This review synthesizes economics-oriented research in environmental justice with a focus
on the last decade. We first categorize this literature into broad areas of inquiry and review …

We use continuous night light data and LandScan population data to construct a
monocentric index to measure whether a city tends to be a monocentric or polycentric spatial …

The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated the adoption of a number of policies that aim to
reduce the spread of the disease by promoting housing stability. Housing precarity, which …

Energy and mobility poverty limits people's choices and opportunities and negatively
impinges upon structural economic and social welfare patterns. It also hampers the ability of …

How do older people's living environments influence their vulnerabilities to climate change?
Much has been written about the physiological consequences of climate change for older …

In this paper, we study the impact of gaseous fuels used for cooking on the middle-aged and
elderly's health in China. By using 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2018 waves of the China Health …

This paper develops a macro heterogeneous-agent model to quantify the distributional
impacts of higher temperatures in the US. Households adapt to temperature by using energy …

While some see carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) as crucial for cost-effective
decarbonization, it faces opposition based on air pollution and equity concerns. To …

Barriers to affordable, accessible, high-quality food, energy, and water systems (FEWS)
harm social equity. Connections within and across FEWS suggest that co-occurring barriers …

Do environmental conditions pose greater health risks to individuals living in urban or rural
areas? The answer is theoretically ambiguous: while urban areas have traditionally been …