Economics

Christopher graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a bachelor's in statistics. As an undergraduate, he worked as a research assistant for Professors Stefano Dellavigna and David Card on projects in behavioral firms and monopsonies in...

Reigne graduated with a Bachelor of Economics, from the University of Queensland, Australia, in 2019.  She is interested in disability and ageing, health equity and access to care, and understanding the interactions between individuals’ health and labor...

Hailey Brace is a fifth year PhD Candidate in Health Policy and Economics. She earned her bachelor's degree in Policy Analysis and Management from Cornell University in 2019. Prior to the PhD program, Hailey worked for two years as a Predoctoral Research...

Connie Xu received her bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Statistics from the University of Chicago in 2019. Following graduation, she worked as a pre-doctoral research fellow for Professor Amy Finkelstein at MIT where she contributed to projects...

Marema Gaye graduated from Arizona State University in 2014 with a BS in Economics and a BA in Business with a concentration in Global Politics. She received her MA in Global Development Economics from Boston University in 2016. Previously, Marema worked...

Andrew Bolibol graduated from the University of Washington in 2015 with his BA in Economics and his MA in Economics from NYU in 2020. After graduating, Andrew joined the University of Michigan (UM) as a Bridge to Doctorate Fellow working with Professors...

Dissertation Title: "Understanding the Health Care Delivery System: Empirical Investigations of Insurer Site of Care Policies and Physician Competencies"

In the United States, the path from having a medical condition to receiving medical care for that...

Dissertation Title: "Impacts of Social Policies on Health”

For my dissertation, I apply experimental and quasi-experimental methods to investigate how three social policy interventions influenced the demand for medical care and health. These policies are...