Kassouri, Yacouba

Yacouba Kassouri is an Assistant Professor of Resource Economics in the Department of Forest Resources Management jointly with the Food and Resource Economics Program. My research builds on the combination of large-scale micro-data and geo-spatial remote sensing data to empirically study population-environment interactions using modern econometric methods for causal inference. My research largely focuses on two themes:

• Natural capital valuation: the economic connections between nature, human health, and well-being with a concentration on urban biodiversity, individuals’ preferences for environmental goods, and non-market valuation.
• Public policies and natural resource use in low-income countries: improving policies to increase efficiency of resource use; the relationship between conservation policy, agriculture, and economic development.