Working Papers

Working Paper

Dev Patel and Justin Sandefur. “A Rosetta Stone for Human Capital
Dev Patel and Justin Sandefur. “A Rosetta Stone for Human Capital

Environmental Beliefs and Adaptation to Climate Change

I examine the causes and consequences of environmental beliefs. Rice farmers in Bangladesh must learn about their soil’s salinity to choose the appropriate seed. Comparing expectations to agronomic readings, I document both significant over- and...

Floods

Floods threaten a quarter of the world's population, most of whom live in poor countries. How do floods impact economic development, and how do households adapt? To answer these questions, I first combine methods from geophysics and machine learning in...