Congratulations to ARE's Max Auffhammer on being recognized with the 2026 Berkeley Service Award! Thank you Max for your commitment to Berkeley. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition. @auffhammer @UCBerkeley @NatureAtCal https://t.co/1zJVNoebeG

Information+Agency=Environmental action. Learn more about how to provide environmental info to communities in Chiman Cheung's job market paper in Ghana, covered today at the World Bank's Development Impact Blog: https://t.co/iLAOSx1vgg https://t.co/n7FZ6f3MMN @WorldBankAfrica

University of California Senate publishes memorial for late ARE colleague Betty Sadoulet: https://t.co/NjFdth1fUj

Read all about the costs of Mexico City sinking at the World Bank Development Impact blog, which featured ARE job market candidate Lucy Hackett's job market paper today: https://t.co/dXdeXq868j @lg_hackett

Rania Lachhab shows that California’s Kern Water Bank (1984–2021) makes participating parcels 50% more valuable, highlighting major gains from groundwater storage policy. https://t.co/hhxUsruaWd

Congrats to ARE 2017 alumna Fiona Burlig on the recent acceptance of her "Value of Clean Water" paper in the American Economic Review. Read more:

Shreya Sarkar’s job market paper is featured on the World Bank’s Development Impact blog! The piece highlights how gig platforms in developing countries can boost both firm profits and worker earnings by subsidizing worker capital. https://t.co/PSfmcIY3jl https://t.co/aiZwKBsmBL

Using seismic data, Simon Greenhill maps US noise and shows that in-utero noise exposure harms infant health. A 2 dB rise cuts health at birth by 0.04 SD, driven by nighttime noise. 80% of urban residents face harmful levels; and annual costs reach $9.8B. https://t.co/AluBZayVDd

Lucy Hackett studies how Mexico City’s rapid land subsidence—driven by groundwater depletion—silently erodes home values and fuels risky development. Fixing information gaps could save billions. Dive in: https://t.co/pZGXtEsaw2

Current trade models rely on exogenous iceberg trade costs. Jacob Lefler's job market paper proposes a new model in which trade costs emerge endogenously from market clearing for transportation services. More at https://t.co/xbNFMWhCiq

ARE alumna and Princeton Professor Rocio Titiunik, publishes in RESTAT: "Uncertainty Quantification in Synthetic Controls with Staggered Treatment Adoption" https://t.co/LsrXhV3BCF

Elif Tasar’s job market paper uses rich U.S. admin data to causally identify how parental death and inheritances affect adult children. She finds inheritances are large and concentrated, leading to modest drops in earnings. https://t.co/2BIg3wxzvB

Chiman Cheung studies environmental harm from informal gold mining, which persists partly due to poor info on health risks. In an experimental study in Ghanaian communities, public information spurred collective action only when chiefs weren’t conflicted. https://t.co/n7FZ6f3MMN

Shuo Yu studies how effective USDA cover crop subsidies are at cleaning up our rivers. She finds the EQIP program boosts adoption, cuts nitrogen runoff, & delivers 2.2x environmental benefits per $ spent—but smarter targeting could do even more. 💧 https://t.co/XLC4jpGkV7

Arthur Wardle develops tools to fix flaws in satellite data used in environmental and resource economics. He adapts imputation techniques to nonparametrically correct for misclassification bias in predicted datasets, making data sources reliable. https://t.co/AwIl7jStcL

Shreya Sarkar finds that a small subsidy on the down payment for a work scooter (critical for mobility) was a huge win for an Indian gig firm and its workers. The key barrier was upfront cash, not price. Read more: https://t.co/6UUVND8JEh

Berkeley ARE is proud to present our job market candidates over the coming days. You can find their profiles here: https://t.co/vDIKga8txY

Congrats to ARE team (alum Gabe Englander and professors Larry Karp and Leo Simon) on publishing their paper on information and congestion in fisheries in the Review of Economic Studies! 👏📷 https://t.co/oVVixeLJ9O @EnglanderG26541 @NatureAtCal

Congratulation to Thomas Reardon, ARE alumnus of the year 2025. Tom is ranked number 3 in Agricultural Economics, 1 in Food Economics, 2 in Food Policy, 1 in value chains, 4 in Food Systems according to Google Scholar. Congratulations Tom! https://t.co/f0VzNCKxhC

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of our esteemed colleague, ARE Professor Betty Sadoulet. A cherished member of our Berkeley community, she touched countless lives through her teaching, research, and mentorship. She will be deeply missed. https://t.co/OeTsuELqT9