Edson Severnini

Research Fellow

Boston College

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Edson Severnini is an an Associate Professor of Economics and Core Faculty of the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society at Boston College, a Research Fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). His research interests lie at the intersection of Energy and Environmental Economics, Economic History, and Labor Economics. His work examines the impacts of the expansion of energy access, pollution, and environmental policy on local development, health outcomes, and firm behavior since the age of electrification. He's also interested on the impacts of climate change on air pollution, electricity generation, infectious disease, and inequality, the effects of economic activity on environmental outcomes, and on racial issues in local labor markets and in higher education.

He's a proud first-generation college student, immigrant, and queer.

He joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in March 2013 and became a Research Fellow in December 2023.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16239
Bridging the Gap: Mismatch Effects and Catch-up Dynamics in a Brazilian College Affirmative Action
Rodrigo Oliveira, Alei Santos, Edson Severnini
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2024, 98, 102501
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16236
The Impact of Lead Exposure on Fertility, Infant Mortality, and Infant Birth Outcomes
Karen Clay, Alex Hollingsworth, Edson Severnini
published in: Review of Environmental Economics and Policy; 2024, 18 (2), 301–320
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16229
The Historical Impact of Coal on Cities
Karen Clay, Joshua Lewis, Edson Severnini
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2024, 107, 103951
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14494
Impacts of the Clean Air Act on the Power Sector from 1938-1994: Anticipation and Adaptation
Karen Clay, Akshaya Jha, Joshua Lewis, Edson Severnini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14355
Time is of the Essence: Climate Adaptation Induced by Existing Institutions
Antonio M. Bento, Noah Miller, Mehreen Mookerjee, Edson Severnini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14353
Air Pollution and Adult Cognition: Evidence from Brain Training
Andrea La Nauze, Edson Severnini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14211
Does LEED Certification Save Energy? Evidence from Federal Buildings
Karen Clay, Edson Severnini, Xiaochen Sun
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14080
'Placebo Tests' for the Impacts of Air Pollution on Health: The Challenge of Limited Healthcare Infrastructure
Bruna Guidetti, Paula Pereda, Edson Severnini
published in: AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 371 - 375
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13428
Timing Matters: Shifting Economic Activity and Intra-Day Variation in Ambient Ozone Concentrations
David Adler, Edson Severnini
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 223, 104905
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13290
A Unifying Approach to Measuring Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
Antonio M. Bento, Noah Miller, Mehreen Mookerjee, Edson Severnini
published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023, 121, 102843
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13211
Health Shocks under Hospital Capacity Constraint: Evidence from Air Pollution in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Bruna Guidetti, Paula Pereda, Edson Severnini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13200
The Value of Health Insurance during a Crisis: Effects of Medicaid Implementation on Pandemic Influenza Mortality
Karen Clay, Joshua Lewis, Edson Severnini, Xiao Wang
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106 (5), 1393 - 1402
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12178
The Legacy Lead Deposition in Soils and Its Impact on Cognitive Function in Preschool-Aged Children in the United States
Karen Clay, Margarita Portnykh, Edson Severnini
published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 33, 181-192
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12177
What Explains Cross-City Variation in Mortality During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic? Evidence from 438 U.S. Cities
Karen Clay, Joshua Lewis, Edson Severnini
published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 36, 42-50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11923
Assortative Matching or Exclusionary Hiring? The Impact of Firm Policies on Racial Wage Differences in Brazil
Francois Gerard, Lorenzo Lagos, Edson Severnini, David Card
published in: American Economic Review, 2021, 111 (10), 3418 -3457
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11541
Toxic Truth: Lead and Fertility
Karen Clay, Margarita Portnykh, Edson Severnini
published in:Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2021, 8 (5), 975–1012
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11243
Short- and Long-Run Impacts of Rural Electrification: Evidence from the Historical Rollout of the U.S. Power Grid
Joshua Lewis, Edson Severnini
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 143, 102412
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9884
Canary in a Coal Mine: Infant Mortality, Property Values, and Tradeoffs Associated with Mid-20th Century Air Pollution
Karen Clay, Joshua Lewis, Edson Severnini
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106 (3), 698 - 711
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9399
Pollution, Infectious Disease, and Mortality: Evidence from the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic
Karen Clay, Joshua Lewis, Edson Severnini
published in: Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78 (4), 1179-1209
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8082
The Power of Hydroelectric Dams: Agglomeration Spillovers
Edson Severnini
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