Katherine Meckel
Katherine Meckel is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California San Diego, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and a Research Network Affiliate at the Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research (CESifo). Her research specializes in topics in public finance and health economics. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from Columbia University and a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Yale University.
Contact information:
Dept. of Economics
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
Current Working Papers
Are the Inspections Going to Waste? A National Field Test of Machine Learning vs. Expert Judgement to Improve EPA Regulatory Compliance (under disclosure review)
Joint with Jesse Buchsbaum and Michael Greenstone
Dependent Coverage and Parental Job Mobility: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act
Joint with Hannah Bae and Maggie Shi
Also available as NBER Working Paper 30200
Welfare Implications of Increased Retailer Participation in SNAP
Joint with Anne Byrne, Xiao Dong, Jessie Handbury, and Erik James
The Effect of Smoking on Mental Health: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Joint with Katherine Rittenhouse
Also available as NBER Working Paper 29867
Exposure to Cigarette Taxes as a Teenager and the Persistence of Smoking into Adulthood
Joint with Andrew Friedson, Moyan Li, Daniel Rees, and Daniel W. Sacks
Revisions Requested at Health Economics (2nd round)
Also available as NBER Working Paper 29145
Journal Articles
Depression and the Healthfulness of Grocery Purchases
Joint with Bradley T. Shapiro
Conditionally Accepted at Quantitative Marketing and Economics
Also available as NBER Working Paper 29462
Featured in: Marginal Revolution, MarketWatch
Cigarette Taxes, Smoking, and Health in the Long Run
Joint with Andrew Friedson, Moyan Li, Daniel Rees, and Daniel W. Sacks
Journal of Public Economics, 222: 104877, June 2023
Also available as NBER Working Paper 29145, IZA Discussion Paper 14644, CESIfo Working Paper 9232
Featured in: The NBER Bulletin on Health: No. 3, October 2021
Joint with Maya Rossin-Slater and Lindsey Uniat
Journal of Human Resources, 58(2): 363-392 , March 2023
Also available as: NBER Working Paper No. 26718, IZA Discussion Paper No. 12957.
Issuance and Incidence: SNAP Benefit Cycles and Grocery Prices
Joint with Jacob Goldin and Tatiana Homonoff
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14(1): 152-178, February 2022
Also available as: NBER Working Paper No.
American Economic Review, 110(6): 1821-1865, June 2020
Also available as: NBER Working Paper No. 26752
Does Managed Care Widen Infant Health Disparities? Evidence from Texas Medicaid
Joint with Ilyana Kuziemko and Maya Rossin-Slater
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 10(3): 255-283, August 2018
Also available as: NBER Working Paper No. 19198
Featured in: Trade-Offs Podcast
Hydraulic Fracturing and Infant Health: New Evidence from Pennsylvania
Joint with Janet Currie and Michael Greenstone
Science Advances, 3(12), December 2017
Featured in: Washington Post, Forbes, CNBC
Something in the Water: Contaminated Drinking Water and Infant Health
Joint with Janet Currie, Joshua Graff Zivin, Matthew Neidell and Wolfram Schlenker
The Canadian Journal of Economics, 46(3): 791-810, August 2013
Also available as: NBER Working Paper No. 18876
Featured in: Science Daily
Other Publications
Fetal Origins of Lifetime Health
Joint with Douglas Almond and Janet Currie,
The Encyclopedia of Health Economics, Elsevier, 2014: 309-314
How Will Baby Boomer Retirements Affect Teacher Labor Markets?
Joint with Daniel Aaronson
Economic Perspectives, 33(4): 2-14, November 2009
The Impact of Baby Boomer Retirements on Teacher Labor Markets
Joint with Daniel Aaronson
Chicago Fed Letter, No. 254, September 2008