Research

Publications

“Medicaid Reimbursement, Prenatal Care and Infant Health”, Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 44, pp. 10-24. 2015.

“The Impact of WIC on Infant Health: Evidence from South Carolina”, Maternal and Child Health Journal, Vol. 20 (7), 1518-1525. 2016.

“The Effect of the Great Recession on Parental Time with Children: Evidence from the American Time Use Survey” with Patrick Bauer, Review of Economics of the Household, Vol. 15(3), 905-924. 2017. (Joint work with a former undergraduate student)

“The Impact of WIC on Breastfeeding Initiation and Gestational Weight Gain: Case Study of South Carolina Medicaid Mothers”, Children and Youth Services Review, Vol. 79, pp. 115-125. 2017.

“The Impact of WIC on Infant Immunization and Healthcare Utilization” with Tim Bersak, the Health Services Research, doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12810. [Epub ahead of print].

“Exploding Asthma and ADHD caseloads: The Role of Medicaid Managed Care?” with Anna Chorniy and Janet Currie, Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 60, pp.1-15, 2018; (lead article).

"The Impact of WIC Participation on Children Long-term Health and Academic Outcomes” with Anna Chorniy and Janet Currie, American Journal of Health Economics, Vol.6, Issue 2.

"Marginal Changes, Marginal Impacts: The limits of Changes to WIC and their Ability to Influence Breastfeeding Rates." Children and Youth Services Review, Vol. 126, C.

"Prenatal Care: Mechanisms and Impacts on Infant Health and Health Care Utilization" with Tim Bersak, Contemporary Economic Policy (forthcoming).

"The Efficiency of COVID cases to COVID Policies: A Robust Conditional Approach" with Richard Gearhart and Nyakundi Michieka, Empirical Economics (forthcoming).

"The Impact of Minimum Wage on Parental Time Allocation to Children: Evidence from the American Time Use Survey" with Richard Gearhart and Raphael Thibault, Review of Economics of the Household (forthcoming).

*Note: All publications are under the last name Sonchak/Sonchak-Ardan

Working Papers

"The effect of gestational weight gain and preprenancy BMI on infant and maternal outcomes" with Evan Stutzman (under review)

"The Impact of Provider Shortages on Prenatal Care and Infant Health" with Richard Gearhart

Work in Progress

"Impact of Tobacco21 Policies on Maternal Smoking and Infant Health" with Tim Bersak and Makayla Palmer

"Impact of Prenatal Care on Maternal Health" with Tim Bersak