Jonathan Colmer is an Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy in the Department of Economics at the University of Virginia, and the Co-Founder and Director of the Environmental Inequality Lab. 

Jonathan works to understand how growth, development, and the environment interact to shape prosperity, opportunity, and well-being.

He is a Theme Leader for the Climate & Environment Program at PEDL (CEPR), a research affiliate of CEPR, the CESifo Network, and the IGC, a research fellow of IZA, and a research associate at the Center for Economic Performance. In 2024, he received a National Science Foundations CAREER Award.

What's New

I have a new working paper,  The Global Effects of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms, with Kim Clausing, Allan Hsiao, and Catherine Wolfram. Comments welcome!

The Intergenerational Effects of Early-Life Pollution Exposure has been accepted at the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics!

Environmental Citizen Complaints has been accepted at the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics!

Contact Information:

E-mail: j.colmer@virginia.edu