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: “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...
Dissertation Title："Three Essays in Physician Behavior"
Physicians are the foundation of health care in the United States. Their decisions drive both spending and quality of care and it is their actions that will largely determine the success of efforts to...
Dissertation Title: "Private Markets, Public Aims: Welfare Analyses of Regulated Competition in the ACA Marketplaces"
Paper 1 explores the connection between demographic disparities and rising premiums within the ACA marketplaces, extending the (Einav...
Dissertation Title："The Politics of Healthcare Quality"
Improving the quality of care provided by the U.S. healthcare system is an important societal goal. Policymakers who wish to operationalize this goal must navigate an increasingly polarized health...
Dissertation Title: "Essays in Managed Competition in the Affordable Care Act’s Marketplaces"
This dissertation examines different economic principles as they relate to the outcomes of managed competition in insurance markets with a specific focus on the...
Dissertation Title: "Understanding Mental Health Care Use and Outcomes among Individuals with Reduced Access to Care"
Many individuals in the United States do not have access to adequate health care. Reduced access to care contributes to physical and...
Dissertation Title: "Social Networks and Health: From Epidemiology to Intervention"
This dissertation applies network science to three foundational problems in: epidemiology (the social gradient in mortality), health economics (the geographic variation...
Dissertation Title: "The Politics of Medicaid and Insurance Coverage Expansion: Voters, Interest Groups, and Policy-Making"
Health insurance coverage and politics are intertwined. This dissertation will examine how voters respond when there are changes to...
Dissertation Title: "Competition and Selection in Health Insurance Markets"
Competition in US health insurance markets is low and has declined in recent years. Insufficient competition is often assumed to increase plan premiums or decrease benefit quality...
Dissertation Title: "Chronic Illness and Public Health: Evaluating Influential Intersections Between Politics and Policy"
The first paper investigates the political bias of the U.S. news media in its coverage of two recent health controversies: the 2009...
Dissertation Title: "The Promise and Peril of Using the Law to Promote Ethical Outcomes in Health and Healthcare"
NOTA: NOT A GOOD ACT FOR TISSUES TO FOLLOW The National Organ Transplant Act of 1984
(NOTA) articulates the U.S. federal policy for organ...