 I am an Assistant Professor of Risk and Insurance at UW-Madison's Wisconsin School of Business. My research focuses on the impact of insurance and legal policies on vulnerable populations, especially related to risky behaviors, health, and aging. I am actively engaged with a number of social science units on campus, and am an affiliate of the Center for Financial Security, the Institute for Research on Poverty, the Center for Demography and Ecology, the Center for Demography of Health and Aging, and the University of Wisconsin Law School. I am also a member of Risk Theory Society and the Justice Tech Lab. I recently co-edited a special issue on Financing Longevity for The Journal of the Economics of Ageing. I completed my Ph.D. in Applied Economics at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. I also hold an M.S. in Management Science and Engineering, a B.S. in Mathematics, and a B.A. in Economics, all from Stanford University. Prior to enrolling at Wharton, I spent two years working as a consultant in the financial services division at Oliver Wyman in New York. Link to my CV Publications“The Burgeoning Health Care Needs of Aging Prisoners” (with Hessam Bavafa) AEA Papers and Proceedings (2019) “Building Financial and Health Literacy at Older Ages: The Role of Online Information” (with Hessam Bavafa and Junhao Liu), Journal of Consumer Affairs
“Time and Money: Social Security Benefits and Intergenerational Transfers” AEA Papers and Proceedings (2018) “Assessing the Demand for Micropensions among India's Poor" (with Olivia S. Mitchell), The Journal of the Economics of Ageing (2016)
“Impacts of Private Prison Contracting on Inmate Time Served and Recidivism” Revise-and-resubmit, AEJ: Economic Policy Media Coverage: New Yorker, TIME, Huffington Post, The Fiscal Times, Mother Jones, The Hill, Wisconsin State Journal, Correctional News, AllGov, UW-Madison, Boom California; radio interview with WORT 89.9FM; television coverage on RT News “Intergenerational Altruism and Retirement Transfers: Evidence from the Social Security Notch” Revise-and-resubmit, Journal of Human Resources “Medicaid and Long-Term Care: Do Eligibility Rules Impact Asset Holdings?” (with Junhao Liu) Revise-and-resubmit, Journal of Risk and Insurance “Targeting Weather Insurance Markets” (with Shawn Cole and Jeremy Tobacman) Revise-and-resubmit, Journal of Risk and Insurance
“The Moral Hazard of Lifesaving Innovations: Naloxone Access, Opioid Abuse, and Crime” (with Jennifer L. Doleac)
“Improving the Use of Health Products: A Sales Experiment with Chlorine Tablets” (with Camille Boudot) (under review) “Estimating the Returns to Wealth in Disability-Free Life Expectancy” “Frictions in Claiming and Saving: An Analysis of Unclaimed Retirement Accounts” (with Corina Mommaerts) “Medicaid IMD Exclusions and the Supply of Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities” (with Molly Schnell and Aditi P. Sen) “Financing Longevity: The Economics of Pensions, Health, and Long-Term Care - Introduction to the Special Issue” (with Karen Eggleston), Special Issue on Financing Longevity, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing. “Perspective Piece on “Organizing Old Age Pensions for India’s Unorganized Workers: A Case Study of a Sector-Driven Approach, by Narayana Muttur Ranganathan”, Special Issue on Financing Longevity, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing. “Research Roundup: What Does the Evidence Say about how to Fight the Opioid Epidemic?” (with Jennifer Doleac and Molly Schnell), Brookings Institute, December 2018 “Reverse Mortgages” (with J. Michael Collins and Junhao Liu), entry prepared for the Encyclopedia of Gerontology and
Population Aging (section: Social Security and Pension Systems),
published by Springer, March 2019. “Individual Retirement Arrangements” (with Lois Miller), entry prepared for the Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging (section: Social Security and Pension Systems), published by Springer, March 2019. TeachingI co-developed and co-teach a course on Business Analytics (GenBus 306). This course is now required of all BBA students at the Wisconsin School of Business. All course materials are available through a portal available to registered students. The learning objectives of the course are for students to: (1) acquire “statistical literacy,” meaning that they can interpret statistics frequently used in current events, industry reports, and so on; (2) distinguish between descriptive and inferential statistics, and apply skills such as data summarization, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis, using Excel; (3) apply the core concepts of probability to decision-making under uncertainty, including an introduction to simulation; (4) synthesize their knowledge with quantitative business cases; and; (5) effectively communicate data analyses in written, visual, and oral formats. Coverage: Innovation in Course Design Drives New Level of Learning for Business Analytics Students, WSB Faculty Showcase Classroom Innovations |
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