Research

My research interests lie in the intersection of Health, Labor, and Public Economics. One major theme in my work looks at how investments in health made during pregnancy impact the health, health care utilization, and other outcomes for infants and young children.

Peer Reviewed Publications: 

"The Impact of WIC on Infant Immunizations and Healthcare Utilization" (With Lyudmyla Sonchak), (2018) Health Services Research 53: 2952-2969

"Identification of Job Lock and Inefficient Labor Market Mobility" (Accepted and Forthcoming at Southern Economic Journal)

Working Papers:

"Impacts of Prenatal Care on Early Childhood Health and Health Care Utilization" (With Lyudmyla Sonchak)

"Valuing Reduced Variance in Health Production: A Multi-State Markov Chain Approach" (with Zhe Yang)

"The Impact of the WIC Package Change on Breastfeeding Initiation and Gestational Weight Gain" (With Lyudmyla Sonchak)

Works in Progress:

"From Prenatal Care to Postpartum Outcomes: Estimating the Impacts of Prenatal Care on Maternal Health (With Lyudmyla Sonchak)

"Impacts of Early Childhood Disability Benefit Receipt on Educational Achievement: A Regression Discontinuity Approach" (With Anna Chorniy)