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New publication in Journal of General Internal Medicine
A new publication led by UHERO’s Tim Halliday and Ruben Juarez describes how the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic created a perfect storm in which private laboratories can earn huge profits from PCR testing while potentially impacting health care premium costs. Halliday, T., Tan, C., Juarez, R. et al. Financial Implications of COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction Tests on […]
Read MorePerspectives from communities threatened by sea-level rise
“Amid the growing threat of sea-level rise and coastal erosion of oceanfront communities around the world, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers delved deeper into the response for coastal communities on Oʻahu. A recent survey of stakeholders discovered that what most respondents felt was currently important did not always match with what they felt should […]
Read MoreUHERO Rapid Health Survey: Longitudinal analysis of health disparities in Hawai’i
The UHERO Rapid Health Survey is building the data infrastructure at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and UHERO that will allow us to inform the design and execution of public health programs in the state of Hawaii for COVID-19 and other disasters while simultaneously addressing health disparities. The study is open to adults in […]
Read MoreEconomic and GHG impacts of a US state-level carbon tax: the case of Hawai’i
A new paper by a team from UHERO published in Climate Policy finds that a carbon tax for Hawai‘i set at the federal social cost of carbon would reduce cumulative GHG emissions by 10% relative to the baseline from 2025 to 2045. They find that when carbon tax revenues are paid as equal-share dividends to Hawai‘i […]
Read MoreDoes air pollution increase electric vehicle adoption? Evidence from U.S. metropolitan areas, 2011–2018
A publication in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy by a team of economists including UHERO’s Coffman, Hayashida, and La Croix shows that changes in local air pollution within U.S. metropolitan areas are associated with changes in consumer purchases of new EVs. The authors find a positive association between PM2.5 pollution and BEV adoption, and a negative […]
Read MoreUHERO’s Daniela Bond-Smith is CSS Spring 2022 Research Award Recipient
Congratulations to UHERO’s Daniela Bond-Smith for receiving CSS research support funding for her joint project “Building a participatory infrastructure for community-driven, real-time monitoring of the Disabled community’s needs and priorities in Hawai’i”!
Read MorePlease join us! Carbon Taxes, Credits and Offsets Webinar (3/16)
Join UHERO’s Makena Coffman for a webinar discussion on March 16, 2022 at 10-11 HST on the results of the 2020 Hawaii Carbon Pricing Study mandated by the Hawaii Legislature and the 2021 follow-up study. The title of the event is “Carbon Taxes, Credits and Offsets: Means for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation.” Carbon taxes, credits and offsets can […]
Read MoreHMSA gift of $1 million endows health economics professorship at UHERO
The Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association (HMSA) donated $1 million to establish the HMSA Distinguished Endowed Professorship in Health Economics at the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO) in UH Mānoa’s College of Social Sciences. The endowment will support UHERO’s research in the area of health economics. UHERO Executive Director Carl Bonham has worked closely […]
Read MoreUHERO’s Philip Garboden selected as a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation
Congratulations to UHERO’s Philip Garboden for being selected as one of 14 scholars in the Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholars Program. While in residence at RSF in New York City, they will pursue research and writing projects that reflect the foundation’s commitment to strengthening the social sciences and conducting research “for the improvement of social […]
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