Andrew Hobbs

I am a development and environmental economist studying how people cope with droughts, floods, and other environmental shocks. I am particularly interested in how household power structures lead the costs of those shocks to be unevenly distributed. Much of my research relies on linking satellite data with ground-based survey datasets to study how droughts affect people, their crops, and natural landscapes.

Before starting my PhD, I lived and worked for several years in Mozambique studying climate smart agriculture. Prior to that, I worked on renewable energy and energy efficiency policy in the U.S., Germany, and China.

Research in Progress

Do Droughts Drive Deforestation?: Evidence from Mozambique

Impact of Agricultural Policies on Crop Residue Burning in India with Kajal Gulati

With big data come big problems: pitfalls in measuring basis risk for crop index insurance with Matthieu Stigler, Apratim Dey, and David Lobell

Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurial Aspirations: Results from Pilot Experiments in India, Peru, and Uganda with Ester Agasha, Akash Shaji, and Bruce Wydick