Olivier Deschênes

10.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
71 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Olivier Deschênes is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Olivier Deschênes has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 26 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 24 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Olivier Deschênes's work include Global Health Care Issues (23 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (23 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (14 papers). Olivier Deschênes is often cited by papers focused on Global Health Care Issues (23 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (23 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (14 papers). Olivier Deschênes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Olivier Deschênes's co-authors include Michael Greenstone, Joseph Shapiro, Alan Barreca, Enrico Moretti, Steven D. Gaines, W. J. Wouter Botzen, Mark Sanders, Karen Clay, Christopher Costello and Kelly Bedard and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Olivier Deschênes

66 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agr... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2011 2012 2016 2019 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Output and Random Fluctuations in Weather
    2007 875 citations Olivier Deschênes, Michael Greenstone profile →
  2. Climate Change, Mortality, and Adaptation: Evidence from Annual Fluctuations in Weather in the US
    2011 699 citations Olivier Deschênes, Michael Greenstone profile →
  3. Status and Solutions for the World’s Unassessed Fisheries
    2012 598 citations Christopher Costello, Olivier Deschênes et al. profile →
  4. Adapting to Climate Change: The Remarkable Decline in the US Temperature-Mortality Relationship over the Twentieth Century
    2016 542 citations Alan Barreca, Karen Clay et al. profile →
  5. The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Review of Models and Empirical Studies
    2019 383 citations W. J. Wouter Botzen, Olivier Deschênes et al. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy profile →
  6. Temperature effects on productivity and factor reallocation: Evidence from a half million chinese manufacturing plants
    2017 352 citations Olivier Deschênes, Kyle C. Meng et al. profile →
  7. Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality: Evidence from the NOx Budget Program
    2017 306 citations Olivier Deschênes, Michael Greenstone et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Olivier Deschênes United States 28 2.1k 1.6k 1.2k 1.0k 924 71 6.4k
Solomon Hsiang United States 29 3.3k 1.6× 1.8k 1.1× 2.2k 1.9× 1.5k 1.4× 2.9k 3.1× 65 10.1k
Anil Markandya Spain 44 3.2k 1.5× 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 162 0.2× 896 1.0× 269 7.6k
Maximilian Auffhammer United States 35 1.7k 0.8× 654 0.4× 1.0k 0.8× 633 0.6× 478 0.5× 89 5.2k
Isaac Luginaah Canada 45 892 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 491 0.4× 391 0.4× 1.3k 1.4× 348 7.4k
David Satterthwaite United Kingdom 44 1.0k 0.5× 684 0.4× 1.6k 1.4× 261 0.3× 1.9k 2.0× 151 7.1k
W. Michael Hanemann United States 42 11.3k 5.4× 555 0.3× 3.2k 2.7× 831 0.8× 1.8k 2.0× 140 15.8k
Melissa Dell United States 13 2.4k 1.1× 424 0.3× 583 0.5× 870 0.8× 1.4k 1.6× 26 4.9k
Jennifer Burney United States 30 487 0.2× 950 0.6× 1.3k 1.1× 532 0.5× 324 0.4× 71 4.6k
Wolfram Schlenker United States 37 2.6k 1.2× 865 0.5× 3.6k 3.0× 3.6k 3.5× 961 1.0× 71 13.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Deschênes, Olivier, et al.. (2025). The impact of air pollution on petcare utilization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(40). e2504553122–e2504553122.
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Yang, Haozhe, Gang He, Jiang Lin, et al.. (2024). Regional disparities in health and employment outcomes of China’s transition to a low-carbon electricity system. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 25001–25001. 4 indexed citations
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Weill, Joakim, Matthieu Stigler, Olivier Deschênes, & Michael Springborn. (2024). Researchers' degrees of flexibility: Revisiting COVID‐19 policy evaluations. Economic Inquiry. 63(2). 441–462. 1 indexed citations
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Deschênes, Olivier, Christopher J. Malloy, & Gavin McDonald. (2023). Causal Effects of Renewable Portfolio Standards on Renewable Investments and Generation: The Role of Heterogeneity and Dynamics. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Deshmukh, Ranjit, Paige Weber, Olivier Deschênes, et al.. (2023). Well setbacks limit California’s oil supply with larger health benefits and employment losses than excise and carbon taxes. Nature Energy. 8(6). 562–564. 2 indexed citations
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Deshmukh, Ranjit, Paige Weber, Olivier Deschênes, et al.. (2023). Equitable low-carbon transition pathways for California’s oil extraction. Nature Energy. 8(6). 597–609. 11 indexed citations
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Deschênes, Olivier, et al.. (2022). Can Demand-Side Interventions Rebuild Global Fisheries?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Halpern, Benjamin S., Jason Maier, Christopher Costello, et al.. (2021). The long and narrow path for novel cell‐based seafood to reduce fishing pressure for marine ecosystem recovery. Fish and Fisheries. 22(3). 652–664. 25 indexed citations
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Weill, Joakim, Matthieu Stigler, Olivier Deschênes, & Michael Springborn. (2020). Social distancing responses to COVID-19 emergency declarations strongly differentiated by income. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(33). 19658–19660. 290 indexed citations
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Botzen, W. J. Wouter, Olivier Deschênes, & Mark Sanders. (2019). The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Review of Models and Empirical Studies. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy. 13(2). 167–188. 383 indexed citations breakdown →
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Deschênes, Olivier. (2018). Temperature Variability and Mortality: Evidence from 16 Asian Countries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Barreca, Alan, Olivier Deschênes, & Melanie Guldi. (2018). Maybe Next Month? Temperature Shocks and Dynamic Adjustments in Birth Rates. Demography. 55(4). 1269–1293. 93 indexed citations
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Deschênes, Olivier & Kyle C. Meng. (2018). Quasi-Experimental Methods in Environmental Economics: Opportunities and Challenges. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Currie, Janet & Olivier Deschênes. (2016). Children and Climate Change: Introducing the Issue. The Future of Children. 26(1). 3–9. 44 indexed citations
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Barreca, Alan, Karen Clay, Olivier Deschênes, Michael Greenstone, & Joseph Shapiro. (2015). Adapting to Climate Change: The Remarkable Decline in the U.S. Temperature-Mortality Relationship Over the 20th Century. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Deschênes, Olivier, Michael Greenstone, & Joseph Shapiro. (2012). Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality: Evidence from the NOx Budget Program and Ozone Reductions. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Burgess, Robin, Olivier Deschênes, Dave Donaldson, & Michael Greenstone. (2011). Weather and Death in India. 41 indexed citations
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Deschênes, Olivier. (2010). Climate Policy and Labor Markets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 37–52. 2 indexed citations
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Greenstone, Michael & Olivier Deschênes. (2006). The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Profits and Random Fluctuations in Weather. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Deschênes, Olivier & Michael Greenstone. (2004). The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Profits and Random Fluctuations in Weather. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations

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