@fburlig

Assistant professor & energy / development economist at @UChicago's @HarrisPolicy & @UChiEnergy.

 Chicago, IL
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Joined December 2011
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A nice summary of my work on long-range monsoon forecasts as climate adaptation with all-star coauthor team @amirjina, @erinmunrokelley, Greg "too cool for X" Lane, and @HarshilSahai is in the June @nberpubs digest! nber.org/sites/default/files…
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Hiring a predoc to work on the economics of the environment in the developing world. Come work with me and superstars Erin Kelley and Greg Lane!
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Pre-Doctoral in Economics Program (PREP)

The Pre-Doctoral in Economics Program (PREP) at the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics. PREP works with the Chicago Economics community to turn its evidence-based research into real-world...

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Our #10 Top Chart from @fburlig @amirjina @anantsudarshan shows delivering clean water to rural homes in India is a cost effective approach to confronting the global clean water access problem, costing only $71 to $226 per life year saved. bit.ly/4pTgPfx #EPICTop10 2/2
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On Dec 10, join @UChiClimate journalism fellow @AmyAHarder and EPIC scholar @fburlig in London for a discussion on how shifting temperatures, freshwater scarcity, and ecological disruption are transforming the systems that sustain human life. Register: epic.uchicago.edu/events/eve…

Feeding a Warming Planet: Building Resilience in Food Systems 

Video Wildfires, droughts, and rising seas are the visible face of climate change—but beneath them lies another crisis: unstable global food and water supplies. In this critical discussion moderated...

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Forthcoming in the AER: "The Value of Clean Water: Experimental Evidence from Rural India" by Fiona Burlig, Amir Jina, and Anant Sudarshan. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…

The Value of Clean Water: Experimental Evidence from Rural India

(March 2026) - Over 2 billion people lack clean drinking water. Existing solutions face high costs (piped water) or low demand (point-of-use chlorine). Using a 60,000 household cluster-randomized...

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Can better data close the climate survival gap? In a new podcast episode of Shocked, @amyaharder, @fburlig, @turbulentjet, & @amirjina explore how #AI is transforming weather prediction in places where stakes are highest and resources are few. lnk.to/shockedpodcast!x
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@JPAL17 Jul 2025
💧Can delivering treated water directly to homes improve safe water use in rural India? @AnantSudarshan @fburling @amirjina evaluate three models—free delivery, subsidized pricing, and exchangeable entitlements—to study household demand and program design. 🔗 povertyactionlab.org/evaluat…
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🆕 Clean water in India: Is delivering water a viable solution? Today on VoxDev, @fburlig (@HarrisPolicy @UChiEnergy), @amirjina & @anantsudarshan (@warwickecon) provide evidence on an understudied approach to delivering clean water in rural India: voxdev.org/topic/health/clea…

Clean water in India: Is delivering water a viable solution?

An understudied approach to delivering clean water in rural India shows high take-up and substantial health and welfare benefits, offering actionable insights for improving access to clean water.

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In a new podcast with @rff, EPIC/@harrispolicy scholar @fburlig discusses improving access to clean drinking water in India. Tune in: epic.uchicago.edu/insights/v…

Valuing Access to Drinking Water in India, with Professor Fiona Burlig

In partnership with a private company that cleans drinking water and delivers water directly to households, Prof Fiona Burlig recently conducted a field experiment to find out how different pricing...

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We are back! EEE Summer School @ Berkeley! 🔗 Info + application: auffhammer.com/summer-school📅 Deadline: May 14 | Program: Aug 18–22 We especially encourage early stage Ph.D. students with possible interest in EEE topics! Must be enrolled in North American Econ"ish" Ph.D. program.

summer school — Maximilian Auffhammer

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We are looking for a strong #RA! Please apply! @econ_ra @econ_ra_india @JPAL_SA @nberpubs @EconAtAshoka @EconomicsShiv @AEAjournals
DIA Evidence and Impact@DIAResearch24 Mar 2025
🚨 📢 We are #Hiring a #ResearchAssociate! Join a Dream Team of PI's carrying out an #Intervention on studying the impacts of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Development Program being implemented in #AndhraPradesh for Class 9 students. Apply now at daiadvisory.org/careers/appl…! #Jobs
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@nberpubs16 Mar 2025
Testing centralized treatment and home delivery of clean water to the rural poor in India, from @fburlig, Amir Jina, and Anant Sudarshan nber.org/papers/w33557
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Great to see my groundwater work with @lpreonas and too-cool-for-tweets Matt Woerman in the @latimes! Bringing groundwater into sustainability in California will be a big lift; we find prices are an effective tool for curbing consumption. Full paper here: fionaburlig.com/s/20241112_B…
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A landmark government report has called for national mobilization to curb groundwater depletion. Research co-authored by EPIC scholar @fburlig finds that a tax or fee on water use could help achieve necessary reductions in pumping. More via @latimes: epic.uchicago.edu/news/landm…

Landmark government report calls for national mobilization to curb groundwater depletion

By Ian James Even as groundwater levels have rapidly declined in farming regions from California’s Central Valley to the High Plains, the federal government has mostly taken a hands-off approach to...

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A landmark government report has called for national mobilization to curb groundwater depletion. Research co-authored by EPIC scholar @fburlig finds that a tax or fee on water use could help achieve necessary reductions in pumping. More via @latimes: epic.uchicago.edu/news/landm…

Landmark government report calls for national mobilization to curb groundwater depletion

By Ian James Even as groundwater levels have rapidly declined in farming regions from California’s Central Valley to the High Plains, the federal government has mostly taken a hands-off approach to...

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Blog your job market paper 2024: submissions now open - our 14th year of publishing posts by PhD students on the development job market (submissions due Nov 6) blogs.worldbank.org/en/impac…

Blog your job market paper 2024: submissions now open

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#Groundwater has been free to farmers in most of the world, leading to rapid resource depletion. A new study co-authored by EPIC’s @fburlig finds that when CA farmers have to pay for that water, they use less. Learn more: bit.ly/3SgRsG1
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Ethan BdM@ethanbdm24 May 2024
We @HarrisPolicy are proud to launch our Public Sector Scholarship guaranteeing a minimum of $40,000 in scholarship to those with 3 years of public sector service. People dedicated to serving society should have access to the world's best policy education. harris.uchicago.edu/public-s…
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