Peter Christensen

Peter Christensen is an applied microeconomist at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He studies how public policy and technological interventions can be used to improve social and environmental outcomes in cities around the world. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a faculty affiliate with the Poverty Action Laboratory (J-PAL). His work has been supported by the US EPA, National Science Foundation, Sloan Foundation, and the Russell Sage Foundation. He holds a PhD and a MESc from Yale University and a BA from UC Davis.