My name is Elizabeth (Libby) Kula. I’m a 3rd year Ph.D. student in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. My studies were concentrated in the environmental/natural resource economics and policy fields. I am currently working on my first two dissertation chapters.
My research interests include ecosystem services, natural capital accounting, and equity. In my dissertation, I would like to leverage household survey data and geospatial environmental data to estimate the distribution of ecosystem services across space and socio-economic characteristics over time, in response to policy changes.
Publications
Caroline Krafft, Kristine West, Ashley McFarlane, Elizabeth Kula, Fardowsa Abdinoor, Morgan Weyrens-Welch, and Karri Drain. 2022. “Virtually nonexistent: Gender and racial representation in online K-12 economics lessons.” Eastern Economic Journal.
Caroline Krafft, Elizabeth Kula, and Maia Sieverding. 2021. “An investigation of Jordan’s fertility stall and resumed decline: The role of proximate determinants.” Demographic Research 45(19): 605-652.
Christina Ewig, Youngmin Chu, Libby Kula, and Joseph Ritter. 2022. “2022 Status of Women & Girls in Minnesota.” Women’s Foundation of Minnesota and the Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Report.
Johnson-Polasky Research Lab at the University of Minnesota
Minnesota Center for Diversity in Economics Advisory Board Member
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