Douglas Almond
Professor of International and Public Affairs and Economics
Personal Details
Focus Areas: Health Economics, Environmental Economics, Labor Economics, Public Policy
Douglas Almond's primary research areas are health and applied microeconomics, with a particular interest in infant health and the environment. He co-directs SIPA's Center on Environmental Economics and Policy (CEEP) with Professor Robert Metcalfe. Almond previously served as a staff economist at the Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton administration and studied the health effects of air pollution in China as a Fulbright scholar.
Almond received his BA in Economics from Carleton College in Minnesota and PhD in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
For more information, please visit Professor Almond's research website.
Education
- PhD in Economics, University of California, Berkeley
- BA, Carleton College
Honors and Awards
- National Science Foundation (award # SES-1658888), “Collaborative Research: Market Based Emissions Policies” in China (with Shuang Zhang and Hongbin Li).
- Senior Scholar, Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Visiting Professor, Uppsala University, Department of Economics (Sweden)
- Four children
In The Media
Research from Douglas Almond found that babies born in the wake of the Spanish flu had worse life outcomes than other children.
Douglas Almond recently published a study about the president's tweeting habits and sleeping patterns.
The Boston Globe gives a brief overview of Douglas Almond's new research, which uses President Trump's tweeting habits to analyze his sleep patterns.
Douglas Almond and 4th-year PhD student Xinming Du used the president's tweet patterns to analyze his sleep, mood, and reelection odds.
A discussion of the implications of Covid-19 for our global society.