Publications
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Climate Health The Psychological Toll of Heat: The Effects of Temperature on Mental Health in Mexico — with Antonia Vazquez — Draft, Accepted at the Journal of Health Economics Abstract
Using nationwide administrative and survey data from Mexico, we find that one extra day above 30°C (86°F) increases suicides by 5% and mental health emergency visits by 2.4%, and worsens self-reported well-being. Effects are attenuated where mental health services are more available, highlighting mental health as a key component of climate damages.
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Climate Health Heat and humidity on early-life outcomes: evidence from Mexico — Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 129, January 2025. [Online Appendix] Abstract
I provide evidence on the detrimental effect of in utero exposure to heat and humidity on children’s health at birth in Mexico. Effects are larger when accounting for humidity, and mitigated by air conditioning adoption.
Full List of Peer-reviewed Publications (click to expand)
Health Public Explaining ethnic disparities in telehealth use with different levels of English proficiency: a decomposition approach
Telemedicine Reports, 6(1), Sep 2025 — with Nari Yoo and Yoonyoung Choi.Health Public The unequal weight of COVID-19 pandemic: national trends in body mass index among Korean adolescents by immigrant origin and gender (2013–2022)
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 29(1), Aug 2024 — with Nari Yoo and Yoonyoung Choi.Health Public Immigrant-origin youths at risk: trends in suicidal behaviors among Korean adolescents by immigrant origins and ethnic options (2011–2019)
Journal of Affective Disorders, 321, January 2023 — with Nari Yoo and Yoonyoung Choi.Do ICT investments decrease firm size? Journal of Industrial Economics and Business, 33(1), Feb 2020 — with Sang Taek Kim. Based on my Master’s dissertation.
Selected work in progress
Climate Public State Oversight and Inspector Familiarity: Evidence from California landfill inspections — with Mary Evans.
Health Who Sleeps with Their Wearable? Selection in Device-Measured Sleep Data — with Nari Yoo and Yoonyoung Choi.
Climate Health Language barriers and the private adaptation gap: avoidance behavior under wildfire smoke in California — with Nari Yoo.