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: "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: "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...