Xinming Du

environmental economics, applied micro, digital economy. @Columbia @SipaSusdev, @Tsinghua_Uni alum.

[SIPA SusDev @SipaSusdev]

Are you interested in interdisciplinary research at the nexus of science and policy? If so, apply today for the @AllianceProg Summer School in Paris June 2-5. Applications are due April 15. Apply here: https://t.co/pwSe4AtO2i @columbiaclimate @centerforsus @CSD_Columbia @Polytechnique

[NBER @nberpubs]

Examining the relationship between the rise in cocaine-related overdose deaths in the US and increased coca cultivation in Colombia in the late 2010s, from @xinmingd, @benconomics, Shan Zhang, and @thefinderouter1 https://t.co/7EwdjTSHPC

[Xinming Du @xinmingd]

Check out our paper with @andrewjswilson on how weather affects rail safety, triggering local operational adaptations that propagate network congestion. @JPubEcon

[Andrew Wilson @andrewjswilson]

Was your train delayed or cancelled this weekend? Mine was. Do you crave research that speaks to this particular experience? Look no further. In a new paper, @xinmingd and I quantify how much rail safety and operations are affected by the weather. https://t.co/f3ElJ01R3X

[Hannah Farkas @HA_Farkas]

Excited to see my JMP cited in the Economist—it highlights the tradeoffs workers could face with a higher minimum wage and suggests more worker protections like Fair Workweek laws could be important alongside minimum wage increases

https://t.co/ZSwtIYetgs

[AEA Journals @AEAjournals]

Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Quantifying Threshold Manipulation in the Presence of Rounding: The Case of Lead Monitoring in U.S. Drinking Water" by Tihitina Andarge, Dalia Ghanem, David A. Keiser, and Gabriel E. Lade. https://t.co/D8OLvq6Tf1

[AERE @AereOrg]

AERE@OSWEET returns *this Friday* March 14th at 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific) with 3 terrific talks on natural resources:

Presenters:
✨Ken Jung (Yale)
✨Prachi Jhamb (Georgia, @JhambPrachi)
✨Lucas Corrêa-Dias (EESP-FGB, @LucasccDias0)

Register: https://t.co/NZpnv0rEbY

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 Exposure to microplastics lowers birthweights & damages infant health

Today on VoxDev, @xinmingd @NUSingapore, Shan Zhang @ODU & Eric Zou @MichiganRoss find a causal link between in-utero exposure to microplastics & low birthweights: https://t.co/GXZlkfGk8S

[Claudia Persico (@claudiapersico.bsky.social) @ClaudiaLPersico]

Just a reminder that abstracts are due tomorrow to @ashecon ! Submit your abstracts on environment, climate change and disasters and health - I am the program chair in that area.

[Yohan @yohaniddawela]

Microplastics are everywhere—including in our own bodies.

But did you know we can measure microplastics from space?

Here's the breakdown:

[R. Daniel (Danny) Bressler @DannyBressler1]

Are you interested in the health and economic impacts of climate change?

I've spent my PhD researching this. Now I'm on the job market!

🧵highlighting my published/working papers from my first publication to my #JMP

I'll start with my first (and most cited) publication👇

[Tarikua Erda @TarikuaErda]

I’m on the #EconJobMarket! I study labor, climate, entrepreneurship & innovation

My JMP addresses a long-standing question in climate economics about the impact of climate change on physical capital (e.g., machinery, buildings).

I examine the impact of flooding on manufacturing firms’ capital and productivity. Do flooded firms/regions build back better? Or do their losses instead weaken their growth and aggregate productivity?

https://t.co/QVXjuKzIq7
🧵 1/n

[SIPA SusDev @SipaSusdev]

Did you miss last week’s SustDev Virtual Info Session for the @ColumbiaSIPA PhD program in Sustainable Development? No worries. Check out the slide deck in the thread below.

[Michelle M. Marcus @mimimmarcus]

I'm looking to organize one or more sessions on health and the environment for ASHEcon 2025 in Nashville, TN (June 22-25). If you are interested in presenting or discussing, please comment below or email me!

[Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac]

Marguerite Obolensky

JMP: "Protect or Prepare? Crop Insurance and Adaptation in a Changing Climate"

Website: https://t.co/P7t9UWaY2L

[SIPA SusDev @SipaSusdev]

What are the health impacts of microplastic in waterways and oceans? Research by @ColumbiaSIPA PhD alum @xinmingd , et al. "Marine Microplastics & Infant Health."
https://t.co/TUf4OrqlRz @nberpubs

[MethaneSAT @MethaneSAT]

Data update: Oil and gas infrastructure data is now available on our methane map on @googleearth engine🗺️

You can filter the O&G facilities by category and status, while overlaying it with emissions data from our MethaneAIR campaign 🔎

Check it out here: https://t.co/ertJHJofAq

[Joseph Shapiro @_josephshapiro]

📝Submit papers to new research project on Energy Markets, Decarbonization, and Trade! Submission deadline 10/16.

🔗https://t.co/dRrYVR0wfn

Excited to organize w Natalia Ramondo. @SloanFoundation, @nberpubs generously supporting. Final conference Mar 20-21, 2025.

Pls r/t.

[AERE @AereOrg]

📣 AERE@OSWEET returns *this Friday* September 13th at 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific) with 3 terrific talks health and the environment!

Presenters:
⚡️ Xinming Du @xinmingd (NUS)
⚡️ Kaiyi Wen (Binghamton)
⚡️ Ammazia Hanif (Tsukuba)

Register: https://t.co/36Gj4qxhPb

[Xinming Du @xinmingd]

@Chakravorty @nberpubs Thanks a lot!

[Xinming Du @xinmingd]

Excited to present our joint work on airline route and pollution today at the @nberpubs SI Environmental & Energy Economics.

Our paper could be found here: https://t.co/4cTLZKNYiD

We look forward to your comments!

[Charles Taylor @ctaylor463]

tomorrow @xinmingd is presenting our new paper on air pollution and aviation, using overhead aircraft routes as a source of exogenous variation to investigate pollution impacts globally https://t.co/WfumyraVM5 @nberpubs

[Xinming Du @xinmingd]

@sourdough_econ @nberpubs Thanks, Omar!