Joshua S. Graff Zivin
jgraffzivin@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 822-6438
Fax: (858) 534-3939
9500 Gilman Dr. 0519
La Jolla, CA 92093
Office: #1313
Personal Website
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1998
M.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1994
B.A., Rutgers College, Rutgers University, 1993
Programs and Centers
UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
UC San Diego Center for Environmental Economics
UC San Diego Global Health Initiative
Biography
CVProfessor Graff Zivin is professor of economics at UC San Diego, where he holds faculty positions in the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and the Department of Economics. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Research Director for International Environmental and Health Studies at the Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC). In 2004-2005, he served as Senior Economist for Health and the Environment on the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Prior to joining UCSD in 2008, he was an Associate Professor of Economics in the Mailman School of Public Health and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, where he served as the Director of the PhD Program in Sustainable Development.
Professor Graff Zivin has published numerous articles on a wide range of topics in top economic, policy, and medical journals. His research interests are broad and include the areas of environmental, health, development, and innovation economics. Policy relevance serves as a guiding force behind all of this work. Much of his current work is focused on three distinct areas of research. His work on the impacts of poor environmental quality examines the relationship between the environment, health, and human capital formation, with a particular eye towards behavioral responses to mitigate adverse consequences. His work on the economics of innovation explores the role of institutions, social networks, and financial incentives in the production of new scientific knowledge within the life sciences. His research in developing countries is focused on the design of health interventions and their economic impacts.
Research Interests
In Progress
Goldstein, Markus P., Joshua Graff Zivin, James Habyarimana, Cristian Pop-Eleches, and Harsha Thirumurthy. "The Effect of Health Worker Absence and Health Clinic Protocol on Health Outcomes: The Case of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Kenya." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, forthcoming.
Graff Zivin, Joshua, and Matthew Neidell. "Temperature and the Allocation of Time: Implications for Climate Change." Journal of Labor Economics, forthcoming.
Graff Zivin, Joshua, Maria Damon, and Harsha Thirumurthy. "Health Shocks and Natural Resource Management: Evidence From Western Kenya." NBER WP #16594.
Graff Zivin, J, M Kotchen, and E Mansur “Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications for Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies.” NBER WP #18462.
Recent Publications
Selected
Graff Zivin, J and M Neidell, “The Impact of Pollution on Worker Productivity” American Economic Review, 102(2012): 3652–3673
Dastrup, Samuel R., Joshua Graff Zivin, Dora L. Costa, and Matthew E. Kahn. "Understanding the Solar Home Price Premium: Electricity Generation and ‘Green’ Social Status." European Economic Review 56.5 (2012): 961-73.
Azoulay, Pierre, Joshua Graff Zivin, and Gustavo Manso. "Incentives and Creativity: Evidence from the Academic Life Sciences." The RAND Journal of Economics 42.3 (2011): 527-54.
Graff Zivin, Joshua, Matthew Neidell, and Wolfram Schlenker. "Water Quality Violations and Avoidance Behavior: Evidence from Bottled Water Consumption." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 101.3 (2011): 448-53.
Azoulay, Pierre, Joshua Graff Zivin, and Jialan Wang. "Superstar Extinction." Quarterly Journal of Economics 125.2 (2010): 549-89.
Graff Zivin, Joshua, Harsha Thirumurthy, and Markus P. Goldstein. "AIDS Treatment and Intrahousehold Resource Allocation: Children’s Nutrition and Schooling in Kenya." Journal of Public Economics 93 (2009): 1008-015.
More publications can be found here.
