Edson R. Severnini

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Carnegie Mellon University

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Edson R. Severnini is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University since August 2013. He's got his PhD in Economics at the University of California at Berkeley. He's interested in research questions at the intersection of Urban, Environmental, and Labor Economics, Economic History and Applied Econometrics. His recent work sheds light on the magnitude of agglomeration spillovers, consequences of environmental regulations, impact of electrification, and the health effects of air pollution pre- and post-Clean Air Act.

He joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in March 2013.

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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 R. Severnini
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 R. Severnini
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 R. Severnini, David Card
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11541
Toxic Truth: Lead and Fertility
Karen Clay, Margarita Portnykh, Edson R. Severnini
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 R. Severnini
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 R. Severnini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9399
Pollution, Infectious Disease, and Mortality: Evidence from the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic
Karen Clay, Joshua Lewis, Edson R. Severnini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8082
The Power of Hydroelectric Dams: Agglomeration Spillovers
Edson R. Severnini
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