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Ludovica Gazze

@ludogazze.bsky.social

Environmental and health economist at @warwickecon Cofondatrice di http://cblab.co Capoerista. @LudoGazze on #EconTwitter & econtwitter.net Astenersi perditempo.

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Ludovica Gazze @ludogazze.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I've been working with @melissadgentry.bsky.social for the past year and have learned so much from her about the economics of living with disabilities. She's hard-working, deep-thinking, kind, fun, and everything you'd want in a colleague!

Melissa Gentry@melissadgentry.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I am excited to announce I am on the #EconJobMarket this year! 🎉 My research explores economic barriers for people with disabilities at the intersection of labor, public, and health economics. My #EconJMP examines how reliable transportation transforms outcomes for this population. 🧵1/6

Photo shows the title page for an academic paper titled "Driving Inclusion: The Effect of Improved Transportation for People with Disabilities" by Melissa Gentry. The abstract is as follows: People with disabilities face substantial barriers to economic and social participation. I explore the extent to which these barriers are overcome by the availability of reliable and flexible transportation, which may serve as ``reliability insurance'' in case other modes of transit fail. Leveraging the roll-out of Uber, I use a stacked difference-in-differences approach to show that the availability of reliable and flexible transportation leads to improvements in social and economic participation through increased marriage rates and labor force participation, and reduced reliance on public assistance. The reduction in public assistance outweighs expected rideshare costs, lending support to the recent push towards public-private partnerships in the transportation space.
Ludovica Gazze @ludogazze.bsky.social · last yr.

We have a new CEPR Discussion Paper Air Quality and Conferences' Engagement with Tanu Gupta, Allen Huang, Valentina Londoño, @santisaap.bsky.social, @mattietoma.bsky.social ow.ly/UypV50X2ckG #CEPR_CCE #EconSky Thanks to @cagewarwick.bsky.social & @warwickecon.bsky.social for funding/support 1/4

DP20676 Air Quality and Conferences' Engagement

There is limited evidence on the non-health impacts of air pollution, including productivity in the workplace and behavior. We examine the effect of air pollution on participation, collaboration, and feedback provision in a workplace setting. Our experiment randomly assigns air purifiers to rooms at three large academic conferences to investigate the causal impact of air pollution on participants' engagement behavior. We construct a participant engagement index based on 12 presentation-level behavioral outcomes directly measured by conference observers through an online form and weigh each behavioral outcome using weights elicited from an expert survey. Conference rooms treated with air purifiers exhibit 48% less PM2.5 concentration compared to control rooms. However, we do not find a statistically significant change in engagement. Communication in the workplace might not be a large driver of the empirical relationship between air quality and productivity, albeit more research is needed across workplaces and measures of communication.

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Ludovica Gazze @ludogazze.bsky.social · last yr.

Had a blast, as always. Wonderful meeting some of the old and new guard working on health and environmental econ topics. I learned so much from these thoughtful and kind scholars. And impeccable organization!

GSSI Social Sciences@gssisocialsci.bsky.social · last yr.

Great presentations & atmosphere at our 1st Workshop on Health & Environmental Economics (joint w @unicatt.bsky.social) Delighted to host keynote speakers Matthew Neidell (Columbia) & @ludogazze.bsky.social (Warwick). @sandoralp.bsky.social Gilberto Turati Elena Cottini Luca Salmasi Carlo Caporali

Ludovica Gazze @ludogazze.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hey #EconSky: Suppose i have a bunch of variables, quite correlated, describing public transit accessibility of nbds. I want to get the causal effect of public transit accessibility on Y. How bad is it if I LASSO, then OLS on selected vars?

Ludovica Gazze @ludogazze.bsky.social · 2y ago

💥Excited💥 for a Workshop on Environmental & Health Economics! Join us in Rome on June 23-24, 2025. 👉🏻Keynotes by Matt Neidell and myself. ⏰ Deadline: April 15. Organized by Università Cattolica & GSSI Supported by: Eaere, Iaere. #Econsky

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Ludovica Gazze @ludogazze.bsky.social · 2y ago

Lead is in many homes & can poison people. There are steps people can take to reduce the risk of poisoning, e.g., during renovations. It seems that the UK government should provide guidance, at the very least copying theor cousins at US EPA. I commented on this in an @financialtimes.com article.

CAGE Research Centre@cagewarwick.bsky.social · 2y ago

CAGE Public Policy Theme Lead @ludogazze.bsky.social provides expert comment in today’s Financial Times as MP’s and academics warn of the health risk of lead paint in homes. 📰

Ludovica Gazze @ludogazze.bsky.social · 2y ago

Every bit of this thread is 🔥, but this bit resonates especially. When I failed my first mkt I couldn't understand how ppl could say "everything will be ok". It turned out to be more than ok, after the grief, in part because I allowed myself to embrace unforeseen opportunities. No one size fits all.

Sandy Black@econsandy.bsky.social · 2y ago

Life Is Full of Surprises. Things don’t always turn out the way you think/want, but that isn’t always bad in the longer-run. You will find new opportunities and you might be even happier. You can try things and change your mind.

Ludovica Gazze @ludogazze.bsky.social · 2y ago

Last week I learned something new about lead poisoning: it's ALSO been associated with mental health disorders like anxiety and depression! (On top of physical health, cognitive, and impulse control effects). I wrote about it in the @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/leaded-petro...

Leaded petrol probably affected the mental health of millions of Americans – new study

The impact on people in the UK is probably similar. Unfortunately, no national data was collected, so we can’t be sure.

theconversation.com