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Email: Justine[dot]Mallatt[at]bea[dot]gov.  

I am a Research Economist at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) specializing in the intersection of health economics, public policy, and national economic accounting.  My research utilizes causal inference and big data integration to examine how supply-side interventions, pricing structures, and environmental shocks impact healthcare, maternal and infant health, and broader consumer behavior.  Additionally, I work on advancing the frontier of economic measurement by developing frameworks to value human capital as a national asset and using real-time card transaction data to nowcast consumer spending.  

My work has been published in journals such as Health Affairs, Health Economics, and Journal of Economic Perspectives, as well as circulated as NBER Working Papers.

In addition to her role at BEA, I serve as adjunct faculty at Washington State University.  I hold a Ph.D. and M.S. in economics from Purdue University and a bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics from Western Washington University.