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Sehrish Usman

I am a Postdoc Researcher in the Chair of Finance at the University of Mannheim. I am interested in the topics relevant to household finance, family economics, social mobility, labour and demographics. Specifically, my research examines how households make financial/economic decisions, focusing on the role of intrahousehold relationship dynamics.

I did my PhD in economics from Goethe University Frankfurt (GSEFM) and worked as a researcher at European Central Bank (ECB), Leibniz Institute for Financial Research (SAFE) and Deutsche Bundesbank Frankfurt am Main.

Publications:

Going NUTS: The regional impact of extreme climate events over medium term (Forthcoming European Economic Review)

(with Miles Parker (ECB) and Guzmán González-Torres (ECB))

Abstract: The projected increase in extreme climate events in the coming decades is likely to exacerbate the existing productivity and demographic challenges facing Europe. We study the dynamic, medium-run macroeconomic effects of heatwaves, droughts and floods in 1160 EU regions through the lens of a local projections, difference in difference framework. Summer heatwaves and droughts lower medium-term output, but the impact from floods depends on regional income levels. High-income regions witness reconstruction activity, less wealthy regions do not. We find evidence of population decline in affected regions as well as adaptation spending post-event, which lowers regional productivity.