Christopher Lim

PhD Candidate in Health Policy (G4, 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 health labor markets. Upon graduation, he worked for two years for Professor Dellavigna and David Card, completing the project on behavioral firms before shifting to papers on gender equity in the economics profession. He additionally spent two years at Stanford University working for Professor David Chan. There, he worked on projects related to inefficiencies in US healthcare. Christopher is an affiliated researcher with the United States Veterans Health Administration. His current research is on the impacts of receipt of VHA disability on patient outcomes and labor supply.