analyses say no, but Patrick Flynn & Michelle M. Marcus find areas with #CWA-funded treatments saw birth weight increase by 8 grams, a significant #health improvement. doi.org/10.3368/jhr.06…

📢 AERE@OSWEET returns THIS Friday 4/28 at 11 am Pacific Category is: Equity & Environmental Economics 🍭 Michelle M. Marcus 🍭 Andie Creel 🍭 Ran Song Learn more: edrubin.typeform.com/aere-osweet

Extra thanks to Chad P. Bown for talking with me about my recent work with Jamie Hansen-Lewis!

🚨🚨 Are you a female-identified or non-binary environmental economist working on Data, Information, and the environment broadly defined? Andrea La Nauze and I are organizing a workshop for you! When: Sep 30-Oct1 2024 Where: Warwick Economics CAGE @ Warwick Details 👇

I'm looking to organize one or more sessions on health and the environment for ASHEcon 2025 in Nashville, TN (June 22-25). If you are interested in presenting or discussing, please comment below or email me!

Congrats to Jessica Kiser for successfully defending her dissertation today! Dr. Kiser will join the faculty at Macalester College next year. We at Vanderbilt Economics are super proud of her accomplishments! ☺️