Irene Jacqz

Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University (2021–)

Postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University's Inequality in America Initiative (2020-2022)

Focused on air pollution, environmental policy, environmental justice, health, education, and inequality. PhD in environmental and resource economics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Research

Working Papers

"The Cognitive Cost of Toxic Chemicals in Early Childhood"

"Toxic Test Scores: The Impact of Chemical Releases on Standardized Test Performance within U.S. Schools"

"The Weather and Spending Poverty Gap" (with J. Doremus and S. Johnston)

"Pollution and Acquisition: Emissions and Distributional Effects of Mergers"

Teaching

Fall 2021

ECON 101: Principles of Microeconomics

ECON 380/480: Intermediate Environmental and Resource Economics

Contact

Email: irenejacqz [at] fas.harvard.edu ; jacqz [at] iastate.edu