Curriculum Vitae

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Contact Information
Department of Economics
Vanderbilt University
2301 Vanderbilt Place
Nashville, TN 37235

Email: analisa.packham@vanderbilt.edu

Current Positions

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, August 2019- present

Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), 2019- present

Research Fellow, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), 2023- present

Previous Positions

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Miami University, August 2016-July 2019

Education

Ph.D. (Economics), Texas A&M University, May 2016

Committee Chair: Jason M. Lindo

B.S. (Economics), Magna Cum Laude, Texas A&M University, May 2011

Research Fields

Applied Microeconomics, Health Economics, Labor Economics

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Effects of Unemployment Insurance Duration on Mental and Physical Health (with Alexander Ahammer)
Journal of Public Economics, 226, 2023.

Syringe Exchange Programs and Harm Reduction: New Evidence in the Wake of the Opioid Epidemic
Journal of Public Economics, 215, 2022.

Hungry for Success? SNAP Timing, SAT Scores, and College Attendance (with Timothy Bond, Jillian B. Carr and Jonathan Smith)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14(4), 2022.

COVID-19 and Crime: Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders on Domestic Violence (with Lindsey Rose Bullinger and Jillian B. Carr)
American Journal of Health Economics, 7(3), 2021.

SNAP Schedules and Domestic Violence (with Jillian B. Carr)
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 40(2), 2021.

The Power of the IUD: Effects of Expanding Access to Contraception Through Title X Clinics, (with Jason M. Lindo and Andrea Kelly)
Journal of Public Economics, 192, 2020.

The Effects of Physical Education on Student Fitness, Achievement, and Behavior (with Brittany Street)
Economics of Education Review, 72, 2019.

SNAP Benefits and Crime: Evidence from Changing Disbursement Schedules (with Jillian B. Carr)
Review of Economics and Statistics, 101(2), 2019.

Family Planning Funding Cuts and Teen Childbearing
Journal of Health Economics, 55(1), 2017.

How Much Can Expanding Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Reduce Teen Birth Rates? (with Jason M.Lindo),
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 9(3), 2017.

The Effects of State-Level Abstinence-Based Sex Education Mandates on Teen Health Outcomes (with Jillian B. Carr),
Health Economics, 26(4), 2017.

Other Publications

Food and Nutrition, Inequality in America: Causes and Consequences of the Rich-Poor Divide
ABC-Clio, Edited by Robert S. Rycroft and Kimberley L. Kinsley, 2021.

Could Expanding Access to Contraception Improve Economic Outcomes? (with Andrea Kelly and Jason M. Lindo)
EconoFact, 2019.

Long-acting Reversible Contraceptives Reduced Teen Pregnancies, Especially in Higher-poverty Areas (with Jason M. Lindo)
Center for Poverty Research, University of California, Davis, 4(3), 2015.

Working Papers

Firms and Worker Health (with Alexander Ahammer and Jonathan Smith)

Disability Insurance Screening and Worker Outcomes (with Alexander Ahammer)

Accessing the Safety Net: How Medicaid Affects Health and Recidivism (with David Slusky)

Effects of Expanding Contraceptive Choice: New Evidence from Virginia's Contraceptive Access Initiative (with Jessica Kiser)

Effects of Universal and Unconditional Cash Transfers on Child Maltreatment (with Lindsey Rose Bullinger and Kerri Raissian)

Work in Progress

SNAP Benefits, Student Behavior, and Academic Achievement (with Jillian B. Carr and Alberto Ortega)
Economic Costs of Prescription Drug (Over)Regulation for Opioid Treatment (with Alexander Ahammer)

Teaching Experience

Vanderbilt University
Instructor, Intermediate Microeconomics (Fall 2019 (2 sections), Fall 2020 (2 sections), Spring 2022, Fall 2023)
Instructor, Public Finance (Spring 2020, Maymester 2021, Fall 2021 (2 sections))
Instructor, Graduate Public Economics (Fall 2020)
Instructor, Intermediate Microeconomics (Spring 2021)

Miami University
Instructor, Public Sector Economics, 2 sections (Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018)

Texas A&M University
Instructor, Principles of Economics (Summer 2014)
Teaching Assistant, Program Evaluation (Spring 2014)
Teaching Assistant, Applied Microeconometrics (Fall 2013)
Teaching Assistant, Economics of Education (Spring 2013)
Teaching Assistant, Financial Economics (Fall 2012)
Teaching Assistant, Antitrust Economics (Fall 2011, Spring 2012)

Teaching Abroad
Instructor, International Trade, Audencia Business School, Nantes, France (January 2018)
Instructor, Public Economics, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, India (January 2019)

Presentations (including planned)
2024: Allied Social Science Associations Meeting, University of Michigan
2023: University of Regensburg, ALPOP Conference, Tinbergen Institute Health Economics (Amsterdam), Tinbergen Institute Health Economics (Rotterdam), University of Bath, The Frische Center (Oslo), Masaryk University, University of Vienna, ZEW Mannheim, European Society for Population Economics Conference, International Health Economics Association Conference, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Southern Economic Association Conference
2022: Syracuse University, University of New Mexico, Ireland Health Economics Masterclass, University of Virginia, University of Potsdam, Austrian Labor Economics Workshop, University of Bristol, University of Exeter, Johannes Kepler University-Linz, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), University of Gothenburg, The University of Passau, University of Munich (LMU)
2021: San Diego State University, Indiana University, Florida State University, Clemson University, George Mason University, Georgetown University, Grinnell College, Georgia State University, Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management*, Southern Economic Association Conference
2020: Allied Social Science Associations Meeting, Middle Tennessee State University*, San Diego State University*, Clemson University*, Syracuse University*, University of Duisburg-Essen, Grinnell College*, American University*, George Mason University*, Georgetown University*, Columbia University, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Next Generation Economics (University of Hohenheim, University of Tübingen, and University of Mannheim), Vanderbilt University Medical Center (*=postponed/rescheduled due to COVID-19)
2019: Allied Social Science Associations Meeting, Texas Economics Crime Workshop, International Health Economics Association Conference, West Virginia University, The University of Memphis, Cornell University, Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, Southern Economic Association Conference
2018: Case Western Reserve University, Southern Economic Association Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, University of California-Davis, University of Tennessee, Western Economic Association International Conference, Society of Labor Economists
2017: Southern Economic Association Conference, Ohio State University, Western Economic Association International Conference
2016: Southern Economic Association Conference, Purdue University, Population Association of American Annual Meeting Economic Demography Workshop, SUNY-Albany
2015: Southern Economic Association Conference, STATA Texas Empirical Microeconomics Conference
2014: STATA Texas Empirical Microeconomics Conference, Western Economic Association International Conference

External Grant Funding
Upjohn Early Career Research Award, "Effects of Disability Insurance Generosity on Labor Market Outcomes and Worker Health," $5,000, 2021.
Russell Sage Pipeline Grant, Principal Investigator, "Accessing the Safety Net: How Medicaid Affects Health, Employment, and Recidivism," $29,941, 2021.
Laura and John Arnold Foundation Award, Co-Principal Investigator, "New Evidence on the Effects of Expanding Contraceptive Choice," $66,710, 2018.
National Institute for Health Care Management Research Grant, Co-Principal Investigator, "The Effects of Expanded Access to LARCs on Women's Outcomes," $50,690, 2018.

Other Grant Funding
Dean’s Research Scholar Award, Vanderbilt University (2023)
Research Scholar Grant, Vanderbilt University (2020)
University Faculty Research Grant Award, Committee on Faculty Research, Miami University (2019)
Summer Research Grant, Department of Economics, Miami University (2017)

Honors and Awards
Poverty Scholar-in-Residence, University of California- Davis (2018)
Private Enterprise Research Center Graduate Student Fellow (2014-2016)
Vision 2020 Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University (2011-2015)
Gail Frey Monson Memorial Scholarship, Department of Economics, Texas A&M University (2015)
Summertime for Advancement in Research (STAR) Award, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University (2015)
Graduate Student Teaching Award, Department of Economics, Texas A&M University (2014)
Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Activities
Referee (journals in alphabetical order): American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Journal of Health Economics, American Economic Review, American Economic Review: Insights, Contemporary Economic Policy, Demography, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Global Journal of Health Science, Health Affairs, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Journal of Population and Management, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Science, The Journal of Law and Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Women's Health International
Grant Review: National Science Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation
Visiting Scholar, Johannes Kepler University-Linz (2022-2023)
Adviser, Women in Economics, Miami University (2016-present)
Graduate Assistant, Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University (2014-2016)
President, Economics Graduate Student Association (2015-2016)
Officer, Economics Graduate Student Association (2011-2015)

Honors and Graduate Student Advising
Vikram Pandey, Advisor, Summer Scholar (2017), Miami University
Katherine Wells, Advisor, Honor's Program (2017-2018) , Miami University
Drew Hussung, Reader, Master's Program (2017-208), Miami University
Jack Fetick, Reader, Master's Program (2017-2018) , Miami University
Stefan Nguyen, Advisor, Master's Program (2018-2019), Miami University
Katherine Yewell, Committee Member, PhD Economics (2020), Vanderbilt University
Brandyn Churchill, Committee Member, PhD Economics (2021), Vanderbilt University
Matthew Knowles, Committee Member, PhD Economics (2022), Vanderbilt University
Ailish Bennett, Honor's Program (2020-2022), Vanderbilt University