NBER profile: Joshua Graff Zivin.

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Joshua Graff Zivin is a Research Associate in the NBER's Programs on Environmental and Energy Economics, Health Economics, and Health Care. He is also a Professor in the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and in the Department of Economics at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

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Graff Zivin holds an undergraduate degree in economics and psychology from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in Environmental and Resource Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining the UCSD faculty, he taught at Columbia University from 1998-2008. In the 2004-5 academic year, he served as...