Category Archives: Environment (general)

How to Deal with Natural Disasters

A short review of Matthew Kahn’s An Introduction to Natural Disaster Economics. When I first studied environmental and natural resource economics, I was struck by its focus on certain topics and comparative neglect of others which seemed equally important.  My … Continue reading

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Covid-19 and Household Size – An Update

An updated analysis of national data remains consistent with the hypothesis that Covid-19 infection rates are higher in larger households . In a post in May 2020 I presented the results of a regression analysis on data from 14 Western … Continue reading

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Housing Reform in England

Housing in England is under-supplied, resulting in high costs.  The government’s proposed reforms to address the problem are a step in the right direction but do not go nearly far enough. I don’t usually engage in autobiography, but it so … Continue reading

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Covid-19 and Household Size

Differences in national rates of Covid-19 infection may be partly due to differences in household sizes. While many questions about the Covid-19 virus are currently unanswered, one point on which there has been wide agreement is that transmission is more … Continue reading

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