Dissertation Title: "Essays on Ownership, Supply, and Use in Medicare Home Health Care"
Chapter 1 – The Impacts of Privatization: Evidence from the Home Health Care Setting
In many sectors, privatization is pursued to improve efficiency but raises concerns...
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...
J. Wyatt Koma is a PhD candidate in Harvard’s Health Policy program, with a concentration in political analysis. Much of his current research agenda focuses on understanding how to improve access to health care and health outcomes for low-income Americans...
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...
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: "Essays on the Economics of Health”
This dissertation consists of three essays on the economics of health.
Chapter 1: This paper studies the effects of shutting down prescribers, dispensers, and distributors that inappropriately handle...
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Social Insurance"
This dissertation consists of four chapters on the economics of social insurance programs.
In the first chapter, Bastian Ravesteijn and I study the consequences of employer cost sharing in disability...