Olivier Deschenes

About

Olivier Deschenes is the Department Vice Chair and a Professor of Economics at UC Santa Barbara. His research expertise spans Environmental Economics, Health Economics, and Labor Economics. He is a member of the Consortium for Applied Research in Economics, contributing to interdisciplinary research efforts within the department. His role as Department Vice Chair indicates a leadership position within the academic community at UC Santa Barbara's Department of Economics.

Research topics

• Demography
• Geography
• Sociology
• Computer Science
• Medicine
• Biology
• Development economics
• Business
• Demographic economics
• Economics

Selected publications

• Social distancing responses to COVID-19 emergency declarations strongly differentiated by income

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 450 citations

  In the absence of a vaccine, social distancing measures are one of the primary tools to reduce the transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We show that social distancing following US state-level emergency declarations substantially varies by income. Using mobility measures derived from mobile device location pings, we find that wealthier areas decreased mobility significantly more than poorer areas,…

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• The effect of air pollution on body weight and obesity: Evidence from China

  Journal of Development Economics · 2020 · 239 citations

  1st authorCorresponding
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• Assessing the population‐level conservation effects of marine protected areas

  Conservation Biology · 2021 · 58 citations

  Marine protected areas (MPAs) cover 3-7% of the world's ocean, and international organizations call for 30% coverage by 2030. Although numerous studies show that MPAs produce conservation benefits inside their borders, many MPAs are also justified on the grounds that they confer conservation benefits to the connected populations that span beyond their borders. A network of MPAs covering roughly 20% of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary was established in 2003, with a goal of providing…

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• Causal effects of Renewable Portfolio Standards on renewable investments and generation: The role of heterogeneity and dynamics

  Resource and Energy Economics · 2023-09-04 · 22 citations

  article1st authorCorresponding
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• Equitable low-carbon transition pathways for California’s oil extraction

  Nature Energy · 2023-05-18 · 18 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Michael Greenstone

  University of Chicago

  101 shared

• Alan Barreca

  68 shared

• Joseph Shapiro

  University of California, Berkeley

  42 shared

• Karen Clay

  Carnegie Mellon University

  26 shared

• Melanie Guldi

  19 shared

• Enrico Berkes

  18 shared

• Ruben Gaetani

  University of Toronto

  18 shared

• Jeffrey Lin

  Tufts University

  18 shared

Labs

• Consortium for Applied Research in EconomicsPI

  UCSB Consortium for Applied Research in Economics members.

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