Dylan Brewer

Research

Peer reviewed

  • Brewer, Dylan and Jim Crozier. (2025). “Do people listen when it matters? Estimating household responses to government requests to conserve energy using smart thermostat data.” Accepted at the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.
    (published version) (working paper) (replication)
  • Kamble, Vikrant K., Dylan Brewer, and Matthew E. Oliver. (2025). “Is there a tradeoff between forest expansion and agriculture? Evidence from India.” Accepted at Land Economics.
    (published version) (working paper)
  • Brewer, Dylan and Sarah Goldgar. (2024). “The effect of extreme temperatures on evictions.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 128, 103055, 1-8.
    (published version) (working paper)
  • Brewer, Dylan and Graham Lewis. (2024). “Work from home, polarization, and new residential construction during COVID-19.” Applied Economics Letters, 1-5.
    (published version) (working paper)
  • Brewer, Dylan and Alyssa Carlson. (2024). “Addressing Sample Selection Bias for Machine Learning Methods.” Journal of Applied Econometrics, vol. 39, no. 3, 383-400.
    (published version)
  • Brewer, Dylan and Samantha Cameron. (2023). “Habit formation and retention in recycling.”  Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 44, 533–552 (print 2025).
    (published version) (replication) (podcast)
  • Brewer, Dylan. (2023). “Household Responses to Winter Heating Costs: Implications for Energy Pricing Policies and Demand-Side Alternatives.” Energy Policy, vol. 177, 113550, 1-12.
    (published version)
  • Brewer, Dylan, Daniel Dench, and Laura Taylor.  (2023).  “Advances in Causal Inference at the Intersection of Air Pollution and Health Outcomes Data.” Annual Reviews of Resource Economics, vol. 15, 455-469.
    (published version) (podcast)
  • Brewer, Dylan. (2023). “Changes in electricity use following COVID-19 stay-at-home behavior.”  Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, vol. 12 no. 1, 1-30.
    (published version)
  • Brewer, Dylan. (2022). “Equilibrium Sorting and Moral Hazard in Residential Energy Markets.”  Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 129, 1-22.
    (published version)
  • Brewer, Dylan.  (2020). “Do preferred thermostat settings differ by sex?”  Energy and Buildings, vol. 224, 1-11.
    (published version)

Grants

  • Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems Sustainability Next Seed Grant, “Assessing inequality in health benefits from EV adoption, charging, and air pollution” Principle Investigator.  Co PIs: Jennifer Kaiser and Daniel Molzahn. 2024.
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency Grant, “Monitoring Air Pollution in Underserved South Atlanta (MAP-USA).” Principle investigator for Georgia Tech. $498,401. 2022-2025.
  • Strategic Energy Institute Grant, “The Effects of Internal Combustion Engine Transit Systems on Health: An Interdisciplinary Research Program Linking Transit-Related Pollution to Birth Outcomes.” Principle investigator.  Co PI: Randall Guensler. 2022-2023.

Working papers

  • “Anticipating the labor market challenges of the clean energy transition: Evidence from an iron ore mining ban.” Joint with Vikrant Kamble. Revisions requested at the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.
    (working paper)
  • “Of Presidents and Prices at the Pump: Do Economists Have a Blind Spot?” Joint with Matt Oliver. Working paper, under review.
    (working paper)
  • “Health vs wealth: The impact of mining on pregnancy outcomes.” Joint with Vikrant Kamble. Working paper, under review.
    (working paper)
  • “Digital Dispatch and Demand Response in Grid Emergencies: Evidence from Household Cooling in California’s Flex Alerts.” Joint with Soren Anderson and Maghfira Ramadhani. Working paper.
  • “The Impact of Environmental Exposures on Human Performance: Evidence from 837,000 Chicago Marathon Times.” Joint with Marta Westerstahl. Working paper.

Selected work in progress

  • Estimating energy efficiency using smart thermostat data
  • Health impacts of coal mining and coal-fired power plants in India and implications for a clean energy transition
  • The effects of coal mine and power plant retirements on local outcomes and mortality
  • Air quality and avoidance behavior
  • Behavioral biases in expert air quality forecasting
  • Residential rooftop solar PV mandates
  • Severance tax breaks and oil and gas drilling
  • Electric vehicle adoption forecasting