Joshua Graff Zivin

School of Global Policy and Strategy

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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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The Effect of Pollution on Worker Productivity: Evidence from Call-Center Workers in China

NBER Working Paper No. w22328
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2023
Tom Chang, Joshua Graff Zivin, Tal Gross and Matthew Neidell
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department, School of Global Policy and Strategy, Columbia University - Department of Health Policy and Management and Columbia University
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The Effect of Pollution on Worker Productivity: Evidence From Call-Center Workers in China

21st Century China Center Research Paper No. 2018-09
Posted: 05 Dec 2018
Tom Chang, Joshua Graff Zivin, Tal Gross and Matthew Neidell
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department, School of Global Policy and Strategy, Columbia University - Department of Health Policy and Management and Columbia University

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Environment, Health, and Human Capital

NBER Working Paper No. w18935
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 05 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2023
Joshua Graff Zivin and Matthew Neidell
School of Global Policy and Strategy and Columbia University
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Superstar Extinction

NBER Working Paper No. w14577
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 29 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2022
Pierre Azoulay, Joshua Graff Zivin and Jialan Wang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, School of Global Policy and Strategy and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
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Temperature and High-Stakes Cognitive Performance: Evidence From The National College Entrance Examination in China

21st Century China Center Research Paper No. 2018-08
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2018
Joshua Graff Zivin, Yingquan Song, Peng Zhang and Qu Tang
School of Global Policy and Strategy, Peking University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Jinan University
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Temperature and High-Stakes Cognitive Performance: Evidence from the National College Entrance Examination in China

NBER Working Paper No. w24821
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2023
Joshua Graff Zivin, Yingquan Song, Qu Tang and Peng Zhang
School of Global Policy and Strategy, Peking University, Jinan University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Temperature and High-Stakes Cognitive Performance: Evidence from the National College Entrance Examination in China

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 10 Oct 2018
Joshua Graff Zivin, Yingquan Song, Qu Tang and Peng Zhang
School of Global Policy and Strategy, Peking University, Jinan University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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cognitive performance, temperature, climate change, standardized test

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Understanding the Solar Home Price Premium: Electricity Generation and "Green" Social Status

NBER Working Paper No. w17200
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2023
Abt Associates, Inc., School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and University of Southern California
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Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications for Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Sep 2012
Joshua Graff Zivin, Matthew J. Kotchen and Erin T. Mansur
School of Global Policy and Strategy, Yale University and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
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Carbon Regulation, Electric Car, Pollution

Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications for Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies

NBER Working Paper No. w18462
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2023
Joshua Graff Zivin, Matthew J. Kotchen and Erin T. Mansur
School of Global Policy and Strategy, Yale University and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
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Incentives and Creativity: Evidence from the Academic Life Sciences

NBER Working Paper No. w15466
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2023
Pierre Azoulay, Joshua Graff Zivin and Gustavo Manso
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, School of Global Policy and Strategy and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time?

NBER Working Paper No. w21788
Number of pages: 110 Posted: 14 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2023
Pierre Azoulay, Christian Fons-Rosen and Joshua Graff Zivin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of California, Merced and School of Global Policy and Strategy
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Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10980
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 16 Dec 2015
Pierre Azoulay, Christian Fons-Rosen and Joshua Graff Zivin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of California, Merced and School of Global Policy and Strategy
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cumulative knowledge production, economics of science, invisible college, scientific fields, superstars

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Temperature and the Allocation of Time: Implications for Climate Change

NBER Working Paper No. w15717
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2023
Joshua Graff Zivin and Matthew Neidell
School of Global Policy and Strategy and Columbia University
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Going Green in China: Firms’ Responses to Stricter Environmental Regulations

NBER Working Paper No. w26540
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 09 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2023
Haichao Fan, Joshua Graff Zivin, Zonglai Kou, Xueyue Liu and Huanhuan Wang
Fudan University - School of Economics, School of Global Policy and Strategy, Fudan University, Fudan University and East China Normal University (ECNU)
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Particulate Pollution and the Productivity of Pear Packers

NBER Working Paper No. w19944
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2023
Tom Chang, Joshua Graff Zivin, Tal Gross and Matthew Neidell
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department, School of Global Policy and Strategy, Columbia University - Department of Health Policy and Management and Columbia University
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How Hurricanes Sweep Up Housing Markets: Evidence from Florida

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 07 May 2022
Yanjun Liao, Joshua Graff Zivin and Yann Panassie
Resources for the Future, School of Global Policy and Strategy and Government Accountability Office (GAO)
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natural disasters, housing markets, repeat sales method

How Hurricanes Sweep Up Housing Markets: Evidence from Florida

NBER Working Paper No. w27542
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 24 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2023
Joshua Graff Zivin, Yanjun Liao and Yann Panassie
School of Global Policy and Strategy, Resources for the Future and Government Accountability Office (GAO)
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Public R&D Investments and Private-Sector Patenting: Evidence from NIH Funding Rules

NBER Working Paper No. w20889
Number of pages: 113 Posted: 27 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, School of Global Policy and Strategy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Columbia University - Mailman School of Public Health
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The Impact of Pollution on Worker Productivity

NBER Working Paper No. w17004
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 May 2011 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2022
Joshua Graff Zivin and Matthew Neidell
School of Global Policy and Strategy and Columbia University
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What Do We Know About Short and Long Term Effects of Early Life Exposure to Pollution?

NBER Working Paper No. w19571
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 25 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2023
Janet Currie, Joshua Graff Zivin, Jaime Mullens and Matthew Neidell
Princeton University, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Columbia University
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What Do We Know About Short- and Long-Term Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Pollution?

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 217-247, 2014
Posted: 08 Oct 2014
Janet Currie, Joshua Graff Zivin, Jaime Mullens and Matthew Neidell
Princeton University, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Columbia University

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NIH Peer Review: Challenges and Avenues for Reform

NBER Working Paper No. w18116
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 03 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2022
Pierre Azoulay, Joshua Graff Zivin and Gustavo Manso
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, School of Global Policy and Strategy and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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The Diffusion of Scientific Knowledge Across Time and Space: Evidence from Professional Transitions for the Superstars of Medicine

NBER Working Paper No. w16683
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 18 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2023
Pierre Azoulay, Joshua Graff Zivin and Bhaven N. Sampat
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, School of Global Policy and Strategy and Columbia University - Mailman School of Public Health
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The Mobility of Elite Life Scientists: Professional and Personal Determinants

NBER Working Paper No. w21995
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2022
Pierre Azoulay, Ina Ganguli and Joshua Graff Zivin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Massachusetts at Amherst - College of Social and Behavioral Sciences - Department of Economics and School of Global Policy and Strategy
Downloads 42 (708,218)
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Incentivizing Learning-by-Doing: The Role of Compensation Schemes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12320
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 21 May 2019
Joshua Graff Zivin, Lisa Kahn and Matthew Neidell
School of Global Policy and Strategy, Yale School of Management and Columbia University
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contracts, learning-by-doing

Incentivizing Learning-by-Doing: The Role of Compensation Schemes

NBER Working Paper No. w25799
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 07 May 2019 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2023
Joshua Graff Zivin, Lisa Kahn and Matthew Neidell
School of Global Policy and Strategy, Yale School of Management and Columbia University
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Temperature and Human Capital in the Short- and Long-Run

NBER Working Paper No. w21157
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 May 2015 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2022
Joshua Graff Zivin, Solomon Hsiang and Matthew Neidell
School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University
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Human Capital and Climate Change

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15991
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Mar 2023
University of Oxford, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), World Bank and School of Global Policy and Strategy
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human capital, education, climate change, compulsory schooling laws, voting

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Industrial Productivity in a Hotter World: The Aggregate Implications of Heterogeneous Firm Investment in Air Conditioning

NBER Working Paper No. w22962
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2023
Joshua Graff Zivin and Matthew E. Kahn
School of Global Policy and Strategy and University of Southern California
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Dynamic Salience with Intermittent Billing: Evidence from Smart Electricity Meters

NBER Working Paper No. w19510
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2022
Ben Gilbert and Joshua Graff Zivin
Colorado School of Mines - Division of Economics and Business and School of Global Policy and Strategy
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Can Innovators Be Created? Experimental Evidence from an Innovation Contest

NBER Working Paper No. w24339
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Joshua Graff Zivin and Elizabeth Lyons
School of Global Policy and Strategy and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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Water Quality Violations and Avoidance Behavior: Evidence from Bottled Water Consumption

NBER Working Paper No. w16695
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2022
Joshua Graff Zivin, Matthew Neidell and Wolfram Schlenker
School of Global Policy and Strategy, Columbia University and Columbia University - School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA)
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When Externalities Collide: Influenza and Pollution

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14399
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 May 2021
School of Global Policy and Strategy, Columbia University, Cornell University - Department of Policy Analysis and Management and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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When Externalities Collide: Influenza and Pollution

NBER Working Paper No. w27982
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2023
School of Global Policy and Strategy, Columbia University, Cornell University - Department of Policy Analysis and Management and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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Health Shocks and Natural Resource Management: Evidence from Western Kenya

NBER Working Paper No. w16594
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 06 May 2023
Joshua Graff Zivin, Maria Damon and Harsha Thirumurthy
School of Global Policy and Strategy, Independent and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
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Gray Matters: Fetal Pollution Exposure and Human Capital Formation

NBER Working Paper No. w20662
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2023
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics, School of Global Policy and Strategy and New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
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The Effects of Prize Structures on Innovative Performance

NBER Working Paper No. w26737
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2023
Joshua Graff Zivin and Elizabeth Lyons
School of Global Policy and Strategy and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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Something in the Water: Contaminated Drinking Water and Infant Health

NBER Working Paper No. w18876
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2023
Princeton University, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Columbia University and Columbia University - School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA)
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The Risk of Caution: Evidence from an R&D Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w26847
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 11 May 2023
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of South Australia, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and Columbia University - School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA)
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The Unintended Impacts of Agricultural Fires: Human Capital in China

NBER Working Paper No. w26205
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 03 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2023
Joshua Graff Zivin, Tong Liu, Yingquan Song, Qu Tang and Peng Zhang
School of Global Policy and Strategy, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Peking University, Jinan University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Dynamic Corrective Taxes with Time-Varying Salience

NBER Working Paper No. w25014
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 17 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 08 May 2022
Ben Gilbert and Joshua Graff Zivin
Colorado School of Mines - Division of Economics and Business and School of Global Policy and Strategy
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Human Capital and Climate Change

NBER Working Paper No. w31000
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 06 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
Noam Angrist, Kevin Winseck, Harry A. Patrinos and Joshua Graff Zivin
University of Oxford, Blavatnik School of Government, Students, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), World Bank and School of Global Policy and Strategy
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This is Air: The "Non-Health" Effects of Air Pollution

NBER Working Paper No. w29848
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2023
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Global Policy and Strategy and Columbia University
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Science, Philanthropy, and American Leadership

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 08 Nov 2023
Robert Conn, Peter Cowhey, Joshua Graff Zivin and Christopher Martin
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - School of Global Policy & Strategy, School of Global Policy and Strategy and Vela Science
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innovation, philanthropy, R&D, scientific progress

Science, Philanthropy, and American Leadership

NBER Working Paper No. w31718
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 25 Sep 2023
Robert Conn, Peter Cowhey, Joshua Graff Zivin and Christopher Martin
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - School of Global Policy & Strategy, School of Global Policy and Strategy and Vela Science
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Disparities in Pollution Capitalization Rates: The Role of Direct and Systemic Discrimination

NBER Working Paper No. w30814
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 02 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Joshua Graff Zivin and Gregor Singer
School of Global Policy and Strategy and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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The Coal Transition and its Implications for Health and Housing Values

NBER Working Paper No. w30801
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Rebecca Fraenkel, Joshua Graff Zivin and Sam Krumholz
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Division of Social Sciences, Department of Economics, Students, School of Global Policy and Strategy and Government of North Carolina - Department of Justice
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Choose Your Moments: Peer Review and Scientific Risk Taking

NBER Working Paper No. w31409
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 03 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2023
Richard T. Carson, Joshua Graff Zivin and Jeffrey Shrader
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics, School of Global Policy and Strategy and Columbia University - School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA)
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Combating Cross-Border Externalities

NBER Working Paper No. w30233
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Shiyi Chen, Joshua Graff Zivin, Huanhuan Wang and Jiaxin Xiong
Fudan University, School of Global Policy and Strategy, East China Normal University (ECNU) and Fudan University
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This is Air: The “Nonhealth” Effects of Air Pollution

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 403-425, 2022
Posted: 13 Oct 2022
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Global Policy and Strategy and Columbia University

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