Research

Publications

Trauma at School: The Impacts of Shootings on Students’ Human Capital and Economic Outcomes. [paper]
NBER working paper #28311.(with Bokyung Kim, Maya Rossin-Slater, Molly Schnell, and Hannes Schwandt)
      forthcoming: The Review of Economic Studies
Media Coverage: [The Weeds Podcast] [MarketWatch] [WebMD] [Probable Causation] [Marketplace] [Houston Chronicle] [The Conversation] [PBS Newshour] [White House CEA Blog] [2025 Economic Report of the President]

Partial Outsourcing of Public Programs: Evidence on Determinants of Choice in Medicare. [paper]
NBER working paper #31141 (with Colleen Carey and Jinyeong Son)
      forthcoming: Review of Economics and Statistics

The Impact of Provider Payments on Health Care Utilization of Low-Income Individuals: Evidence from Medicare and Medicaid. [paper]
  American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 17(1), February 2025, 106–43. (with Colleen Carey and Sarah Miller)

The Impact of Benefit Generosity on Workers' Compensation Claims: Evidence and Implications. [paper]
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 16(3), July 2024, 436–81. (with Marcus Dillender)

Gender Differences in Medical Evaluations: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Doctors. [paper]
  American Economic Review 114(2), February 2024, 462-99. (with Marcus Dillender)
Media Coverage:[Tradeoffs Newsletter] [The Daily Texan] [Squared Away]

The Demand for Insurance and Rationale for a Mandate: Evidence from Workers' Compensation Insurance. [paper]
  American Economic Review 112, May 2022, 1621-68. (with Can Cui and Michael Dworsky)

Disparities in Health Care and Medical Evaluations by Gender: A Review of Evidence and Mechanisms. [paper]
  AEA Papers and Proceedings 111, May 2021, 159-163 (with Marcus Dillender)

Estimating the Value of Public Insurance Using Complementary Private Insurance. [paper]
  American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 11(3), August 2019, 88-129. (with Mark R. Cullen)

Externalities and Taxation of Supplemental Insurance: A Study of Medicare and Medigap. [paper]
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 11(2), April 2019, 33-73. (with Neale Mahoney)
 Media Coverage: [NPR] [Kaiser Health News] [Footnote]

Do Larger Health Insurance Subsidies Benefit Patients or Producers? Evidence from Medicare Advantage. [paper]
  American Economic Review 108(8), August 2018, 2048-2087. (with Michael Geruso and Neale Mahoney)
  Media Coverage: [Microeconomic Insights] [AEA News]
  Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) Policy Brief based on this work: [SIEPR Policy Brief]

The Effect of Insurance Coverage on Preventive Care. [paper]
  Economic Inquiry 55(3), July 2017, 1452-1467 (with Mark R. Cullen)

Claim Timing and Ex Post Adverse Selection. [paper]
  The Review of Economic Studies 84(1), January 2017, 1-44.
  Awarded the iHEA Kenneth J. Arrow Award

Working Papers

Doctor Discretion in Medical Evaluations. [draft coming soon]
(with Marcus Dillender)

Air Pollution, Wildfire Smoke, and Worker Health. [paper]
NBER working paper #32232 (with Marcus Dillender)

The Hated Property Tax: Salience, Tax Rates, and Tax Revolts. [paper]
NBER working paper #18514. (with Caroline Hoxby)
Media Coverage: [The Economist]
      revise and resubmit: Journal of Political Economy

Selected Work In Progress

Choice Between Public and Private Health Care Systems: Evidence from Veterans.
(with David Chan and Seth Neller)

The Impact of Medical Innovation on Health and Disability.
(with Marcus Dillender and Jinyeong Son)

Insuring Disability: The Role of Occupation.
(with Freya Cook and Arthur Seibold)

Understanding the Short- and Long-Term Impacts of School-Based Health Centers.
(with Bokyung Kim, Max Pienkny, Maya Rossin-Slater, Adrienne Sabety, Molly Schnell, and Hannes Schwandt)