Publications
"Public or Private? The Impact of Eligibility for Medicaid versus Subsidized Private Health Insurance." (with Mireille Jacobson and Helen Levy). American Journal of Health Economics 2023 9(2): 262-295.
"Distributional Effects of Education on Health" (With Leandro Carvalho and Patrick Turley). Journal of Human Resources 2023 58(4): 1273-1306. NBER working paper # 25898
"Varied and Unexpected Changes in the Well-Being of Seniors in the United States amid the COVID-19 Pandemic." (With Mireille Jacobson and Arthur Stone). PLOS ONE 2021, 16(6): e0252962.
"Unbanked Status and Use of Alternative Financial Services among Minority Populations" (With Gema Zamarro). Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 2019, 1-14.
"Education can Reduce Health Differences Related to Genetic Risk of Obesity" (With Leandro Carvalho and Patrick Turley). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 2018, 115(42): E9765-E9772.
"Knowledge as Predictor of Insurance Coverage under the Affordable Care Act." (With Maximiliane Hoerl, Amelie Wuppermann, Katherine Grace Carman, Sebastian Bauhoff, and Joachim Winter). Medical Care 2017, 5(4): 428-435.
"Financial Education Interventions Targeting Immigrants and Children of Immigrants: Results from a Randomized Control Trial." (With James P. Smith, Leandro Carvalho and Joanne Yoong) Journal of Consumer Affairs 2016, 50(2): 263-285.
"The Effects of Medicare on Medical Expenditure Risk and Financial Strain." (With Mireille Jacobson) American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2015, 7(4): 41-70. WP version
"Preparedness of Americans for the Affordable Care Act." (Lead author, with Amelie Wuppermann, Katherine Grace Carman, Sebastian Bauhoff, Daniel McFadden, Arie Kapteyn, Joachim Winter, and Dana P. Goldman) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 2014, 111(15): 5497-5502.
"Child Gender and Parental Investments in India: Are Boys and Girls Treated Differently?" (With Leandro Carvalho and Adriana Lleras-Muney) NBER working paper #17781 and American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2014, 6(1): 157-189.
"Undiagnosed Disease, Especially Diabetes, Casts Doubt on Some of Reported Health 'Advantage' of Recent Mexican Immigrants." (With Dana P. Goldman and James P. Smith) Health Affairs 2012, 31(12): 2727-2737.
"Parental Investments in India: Are Boys and Girls Treated Differently?" (With Leandro Carvalho and Adriana Lleras-Muney) CMPO Research in Public Policy, issue 12, Summer 2011 (Short Paper).
"Taxation and the Organizational Form of Professional Services in Brazil." (With Juliano Assuncao and Rogerio Werneck) (in Portuguese). Pesquisa e Planejamento Economico 2006, 36(2): 343-364.