Roman Eric Sieler

"How does climate change affect human welfare through natural ecosystems? In my job market paper, I use coral reefs, among the ecosystems most vulnerable to climate change, to show how rising sea surface temperatures cause coral bleaching, which negatively affects fisheries and household consumption and leads to persistent signs of malnutrition in children. More broadly, I use remote sensing, microdata, and advanced causal inference methods to study how environmental change and policies affect firms and households, including through air pollution and climate policy."