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Which labor markets will be most disrupted by the energy transition? Commuting zones with the highest employment shares in fossil-fuel-intensive industries tend to be small, remote, and highly specialized.

Let's hope the decline of coal isn't a preview of the energy transition. Since 1980, coal counties have lost 200k mining jobs, had income per capita fall to 62% of US level (left), and seen Medicare+Medicaid benefits rise to 14% of personal income (right).

Universities in #EriePA & #WatervilleME have become centers for urban renewal and part of local solutions for their communities. Read how in the latest article for Washington Monthly by James Fallows here: ourtownsfoundation.org/reviving-ameri…

Please join Melissa S. Kearney, John Podesta and me for a webinar Thursday, Feb. 2, on what the energy transition means for the labor market. urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https…

Join me TOMORROW to discuss the green energy transition and its impact on American jobs with John Podesta Melissa S. Kearney @econstrategygrp @kennedy_school -- I discuss what is at stake in a new The Boston Globe oped. tinyurl.com/2m6u2dxp bostonglobe.com/2023/02/01/opi…

About to go live in 15 minutes, with John Podesta and Melissa S. Kearney, to talk about my new research on local labor market impacts of the energy transition and policy options to address populations that are disrupted. Join here: youtube.com/watch?v=AkBDmz…

Join Dani Rodrik and me as a predoctoral research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School next year. Please apply! hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…

Applications close soon for the predoctoral positions with Dani Rodrik and me on our Reimagining the Economy project. Apply now! hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…

The next time your grandmother asks, "why was the China shock so painful for American workers?" you can DM her a link to this video explainer (just 8 min!) youtube.com/watch?v=ZdtI6D…

Your antidote for the post-spring-break blues: listen to Jim Stock and me discuss transitioning to clean energy without disrupting regional economies hks.harvard.edu/faculty-resear…

Thanks to Chen Liu & ⁦NUS⁩ Economics for hosting me this week. What a great group of young scholars!

If you are curious about how Trump's trade policy came to be, check out my review in FA of the new memoir by his powerful USTR, Robert Lighthizer Washington’s New Trade Consensus foreignaffairs.com/reviews/washin… via Foreign Affairs

For an update of my work with Dani Rodrik on place-based policy and econ development (part of the Reimagining the Economy Project), check out this VoxDev episode that just dropped. voxdev.org/topic/public-e…

Delighted that the NY Times covered my new paper with David Autor, Anne Beck and David Dorn on the local labor market impacts of the Trump tariffs. nytimes.com/2024/02/02/us/…

Looking to be a predoctoral fellow next year? Join Dani Rodrik and me at Harvard Kennedy School in our Reimagining the Economy program: hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…

Remember: Predoctoral fellowship applications for the Reimagining the Economy with me and @danirodrik are due on Tue., Mar. 5. hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…

Looking for a predoctoral opportunity for next year? Join Dani Rodrik and me at the Reimagining the Economy Project Harvard Kennedy School hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…

We have a late predoctoral fellowship opening in the Reimagining the Economy Project Harvard Kennedy School. Join Dani Rodrik and me to work on place-based and industrial policy next year. hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…