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Department of Economics

Ludovica Gazze

Ludovica Gazze

Associate Professor

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Phone: +44 (0)24 765 23052
Email: Ludovica dot Gazze at warwick dot ac dot uk
Office: S2.114S2.114
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About me

I am an environmental and health economist researching urban policy issues, such as lead poisoning.

I study the social costs of pollution, including air pollution and lead exposure, as well as policies to curb pollution, with a focus individuals' and firms' compliance behavior.

I investigate these issues using large administrative datasets and experimental and quasi-experimental methods.

Research Interests

  • Environmental Economics
  • Health Economics

Featured Publications

(2024) "Temperature and Maltreatment of Young Children" (with Mary Evans and Jessamyn Schaller). NBER wp 31522Link opens in a new window. Accepted at Review of Economics and Statistics.

  1. (2024) "Temperature and Maltreatment of Young Children" (with Mary Evans and Jessamyn Schaller). NBER wp 31522Link opens in a new window. Accepted at Review of Economics and Statistics.
  2. (2024) "Distributional and climate implications of policy responses to the energy crisis: Lessons from the UK" (with Menna Bishop and Thiemo Fetzer). CAGE wp No 671Link opens in a new window. Accepted at ​Economic Policy.
    Media: Opinion piece in The Conversation UK
  3. (2023) "Hidden hazards and screening policy: Predicting undetected lead exposure in Illinois" (with Ali Abbasi, Bridget Pals, and Francis DiTraglia). (Published Version). CAGE wp No 612. Accepted at Journal of Health Economics.
  4. (2023) "Man vs. Machine: Technological Promise and Political Limits of Automated Regulation Enforcement" (with Oliver Browne, Michael Greenstone, and Olga Rostapshova). (Published Version). CAGE WP 646. Accepted at The Review of Economics and Statistics.
    Media mentions: The Hill.
    Data archive.
  5. (2023) "Achieving net zero goals in residential buildings". (Published Version). Journal of the British Academy, Vol 11, supplementary issue 4, pp. 35-56.
  6. (2022) "The Long-Run Spillover Effects of Pollution: How Exposure to Lead Affects Everyone in the Classroom" (with Claudia Persico and Sandra Spirovska) (Published Version). IZA DP No. 13133. NBER WP 28782. Accepted at Journal of Labor Economics.
    Media mentions: FutureEd 
  7. (2022) "Hassles and Environmental Health Screenings: Evidence from Lead Tests in Illinois" (Published Version). Accepted at Journal of Human Resources. CAGE WP 509.
  8. (2021) "Infrastructure Upgrades and Lead Exposure: Do Cities Face Trade-Offs When Replacing Water Mains?" (with Jennifer Heissel). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 108: 102472. (Published Version)
  9. (2021) "The Price and Allocation Effects of Targeted Mandates: Evidence from Lead Hazards". Journal of Urban Economics. Vol 123. 103345  (Published Version)
  10. (2021) "Turnout in Concurrent Elections: Evidence from Two Quasi-Experiments in Italy" (with Enrico Cantoni and Jerome Schafer) (Published Version). CAGE WP 557. European Journal of Political Economy 70, p.102035.
  11. (2021) "Collective Reputation in Trade: Evidence from the Chinese Dairy Industry" (with Jie Bai and Yukun Wang) (Published Version ). NBER WP 26283. The Review of Economics and Statistics: 1-45.
    Media mentions: VoxDev
  12. (2020) "Do Conservation Policies Work? Evidence from Residential Water Use" (with Oliver Browne and Michael Greenstone). In Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy, volume 2. University of Chicago Press. (link).
  13. (2020) "Policy changes and child blood lead levels by age 2 for children born in Illinois 2001-2014" (with Ali Abbasi and Bridget Pals). American Journal of Public Health 110, no. 5: 734-740. (link).
  14. (2018) "Inequality in Job Accessibility via Transit in US Cities" (pdf). In Divided Cities (OECD).