With billions of dollars expected for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (the Fund), California has a tremendous opportunity to make smart investments that will combat climate change while maximizing environmental, public health and economic benefits for disadvantaged communities. SB 535 (de Leόn) requires that at least 25 percent of the moneys in the Fund go to […]
Assemblymember Mike Gatto, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the UCLA Luskin School of Public Policy invite you to a FREE seminar on how current trends will affect future decisions in our community, in everything from development, transportation, and the food we eat.Californians are facing serious threats […]
A symposium on the recent linkage of the California and Quebec cap-and-trade programs and its implication for broader international climate cooperationClick here to RSVP for this event Click here for directions to this eventAt the beginning of this year, California and Quebec linked their greenhouse gas cap-and-trade programs. This means that sources of greenhouse gases in each […]
PUBLIC POLICY FOR INNOVATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE SERIESCreating a Digitally Fluent WorkforceVIEW HIGHLIGHTS, PHOTOS, AND VIDEOModeratorJohn Villasenor Professor of Electrical Engineering and Public Policy, UCLA and Digital Technology Initiative Director, UCLA Luskin Center for InnovationPanelistsLori Harnick General Manager, Citizenship & Public Affairs, MicrosoftSarah Holland Public Policy, GoogleJane Margolis Senior Researcher, UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information StudiesTodd […]
"Every Breath You Take | Every Dollar You'll Make:The Long-Term Consequences of the Clean Air Act of 1970"AbstractThis paper examines the long-term impacts of in-utero andearly childhood exposure to ambient air pollution on adult labor market outcomes. We take advantage of a new administrative data set that is uniquely suited for addressing this question because […]
Presented by Xavier Swamikannu, IoES Assistant Adjunct Faculty Candidate"Environmental Protection Priorities and Challenges in South Asia"
"Household Demandfor Low Carbon Public Policies: Evidence from California"AbstractIn recent years, Californians have voted on two key pieces of low carbon regulation. The resulting voting patterns provide an opportunity to examine the demand for carbon mitigation efforts. Household voting patterns are found to mirror the voting patterns by the U.S Congress on national carbon legislation. […]
Withthe recent impact of the most severe recession since the Great Depression, and the elimination of redevelopment in California, literally, “Where did all the Money Go?” And how can we still achieve the goals of Smart Growth and Sustainable Community planning? This symposium will be a conversation with a selected group of UCLA alumni from […]
"The Lightbulb Paradox: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments"Abstract:It is often suggestedthat consumers are imperfectly informed about or inattentive to energy costs of durable goods such as cars, air conditioners, and lightbulbs. We study two randomized control experiments that provide information on energy costs and product lifetimes for energy efficient compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) vs. traditional […]
"The Demand for Energy-Using Assets among the World's Rising Middle Classes"Abstract:We study decisions to acquire energy-using assets in thepresence of rising incomes. We develop a theoretical framework to show that credit-constrained, poor households are unlikely to use additional income to buy appliances. The effect of income growth on asset purchases is stronger at higher income levels. […]
