Published

“Regression Discontinuity Evidence on the Effectiveness of the Minimum Legal E-Cigarette Purchasing Age.” with Jeff DeSimone and Nicolas Ziebarth. American Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 9(3): 461-485. Also published as NBER Working Paper No. w30614  

"Association of Continuous Glucose Monitor Receipt and Diabetes Care Provider Type: A Cohort Study of West Virginia Medicaid Beneficiaries with Type 1 Diabetes" with Amanda Gaulke and Jennifer Giordano. Forthcoming, Medical Care 

“Neighborhood Crime and Infant Health.” with Umair Khalil. Journal of Urban Economics, 2022, 130: 103457

"Blood Lead Testing in Flint Before and After Water Contamination" with Derek Jenkins, David Slusky, and Shooshan Danagoulian. Pediatrics, 2022,150(6): e2022056541

"Health Care Following Environmental Disasters: Evidence from Flint." with Shooshan Danagoulian and David Slusky. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2022, 41(4): 1060-1089. Also published as NBER Working Paper No. w27098. 

“The Opioid Crisis and Economic Distress: Consequences for Population Change.” with Samuel Taylor and Heather Stephens. Journal of Regional Science. 2022, 62(2): 541-577.  

"Neighborhood Networks and Program Participation,” with Umair Khalil. Journal of Health Economics. 2020, 70: 102257

"Changes in Opioid Overdose Emergency Visits Associated with Expansion of Wisconsin Medicaid to Childless Adults in Poverty: A Comparative Interrupted Time Series Analysis." with Mary Hamman. Journal on the Studies of Alcohol and Drugs. 2020 81(6): 750-759. 

"The Impact of Voluntary and Nonpayment Policies in Reducing Early Elective Deliveries among Privately Insured and Medicaid Enrollees" with Lindsay Allen. Health Services Research. 2020 55(1): 63-70. 

"Terrorism and Early Childhood Health Outcomes: Evidence from Pakistan" with Umair Khalil, and Arijit Ray. Social Science and Medicine. 2019, 237: 112453.

"The Impact of the Flint Water Crisis on Fertility" with David Slusky. Demography. 2019, 56(6), 2005-2031. 

"The Effect of Urban Empowerment Zones on Fertility and Health: A Case Study of Chicago, New York City, and Philadelphia" Journal of Health Economics. 2019, 63; 114-127. 

"Urban Transport and Crime: Evidence from Unanticipated Mass Transit Strikes" with Greg DeAngelo, Kaj Gittings, and Umair Khalil. Economic Inquiry. 2019, 57: 1718-1737.  

"Out of the Outhouse: the Impact of Place-Based Policies on Dwelling Characteristics in Appalachia", with Brad Humphreys and Jane Ruseski. Journal of Regional Science. 2019, 59: 5-28. 

"The Effect of Stress on Later Life Health: Evidence from the Vietnam Draft" with John Cawley and Damien de Walque. Southern Economic Journal. 2018, 85: 142-165. Also published as NBER Working Paper No. 23334 and World Bank Policy Research Working Paper. 

"The Effect of Health Care Access on Academic Achievement: Evidence from State Medicaid and SCHIP Expansions" with Sarah Cohodes, Samuel Kleiner, and Michael Lovenheim.  The Journal of Human Resources. 2016, 51(3): 727-759. Also published as NBER Working Paper No. 20178. 

"Education and Health: Evidence on Adults with Diabetes" with Padmaja Ayyagari and Frank Sloan. International Journal of Healthcare Finance and Economics. 2011, 11: 35-54.

"Alcohol Consumption in Early Adulthood and Schooling Completed and Labor Market Outcomes at Midlife by Race and Gender" with Frank Sloan. American Journal of Public Health. 2011, 101: 2093-2101.

"Heavy Episodic Drinking in Early Adulthood and Health, and Outcomes in Mid-Life."with Alyssa Platt and Frank Sloan. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 2011, 72: 459-470.

"Receipt of Care and Reduction of Lower Extremity Amputations in a Nationally-Representative Sample of U.S. Elderly" with Frank Sloan and Mark Feinglos Health Services Research. 2010, 45(6) Pt 1: 1740-1762.

"The Unchanged Longevity Gap between Black and White Men in the U.S. at the Beginning and End of the 20th Century" with Frank Sloan, Padmaja Ayyagari, and Martin Salm. American Journal of Public Health. 2010, 100(2): 357-363.

Working Papers 

“Health Insurance for Whom? The Spillover Effects of Children’s Health Insurance on Mothers.” with Sebastian Tello-Trillo and Barton Willage. NBER Working Paper No. w29661

"Under the Same Umbrella: Public Health Insurance Expansions and the Uniformity of Insurance for Families" with Sarah Hamersma and Sebastian Tello-Trillo. NBER Working Paper No. w31491

"The Pharmacist Will See You Now: Pharmacist Prescribed Contraceptives and Fertility Rates" with Arijit Ray and Allyssa Wadsworth.  (Revisions requested)

"The Intergenerational Health Effects of Forced Displacement: Japanese American Incarceration during WWII" with Umair Khalil and Laura Panza. NBER Working Paper No. w31992. 

Research in Progress

“Mountaintop Removal and Health.” with Kathryn Johnson, Claudia Persico and Erdal Tekin. 

"Disparities in Health Care Utilization Among Individuals of Middle Eastern Ancestry in the United States" with Owen Fleming, Shooshan Danagoulian, and David Slusky. 

"The Unintended Consequences of Women’s Clinic Closures on Preventive Care" with Dinushka Paranavitana, and David Slusky.