Distributional Impacts of Climate Change in the Agricultural Sector

Ellen M. Bruno, Meredith Fowlie, and Danae Hernandez-Cortes, Organizers

November 17, 2023

Gleacher Center, Room 406, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, IL

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, November 17
8:30 am
Coffee and pastries
9:00 am
Andrew Hultgren, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tamma Carleton, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago and NBER
Trevor Houser, Rhodium Group
Solomon M. Hsiang, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Amir Jina, University of Chicago and NBER
Robert E. Kopp, Rutgers University
Ishan B. Nath, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
James Rising, University of Delaware
Ashwin Rode, University of Chicago

Estimating Global Impacts to Agriculture from Climate Change Accounting for Adaptation
Discussant: Wolfram Schlenker, Columbia University and NBER
9:45 am
Allan Hsiao, Princeton University
Jacob Moscona, Harvard University
Karthik Sastry, Princeton University and NBER

Food Policy in a Warming World
Discussant: Ishan B. Nath, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Goeun Lee, University of California, Davis
Timothy Beatty, University of California, Davis

Farmworker Labor and Extreme Temperatures
Discussant: Maximilian Auffhammer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
11:45 am
Tamma Carleton, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Maximilian Auffhammer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

The Unequal Burden of Climate Change in California (slides)
Discussant: Ann Wolverton, Environmental Protection Agency
12:30 pm
Lunch - Lounge 500
12:31 pm
Keynote Speaker: Kelly B. Maguire, Assistant Administrator, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture
(not available on YouTube)
1:30 pm
Tatiana Borisova, Economic Research Service, USDA
Tia M. McDonald, Economic Research Service, USDA
Clayton Michaud, Economic Research Service, USDA
Noah J. Miller, Economic Research Service, USDA
Jonathan Law, Economic Research Service, USDA

Droughts and the Aggregate Economic Profitability Indicators for the US Farm Sector
Discussant: Aaron Smith, University of California, Davis
2:15 pm
Jennifer E. Ifft, Kansas State University
Osama Sajid, Cornell University
Ariel Ortiz Bobea, Cornell University

The Impact of Extreme Weather on Farm Finances: Farm-level Evidence from Kansas
Discussant: Katrina Jessoe, University of California at Davis
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Jeffrey Hadachek, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ellen M. Bruno, University of California, Berkeley
Nick Hagerty, Montana State University
Katrina Jessoe, University of California at Davis

External Costs of Climate Change Adaptation: Agricultural Wells and Access to Drinking Water
Discussant: Tihitina T. Andarge, University of Massachusetts Amherst
4:15 pm
Rajat Kochhar, University of Chicago
Ruozi Song, World Bank

Does Market Power in Agricultural Markets Hinder Farmer Climate Change Adaptation?
Discussant: Amir Jina, University of Chicago and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn