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I am an economist in the Health Analysis Division at the Congressional Budget Office. I obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland. I study empirical questions in health economics and labor economics.  My topics of interest include the causes and consequences of the opioid crisis in the U.S., public health insurance programs, and measurement issues in survey and administrative data.

The main chapter of my dissertation explores the child welfare effects of the ongoing opioid crisis by focusing on the spillover effects of parental opioid abuse on the foster care system. My other research aims to understand various aspects of self-employment, including the effect of a public health insurance expansion on self-employment dynamics, the measurement of self-employment activity in administrative tax records versus survey data, and the role of self-employment in the transition to retirement.

For more information, see my CV and Research. I can be reached by email at firstname [dot] lastname [at] cbo [dot] gov.