Dissertation Title: "Essays on Health Economics and Aging"
This dissertation includes three essays on health economics and the economics of aging. In chapter 1, I study how health insurance markets evolve with high-cost new medical innovation. Chapter 2...
Dissertation Title: "Countdown to 2030: Essays on Universal Health Coverage in Developing Countries"
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) bears a disproportionate share of the world’s health burden. Women and children remain two of the most critical target groups for...
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. After graduating, Ralph spent a year as an NBER...
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...
Bohan is a doctoral student in Health Policy Management. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a double major in Chemistry and Economics. Before her doctoral studies, Bohan spent worked as a management consultant in Oliver Wyman’s Health...
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...
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...
Dissertation title: "Health Care Variation and Its Determinants: Studies on Physician Quality, Cancer Screening, and Cardiovascular Care"
This dissertation investigates drivers of variation in health care utilization and quality, with a focus on physician...
Dissertation Title: "The Impact of Medicaid Policy Change on People with Disabilities"
This dissertation uses causal inference methods to estimate the impact of Medicaid policy change on people with disabilities, looking at outcomes related to disability...
Dissertation Title: “Place, Policy, and Health: Essays on the Intersection of Health Policy and Social Policy”
The social safety net is vital to supporting the wellbeing of many people in the United States, but it is complex. In this dissertation, I...