Dissertation Title: "The Design of Public Health Insurance Programs and the Welfare of Low-Income Groups"
In the 1920s, health insurance in the United States was a fringe benefit covering only a few employee groups and limited to a few hospital benefits...
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Health and Economic Outcomes Over the Life-Course"
This dissertation studies how health and health policies impact economic outcomes like earnings, employment, disability application, and wealth accumulation throughout the...
Jacob Sims Speyer graduated in 2021 from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in Public Policy and a minor in Statistics. During his undergraduate studies, Jacob was a research assistant for Dr. Kerwin Charles, where he analyzed underemployment issues...
Eliana Buckner graduated from Northwestern University in 2021 with a BA in Economics and a Certificate in Managerial Analytics from the Kellogg School of Management. As an undergraduate, she provided research support to Professor Matthew Notowidigdo on...
Gayeong received her AB with High Honors in Economics and Comparative Literature from Dartmouth College in 2022. During her time at Dartmouth, she researched the burden of COVID-19 in developing countries, the impact of foreign aid in Afghanistan, and the...
Hannah Factor graduated from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2019 with a BA in Economics and a secondary major in Public Policy. After graduation, Hannah was a Research Fellow with the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality where she...
Ralph Lawton is a student in the MD-PhD program at Harvard Medical School. He was a Robertson Scholar at Duke University, graduating in 2020 with a BS in economics, and started medical school in 2021. As an undergraduate, he cultivated research interests...
Simone Matecna graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Peace and Conflict Studies in 2020. At Berkeley, Simone carried out a randomized controlled experiment, working with local school districts to...
Hailey Clark graduated from the University of Georgia in 2018 with a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. Following graduation, she worked as a Leadership Consultant for Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity and as a Research Assistant...