Hannah is a Postdoctoral researcher in the Sustainable Resource Management and Global Change research group and part of the Policy Evaluation Lab.
With her empirical research, she aims to answer questions of policy design at the intersections of environmental, health, and labor economics. To this end, she leverages econometric methods for causal inference, large and high-frequency micro-level datasets, and machine learning algorithms.
Hannah conducted her doctoral research at MCC and the Technical University of Berlin. She completed her Masters degree in Economics at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
Selected publications
Killing Prescriptions Softly: Low Emission Zones and Child Health from Birth to School
with Hannah Klauber, Felix Holub, Nico Pestel, Nolan Ritter, and Alexander Rohlf
[American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming.]
Recent working papers
Determinants of Heat Risk in an Aging Population: A Machine Learning Approach
with Nicolas Koch
[IZA Discussion Paper] [related Published Paper (German only)] [Interactive Web-Tool]
Media: [Deutschlandfunk] [Zeit (article)] [Zeit (visualization)] [FAZ] [Tagesspiegel] [Ärztezeitung]
Effects of Thermal Inversion Induced Air Pollution on COVID-19
with Nicolas Koch and Sebastian Kraus
[Working Paper][Data and code]
Heat Stress and Labor Market Inequality
with Nicolas Koch and Nico Pestel (available upon request)
Heat Increases Experienced Racial Segregation in the United States
with Till Baldenius, Nicolas Koch and Nadja Klein (available upon request)
Contributions to recent policy debates (mainly German)
Unequal health risks from climate change
- [Published Paper - German] [Working Paper - English] [Press release] [Interactive Web-Tool]
- Media: Deutschlandfunk, Zeit (article), Zeit (visualization), FAZ, Tagesspiegel, Ärztezeitung
