Recent Publications
Building on the Success of the Earned Income Tax Credit
“Building on the Success of the Earned Income Tax Credit,” Addressing America’s Poverty Crisis, The Hamilton Project, Summer 2014.
2014-07-15A New Vision for California’s Healthcare System: Integrated Care with Aligned Financial Incentives
Richard M. Scheffler, Liora G. Bowers, Brent D. Fulton, Clare Connors, Stephen M. Shortell, and Ian Morrison. California Journal of Politics and Policy. Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 249–334, ISSN (Online) 1944-4370, ISSN (Print) 2194-6132, DOI: 10.1515/cjpp-2014-0019, June 2014.
2014-06-25Economic Risks of Climate Change: An American Prospectus
Houser, T., R. Kopp, S.M. Hsiang, M. Delgado, A.S. Jina, K. Larsen, M. Mastrandrea, S. Mohan, R. Muir-Wood, DJ Rasmussen, J. Rising, P. Wilson, Columbia University Press (2015)
2014-06-24Climate change threatens the economy of the United States in myriad ways, including increased flooding and storm damage, altered crop yields, lost labor productivity, higher crime, reshaped public-health patterns, and strained energy systems, among many other effects. Combining the latest climate models, state-of-the-art econometric research on human responses to climate, and cutting-edge private-sector risk-assessment tools, Economic Risks of Climate Change: An American Prospectus crafts a game-changing profile of the economic risks of climate change in the United States.
This prospectus is based on a critically acclaimed independent assessment of the economic risks posed by climate change commissioned by the Risky Business Project. With new contributions from Karen Fisher-Vanden, Michael Greenstone, Geoffrey Heal, Michael Oppenheimer, and Nicholas Stern and Bob Ward, as well as a foreword from Risky Business cochairs Michael Bloomberg, Henry Paulson, and Thomas Steyer, the book speaks to scientists, researchers, scholars, activists, and policy makers. It depicts the distribution of escalating climate-change risk across the country and assesses its effects on aspects of the economy as varied as hurricane damages and violent crime. Beautifully illustrated and accessibly written, this book is an essential tool for helping businesses and governments prepare for the future.
Nonlinear Permanent Migration Response to Climatic Variations but Minimal Response to Disasters
P. Bohra-Mishraa,M. Oppenheimer, S.M. Hsiang, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2014) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1317166111
2014-06-23Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control
Lerman, Amy E. and Vesla M. Weaver. Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control. The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
2014-05-01Superheroes and Transformers: Rethinking Teach For America's Leadership Models
Trujillo, T. & Scott, J. (2014). Superheroes and Transformers: Rethinking Teach For America’s Leadership Models. Phi Delta Kappan, 95(8), pp. 57-61.
2014-05-01Bring the World to California: A Global Hub for Higher Education
2014-04-21This article argues that California colleges and universities should make a concerted effort to work together to attract more foreign students by forming education hubs. The authors argue that such “EdHubs” can relieve the intense pressure on schools’ budgets by enrolling more higher-paying out-of-state students, while schools in the same geographic regions can share the burden of supporting such students, particularly with investment from local industry. The authors argue that schools that work together can increase their capacity to educate more students, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, thereby increasing opportunities not just for foreign students but Californians as well.
Temperature and Violence
Bohra-Mishra, P., M. Oppenheimer, S.M. Hsiang, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2014) doi: 10.1073/pnas.1317166111
2014-04-01