Qianping Ren

任前平

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Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at UC Santa Cruz. During 2024-2025, I am an exchange Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley ARE. My primary research interests are environmental economics, public economics and urban economics. 

My current research focuses on how environmental policies impact socioeconomic outcomes (e.g. housing development, urbanization, financial health), and individuals’ behaviors (e.g. climate adaptation, migration). In my future research, I am particularly interested in the adaptation to climate change among multiple stakeholders (individuals, enterprises, governments).

I'm passionate on using granular GIS data (e.g. satellite and remote sensing data) to measure and conduct analysis. I mainly do causal inference studies.

I am on the academic job market in 2024-2025.

References: Professor Jeremy West (chair), Professor Justin Marion, Professor George Bulman

Contact Info:

Department of Economics

University of California, Santa Cruz

1156 High Street, 

Santa Cruz, CA 95064

Email: qren4@ucsc.edu, qren@berkeley.edu