COVID-19

• "A Longitudinal Study of Predictors of Serious Psychological Distress during COVID-19 Pandemic." (with Breslau, Joshua, Elizabeth Roth, Matthew Baird, and Rebecca Collins. 2021.) Psychological Medicine, 1-9. Published Online. doi:10.1017/S0033291721004293.

• “Nationally Representative Sample Shows an Increase in Domestic Conflict Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic.” (with Alicia Locker, Melissa Finucane, Elizabeth Roth, and Joshua Breslau Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 1-4. Published Online. doi:10.1017/dmp.2021.134.

• “Mental associations with COVID-19 and how they relate with self-reported protective behaviors: A national survey in the United States.” (with Wandi Bruine de Bruin and Andrew Parker). Social Science and Medicine. Volume 275, April 2021, 113825.

• “Americans’ View of the Impact of COVID-19: Perspectives on Racial Impacts and Equity” (with Anita Chandra, Carolyn Miller, Christopher Nelson, and Jhacova Williams) Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. Volume 46, Number 5, October 2021, pp. 889-924.

Financial and Retirement Decision Making

• “Pathways to Retirement Among Dual Earning Couples.” (with Kathryn Anne Edwards, Kristine Brown) The Journal of the Economics of Ageing. Volume 22, June 2022, Article 100384.

• “Age Declines in Numeracy: An Analysis of Longitudinal Data.” (with Ryan Best, Andrew M. Parker, and Ellen Peters) 2021.Psychology and Aging. Volume 37, Number 3, pp. 298–306..

• “Does Financial Literacy Contribute to Food Security?” (With Gema Zamarro), International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics, January 2016, Volume 4, Issue 1, pp. 1-19.

• “How Real People Make Long-term Decisions: The Case of Retirement Preparation” (with Johannes Binswanger) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, January 2012, Vol. 81, No. 1, pp. 39-60.

Health Insurance

• “Accounting for the burden and redistribution of health care costs: Who uses care and who pays for it?” (with Jodi Liu, and Chapin White). 2020. Health Services Research, 55(2), pp. 224-231.

• “Knowledge as a predictor of insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act” (with Maximiliane Hoerl, Amelie Wuppermann, Silvia H Barcellos, Sebastian Bauhoff, and Joachim Winter), Medical Care, April 2017, Volume 55, Issue 4, p 428–435.

• “Trends in Health Insurance Enrollment, 2013-15” (with Christine Eibner and Susan Paddock) Health Affairs, June 2015, Volume 34, Issue 6.

• “Americans are ill prepared for the Affordable Care Act” (with Silvia Helena Barcellos, Amelie C. Wuppermann, Sebastian Bauhoff, Daniel L. McFadden, Arie Kapteyn, Joachim K. Winter, and Dana Goldman) PNAS: Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences.

Risk Perceptions

• “Measuring subjective probabilities: The effect of response mode on the use of focal responses, validity, and respondents’ evaluations.” (with W. Bruine de Bruin), forthcoming, Risk Analysis.

• “Probability Perceptions and Preventive Health Care” (with Peter Kooreman) Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, August 2014, Volume 49, Issue 1, pp 43-71.

• “Measuring risk perceptions: What does the excessive use of 50% mean?" (with Wandi Bruine de Bruin) Medical Decision Making, March-April 2012; vol 32 (2), pp. 232-236.

Social and Familial Influences

• “You can be too thin (but not too tall): Social Desirability Bias in Self-Reports of Weight and Height” (with M. Burke), Economics of Human Biology, November 2017, Volume 27, Part A, pp. 198-222.

• “Inheritances, Intergenerational Transfers, and the Accumulation of Health” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings May 2013, vol. 103, Issue 3, pp. 451-455.

• Classroom Peer Effects: Evidence from a Chinese Middle School” (with Lei Zhang) China Economic Review, June 2012, Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 223-237.

• “Social Interactions and Obesity: An Economist’s Perspective” with Peter Kooreman, in Obesity Prevention: The Role of Society and Brain on Individual Behavior. Ed. Laurette Dube, Antoine Bechara, Alain Dagher, Adam Drewnowski, Jordan LeBel, Philiip James and Rickey Y. Yada. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2010. pp. 757-765.

All Payer Claims Databases

• “State All Payer Claims Databases Understanding the Current Landscape and Challenges to Use.” with Michael Dworsky, Sara E. Heins, Nabeel Qureshi, Daniel Schwam, Shoshana R. Shelton, Christopher M. Whaley. 2022.

• “Did the Affordable Care Act Affect Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder among the Already Insured? Evidence from the Rhode Island All-payer Claims Database,” with Mary Burke, Riley Sullivan, Hefei Wen, J. Frank Wharam, and Hao Yu. 2021. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 21-17. https://doi.org/10.29412/res.wp.2021.17

• “Who Gets Medication-assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder, and Does It Reduce Overdose Risk? Evidence from the Rhode Island All-payer Claims Database,” with Mary Burke, Riley Sullivan,, Hefei Wen, J. Frank Wharam, and Hao Yu. 2021. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers No. 21-3. https://doi.org/10.29412/res.wp.2021.03

• “The History, Promise and Challenges of State All Payer Claims Databases Background Memo for the State All Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee to the Department of Labor.” with Michael Dworsky, Sara Heins, Dan Schwam, Shoshana Shelton, Christopher Whaley. 2021.

Other

• “Strengthening Integration Of Health Services And Systems” (with Laurie T. Martin, Alonzo Plough, Laura Leviton, Olena Bogdan, and Carolyn E. Miller), Health Affairs, November 2016, vol. 35, issue 11, pp. 1976-1981.

• “Who Takes Advantage of Free Flu Shots? Examining the Effects of an Expansion in Coverage” (with Ilaria Mosca) De Economist, March 2014, Volume 162, Issue 1, pp 1-17.

• "Evaluatie van de leeftijdgrensverlaging voor de griepprik" (in Dutch Evaluating the Expansion of Eligibility for the Flu Shot) (with Ilaria Mosca) ESB, vol. 96, June 2011, pp. 411-412.

• “Are Life Insurance Holdings Related to Financial Vulnerabilities?” with B. Douglas Bernheim, Jagadeesh Gokhale, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 41, No. 4, October, 2003, pp. 531-554.

SELECTION OF PEER REVIEWED RAND PUBLICATIONS

• “Individual Differences in Resistance to Truth Decay: Exploring the Role of Reasoning and Cognitive Biases” (With Luke Matthews, Andrew Parker, Jennifer Kavanagh, and Rose Kerber) RAND Research Report RR-A112-17, 2022.

• “American Perspectives on Veterans: A July–September 2021 American Life Panel Survey About Americans' Support for Veterans' Benefits and Services” (with Jessie Coe, Rajeev Rachmand, Carrie Farmer) RAND Research Report RR-A1363-1, 2021.

• “The Drivers of Institutional Trust and Distrust: Exploring Components of Trustworthiness” (with Jennifer Kavanagh, Maria DeYoreo, Nathan Chandler, Lynn E. Davis) RAND Research Report RR-A112-7, 2020.

• “Consumer Decisionmaking in the Health Care Marketplace” (with Erin A. Taylor, Andrea Lopez, Ashley Muchow, Parisa Roshan, and Christine Eibner) RAND Research Report RR-1567, 2016.

• “Changes in Health Insurance Enrollment Since 2013: Evidence from the RAND Health Reform Opinion Study” (With Christine Eibner) RAND Research Report RR-656-RC, April 2014.

• “Financial Literacy and Consumer Choice of Health Insurance: Evidence from Low-Income Populations in the United States” (with Sebastian Bauhoff and Amelie Wuppermann) RAND Working Paper WR-1013, August 2013.

WORKING PAPERS

• “The Role of Decision Making Processes in the Correlation between Wealth and Health” (with Johannes Binswanger)

• “The Miracle of Compound Interest: Does our Intuition Fail?” (with Johannes Binswanger)

• “Social Influences and the Private Provision of Public Goods: Evidence from Charitable Contributions in the Workplace.” (Available upon request)

• “Social Influences and the Designation of Charitable Contributions: Evidence from the Workplace” (Available upon request)

• "The Impact on Consumption and Savings of Current and Future Fiscal Policies" with Jagadeesh Gokhale, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, NBER Working Paper No. 10085, November, 2003.