The Hidden Curriculum

E32 - Productivity and work habits with Patrick Baylis

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In this episode we talk with Patrick Baylis about productivity and work habits. 

Patrick Baylis is an assistant professor and environmental economist at the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He studies how people respond to environmental threats like climate change, air pollution, and wildfires. 

Sebastian Tello-Trillo is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy in the University of Virginia.

Alex Hollingsworth is an Associate Professor of Economics at the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs in Indiana University.

Notes from the episode 

  • An updated blog post from Patrick that we reference throughout the episode, https://www.patrickbaylis.com/blog/2022-02-09-productivity/
  • Patrick's working paper: Mandated vs. Voluntary Adaptation to Natural Disasters: The Case of U.S. Wildfires (with Judson Boomhower), https://www.nber.org/papers/w29621
  • Watch Patrick on ESPN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9m9o0X7MN8
  • Make time book: https://bookshop.org/shop/Hiddencurriculum

    • Recommendations of the Week

    • Patrick recommends deleting email applications from your phone.
    • Alex recommends buying a kitchen scale (he has this one Escali Primo P115C). (Note: Sebastian has now done this and also endorses this tip)
    • Sebastian recommends wakelet (https://wakelet.com) to organize lists of links 
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