Personal profile
Biography
Corey White is an applied microeconomist who studies questions related to health and the environment. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Monash University and a research affiliate at the IZA institute of labor economics.
Dr. White is particularly interested in topics at the intersection of health and environmental economics. For example, he has recently published several papers concerning the health impacts of climate change and extreme temperature exposure. These papers have been featured in leading journals such as the Journal of Public Economics and the Journal of Health Economics. Dr. White has studied a range of other topics in health economics including access to health care and the economics of vaccination. Dr. White's interdisciplinary work has been featured in leading journals outside the field of economics, including a recent paper on the economics of vaccination published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Education/Academic qualification
Economics, PhD, Essays on Externalities in Health and the Environment, University of California Santa Barbara
Award Date: 1 Jun 2017
External positions
Assistant Professor, California Polytechnic State University
1 Aug 2017 → 13 Jun 2021
Research area keywords
- Health economics
- Environmental Economics
- Public Economics
- Applied Microeconomics
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
- 10 Article
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Do cities mitigate or exacerbate environmental damages to health?
Molitor, D. & White, C., Jul 2024, In: Regional Science and Urban Economics. 107, 8 p., 103973.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Air pollution and suicide in rural and urban America: evidence from wildfire smoke
Molitor, D., Mullins, J. T. & White, C., 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 38, p. e2221621120 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Measuring social and externality benefits of influenza vaccination
White, C., Jun 2021, In: The Journal of Human Resources. 56, 3, p. 749-785 37 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Population mortality and laws encouraging influenza vaccination for hospital workers
Carrera, M., Lawler, E. C. & White, C., Apr 2021, In: Annals of Internal Medicine. 174, 4, p. 444-452 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Can access to health care mitigate the effects of temperature on mortality?
Mullins, J. T. & White, C., Nov 2020, In: Journal of Public Economics. 191, 15 p., 104259.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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