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Douglas Almond
International Affairs Building, Room 1402A
Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs and Economics
Phone: 212-854-7248
douglas.almond@sipa.columbia.edu
da2152@columbia.edu


Biography:
Douglas Almond's primary research areas are health and applied microeconomics, with a particular interest in infant health and the environment. Almond previously served as a staff economist at the Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton administration and studied the health effects of air pollution in China as a Fulbright scholar.

Almond received his BA from Carleton College in Minnesota and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where he received the departmental award for research on public policy.

Search Categories: China, health, economics, education, environment

Publications:
To view an updated list of Professor Almond's publications, visit www.nber.org/~almond.