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Nekeisha Spencer

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(50%) Department of Economics
State University of New York-Binghamton (SUNY)

Binghamton, New York (United States)
http://www2.binghamton.edu/economics/
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(50%) Department of Economics
University of the West Indies

Mona, Jamaica
http://www.uwimona.edu.jm/economics/
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Working papers

  1. Spencer, Nekeisha. & Urquhart, Mikhail-Ann., 2021. "The impact of extreme weather on temporary work absence," ILO Working Papers 995126293202676, International Labour Organization.
  2. Khadan, Jeetendra & Spencer, Nekeisha & Strobl, Eric & Bose-Duker, Theophiline, 2021. "Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Being Overweight or Obese in Suriname," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 11345, Inter-American Development Bank.
  3. Nekeisha Spencer & E. Strobl, 2019. "The future of economic welfare," Post-Print hal-02463338, HAL.
  4. Nekeisha Spencer & Mikhail-Ann Urquhart, 2016. "Hurricanes? Let's Make a Move," CESifo Working Paper Series 6081, CESifo.
  5. Spencer, Nekeisha & Polachek, Solomon & Strobl, Eric, 2016. "How Do Hurricanes Impact Achievement in School? A Caribbean Perspective," IZA Discussion Papers 10169, IZA Network @ LISER.
  6. Nekeisha Spencer & Solomon Polachek & Eric Strobl, 2016. "How do hurricanes impact scholastic achievement? A Caribbean perspective," Post-Print hal-01446220, HAL.
  7. Spencer, Nekeisha & Polachek, Solomon, 2015. "Hurricane Watch: Battening Down the Effects of the Storm on Local Crop Production," IZA Discussion Papers 9439, IZA Network @ LISER.

Articles

  1. Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2025. "Modeling the Impact of Extreme Climate Events on Household Welfare: An Empirical Framework," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 88(4), pages 921-964, April.
  2. Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2022. "Poverty and hurricane risk exposure in Jamaica," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), vol. 47(1), pages 141-157, March.
  3. Michael Henry & Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2020. "The Impact of Tropical Storms on Households: Evidence from Panel Data on Consumption," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 82(1), pages 1-22, February.
  4. Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2020. "Hurricanes, climate change, and social welfare: evidence from the Caribbean," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 163(1), pages 337-357, November.
  5. Nekeisha Spencer & Mikhail-Ann Urquhart & Patrice Whitely, 2020. "Class Discrimination? Evidence from Jamaica: A Racially Homogeneous Labor Market," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 52(1), pages 77-95, March.
  6. Nekeisha Spencer & Zhonghui Liu, 2019. "Victimization and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from a High Crime Country," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 144(1), pages 475-495, July.
  7. Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2019. "Crime Watch: Hurricanes and Illegal Activities," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 86(1), pages 318-338, July.
  8. Nekeisha Spencer & Solomon Polachek & Eric Strobl, 2016. "How do hurricanes impact scholastic achievement? A Caribbean perspective," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 84(2), pages 1437-1462, November.
  9. Spencer, Nekeisha & Polachek, Solomon, 2015. "Hurricane watch: Battening down the effects of the storm on local crop production," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 234-240.

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Citations

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Working papers

  1. Nekeisha Spencer & Mikhail-Ann Urquhart, 2016. "Hurricanes? Let's Make a Move," CESifo Working Paper Series 6081, CESifo.

    Cited by:

    1. Alistair Munro & Shunsuke Managi, 2017. "Going Back: Radiation and Intentions to Return amongst Households Evacuated after the Great Tohoku Earthquake," Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Springer, vol. 1(1), pages 77-93, June.

  2. Spencer, Nekeisha & Polachek, Solomon & Strobl, Eric, 2016. "How Do Hurricanes Impact Achievement in School? A Caribbean Perspective," IZA Discussion Papers 10169, IZA Network @ LISER.

    Cited by:

    1. Beuermann, Diether W. & Pecha, Camilo J., 2020. "The effects of weather shocks on early childhood development: Evidence from 25 years of tropical storms in Jamaica," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 37(C).
    2. Ilan Noy & Benno Ferrarini & Donghyun Park, 2019. "Build Back Better: What Is It, and What Should It Be?," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 600, Asian Development Bank.
    3. Anousheh Alamir & Tillmann Heidelk, 2020. "Natural Disasters and Education," Working Papers ECARES 2020-05, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    4. Pelli, Martino & Tschopp, Jeanne, 2025. "Storms, early education and human capital," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
    5. Huesler, Joel, 2025. "Natural disasters, missing pupils: Evidence from colonial Jamaica’s school system," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    6. Claude Berrebi & Ariel Karlinsky & Hanan Yonah, 2021. "Individual and community behavioral responses to natural disasters," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 105(2), pages 1541-1569, January.
    7. Dodlova, Marina & Carias, Michelle Escobar & Grimm, Michael, 2023. "The Effects of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake on Children's Nutrition and Education," IZA Discussion Papers 16195, IZA Network @ LISER.

  3. Nekeisha Spencer & Solomon Polachek & Eric Strobl, 2016. "How do hurricanes impact scholastic achievement? A Caribbean perspective," Post-Print hal-01446220, HAL.

    Cited by:

    1. Joel Huesler, 2024. "Impact of Natural Disasters on School Attendance: A Comparative Study from Colonial Jamaica," Working Papers 0264, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
    2. Banerjee, Rakesh & Bharati, Tushar, 2025. "Learning disruptions and academic outcomes," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
    3. Laisa Daza Obando & Wim Groot & Fernando Ramirez Cortes & Kristof De Witte, 2026. "The Impact of Natural Hazard Events on Education in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Literature Review," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 38(2), pages 216-236, April.
    4. Beuermann, Diether W. & Pecha, Camilo J., 2020. "The effects of weather shocks on early childhood development: Evidence from 25 years of tropical storms in Jamaica," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 37(C).
    5. Anousheh Alamir & Tillmann Heidelk, 2020. "Natural Disasters and Education," Working Papers ECARES 2020-05, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    6. Clò, Stefano & David, Francesco & Segoni, Samuele, 2024. "The impact of hydrogeological events on firms: Evidence from Italy," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 124(C).
    7. Pelli, Martino & Tschopp, Jeanne, 2025. "Storms, early education and human capital," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
    8. Huesler, Joel, 2025. "Natural disasters, missing pupils: Evidence from colonial Jamaica’s school system," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    9. Claude Berrebi & Ariel Karlinsky & Hanan Yonah, 2021. "Individual and community behavioral responses to natural disasters," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 105(2), pages 1541-1569, January.
    10. Dodlova, Marina & Carias, Michelle Escobar & Grimm, Michael, 2023. "The Effects of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake on Children's Nutrition and Education," IZA Discussion Papers 16195, IZA Network @ LISER.

  4. Spencer, Nekeisha & Polachek, Solomon, 2015. "Hurricane Watch: Battening Down the Effects of the Storm on Local Crop Production," IZA Discussion Papers 9439, IZA Network @ LISER.

    Cited by:

    1. Lin, Boqiang & Wang, You, 2024. "How does natural disasters affect China agricultural economic growth？," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 296(C).
    2. Chin‐Hsien Yu & Bruce A. McCarl & Jian‐Da Zhu, 2022. "Market response to typhoons: The role of information and expectations," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 89(2), pages 496-521, October.
    3. Rafiq, Shuddhasattwa, 2026. "Blowin’ in the Wind? Adapting to Atlantic Basin tropical cyclones with pesticides," MPRA Paper 128276, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Sarah S. Wiener & Nora L. Álvarez-Berríos & Angela B. Lindsey, 2020. "Opportunities and Challenges for Hurricane Resilience on Agricultural and Forest Land in the U.S. Southeast and Caribbean," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-16, February.
    5. Aïchouche Oubraham & Patrick Saint-Pierre & Georges Zaccour, 2020. "Viability of Agroecological Systems under Climatic Uncertainty," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(15), pages 1-29, July.
    6. Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2020. "Hurricanes, climate change, and social welfare: evidence from the Caribbean," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 163(1), pages 337-357, November.
    7. Hunter D. Biram & Micah Cameron‐Harp & Jesse Tack, 2025. "Measuring the impact of hurricane incidence on agricultural production risk using insurance data," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 107(5), pages 1438-1456, October.
    8. Cavallo, Eduardo A. & Gómez, Santiago & Noy, Ilan & Strobl, Eric, 2024. "Climate Change, Hurricanes, and Sovereign Debt in the Caribbean Basin," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 13351, Inter-American Development Bank.
    9. Fan, Fan & Lee, Seowoo & Liu, Yong, 2026. "Local Impact of Hurricane Exposure on Agricultural Insurance Behavior and Losses: Evidence from Spatial Boundary Discontinuities," 2026 Annual Meeting, July 26 - 28, 2026, Kansas City, Missouri 404410, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    10. Mohammad Zahangeer Alam & Md Manjurul Haque & Mimi Talukdar & Md Moniruzzaman & Joan Halsey & Alex R Crump & Md Abdul Qayum & Hasan Mohammad Abdullah Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agroforestry , 2018. "Effect of Natural Disasters and their Coping Strategies in the Kuakata Coastal Belt of Patuakhali Bangladesh," International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 14(4), pages 105-119, September.
    11. Jue Du & Lingling Hou & Yuanyuan Zhao & Zhexi Zhang, 2025. "Impacts of Sandstorms on Wheat Yield in Northern China," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 107(4), pages 1087-1116, August.
    12. Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2019. "Crime Watch: Hurricanes and Illegal Activities," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 86(1), pages 318-338, July.
    13. Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2022. "Poverty and hurricane risk exposure in Jamaica," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), vol. 47(1), pages 141-157, March.
    14. Klomp, Jeroen & Hoogezand, Barry, 2018. "Natural disasters and agricultural protection: A panel data analysis," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 404-417.
    15. Eric Strobl, 2020. "The Macroeconomic Impacts of Natural Disasters in the Caribbean," World Bank Publications - Reports 36406, The World Bank Group.
    16. McCloud, Nadine & Ivey, Wendel & Taylor, Ajornie, 2026. "The workforce paradox: Do extreme natural disasters accelerate or undermine labour productivity?," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).

Articles

  1. Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2025. "Modeling the Impact of Extreme Climate Events on Household Welfare: An Empirical Framework," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 88(4), pages 921-964, April.

    Cited by:

    1. Nicola Francescutto, 2025. "Heat exposure and the incidence of diseases in children: Evidence from sub-Saharan countries," IRENE Working Papers 25-06, IRENE Institute of Economic Research.
    2. Ahmadzai, Hayatullah & Morrissey, Oliver, 2025. "Climate shocks, household food security and welfare in Afghanistan," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 134(C).

  2. Michael Henry & Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2020. "The Impact of Tropical Storms on Households: Evidence from Panel Data on Consumption," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 82(1), pages 1-22, February.

    Cited by:

    1. Victor Hugo de Oliveira & Ines Lee & Climent Quintana-Domeque, 2021. "Natural Disasters and Early Human Development: Hurricane Catarina and Infant Health in Brazil," Working Papers 2021-005, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
    2. Yin, Peiyan & Zhou, Yonghong, 2025. "The lasting impact of early-career financial crisis experiences on financial satisfaction," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 151(C).
    3. Coronese, Matteo & Crippa, Federico & Lamperti, Francesco & Chiaromonte, Francesca & Roventini, Andrea, 2025. "Raided by the storm: How three decades of thunderstorms shaped U.S. incomes and wages," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
    4. Yin, Zhichao & Yan, Yu & Chen, Xirong & Liu, Taixing, 2022. "Earthquake and household energy consumption – Evidence from the Wenchuan earthquake in China," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    5. Daniel Mirza & Elena Stancanelli & Thierry Verdier, 2022. "Household Expenditure in the Wake of Terrorism: evidence from high frequency in-home-scanner data," Working Papers halshs-03659739, HAL.
    6. Nguyen, Ha Trong & Mitrou, Francis, 2024. "Natural disasters and the demand for health insurance," MPRA Paper 123055, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    7. Barros, Fernando & Delalibera, Bruno R. & Neto, Valdemar Pinho & Rangel, Victor, 2025. "Natural disasters and financial technology adoption," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 247(C).
    8. Nguyen, Ha Trong & Mitrou, Francis, 2025. "Fertility responses to tropical cyclones: Causal evidence and mechanisms," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    9. Paudel, Jayash, 2021. "Beyond the Blaze: The Impact of Forest Fires on Energy Poverty," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
    10. Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2022. "Poverty and hurricane risk exposure in Jamaica," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), vol. 47(1), pages 141-157, March.
    11. Jessie Ruth Schleypen & Charlotte Plinke & Tobias Geiger, 2024. "The Impacts of Multiple Tropical Cyclone Events and Associated Precipitation on Household Income and Expenditures," Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Springer, vol. 8(2), pages 197-233, July.
    12. Lee, Chien-Chiang & Wang, Chih-Wei & Ho, Shan-Ju & Wu, Ting-Pin, 2021. "The impact of natural disaster on energy consumption: International evidence," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    13. Paudel, Jayash, 2023. "Shaking things up: Do seismic shocks affect energy choices?," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 172(C).
    14. Brei, Michael & Mohan, Preeya & Perez Barahona, Agustin & Strobl, Eric, 2024. "Transmission of natural disasters to the banking sector: Evidence from thirty years of tropical storms in the Caribbean," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).

  3. Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2020. "Hurricanes, climate change, and social welfare: evidence from the Caribbean," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 163(1), pages 337-357, November.

    Cited by:

    1. Fan, Fan & Lee, Seowoo & Liu, Yong, 2026. "Local Impact of Hurricane Exposure on Agricultural Insurance Behavior and Losses: Evidence from Spatial Boundary Discontinuities," 2026 Annual Meeting, July 26 - 28, 2026, Kansas City, Missouri 404410, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    2. Fang, Ming & Njangang, Henri & Padhan, Hemachandra & Simo, Colette & Yan, Cheng, 2023. "Social media and energy justice: A global evidence," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).

  4. Nekeisha Spencer & Mikhail-Ann Urquhart & Patrice Whitely, 2020. "Class Discrimination? Evidence from Jamaica: A Racially Homogeneous Labor Market," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 52(1), pages 77-95, March.

    Cited by:

    1. Aleem Mahabir & Romario Anderson & Robert Kinlocke & Rose-Ann Smith & Kristinia Doughorty & Chandradath Madho, 2022. "Discourse, Difference, and Divergence: Exploring Media Representations and Online Public Sentiments toward Marginalized Urban Communities in Jamaica during the COVID-19 Pandemic," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-18, May.
    2. Schaerer, Michael & du Plessis, Christilene & Nguyen, My Hoang Bao & van Aert, Robbie C.M. & Tiokhin, Leo & Lakens, Daniël & Giulia Clemente, Elena & Pfeiffer, Thomas & Dreber, Anna & Johannesson, Mag, 2023. "On the trajectory of discrimination: A meta-analysis and forecasting survey capturing 44 years of field experiments on gender and hiring decisions," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Elsevier, vol. 179(C).

  5. Nekeisha Spencer & Zhonghui Liu, 2019. "Victimization and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from a High Crime Country," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 144(1), pages 475-495, July.

    Cited by:

    1. Mohammad Reza Farzanegan & Sven Fischer, 2023. "The Effect of the “Woman Life Freedom” Protests on Life Satisfaction in Iran: Evidence from Survey Data," CESifo Working Paper Series 10643, CESifo.
    2. Vinicius V. Zanchi & Philipp Ehrl & Daniel T. G. N. Maciel, 2021. "Direct and Indirect Effects of Individualism and Institutions on Homicides," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 153(3), pages 1167-1195, February.
    3. Terrence D. Hill & Benjamin Dowd‐Arrow & Amy M. Burdette & Tara D. Warner, 2020. "Gun Ownership and Life Satisfaction in the United States," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 101(5), pages 2121-2136, September.
    4. Mohammad Reza Farzanegan & Sven Fischer, 2025. "The Effect of the “Woman Life Freedom†Protests on Life Satisfaction in Iran: Evidence from Survey Data," MAGKS Papers on Economics 202501, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
    5. Hoai Nam Dang Vu & Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir, 2025. "Estimating the Cost of Crime Victimization: A Compensating Income Variation Approach Using Different Utility Proxies," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 176(2), pages 649-667, January.
    6. Chenevier, Randall & Piper, Alan T. & Willis, Craig, 2021. "Migration, crime and life satisfaction in Chile: Pre and post-migration evidence," MPRA Paper 106502, University Library of Munich, Germany.

  6. Nekeisha Spencer & Eric Strobl, 2019. "Crime Watch: Hurricanes and Illegal Activities," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 86(1), pages 318-338, July.

    Cited by:

    1. Sefa Awaworyi Churchill & Russell Smyth & Trong‐Anh Trinh, 2023. "Crime, Weather and Climate Change in Australia," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 99(324), pages 84-107, March.

  7. Nekeisha Spencer & Solomon Polachek & Eric Strobl, 2016. "How do hurricanes impact scholastic achievement? A Caribbean perspective," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 84(2), pages 1437-1462, November.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  8. Spencer, Nekeisha & Polachek, Solomon, 2015. "Hurricane watch: Battening down the effects of the storm on local crop production," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 234-240.
    See citations under working paper version above.

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  1. NEP-EDU: Education (1) 2016-09-04
  2. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2021-06-21
  3. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (1) 2023-01-16
  4. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (1) 2016-09-04

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