Teaching

A course in the 2nd-year PhD health economics sequence at Harvard. We cover a wide variety of topics in health economics, including health insurance design and markets, physician behavior, pharmaceutical markets, innovation, long-term care, addiction, mental health, and medical debt. The course features both my teaching and guest classes from other Harvard health economics faculty.

A course for Masters in Public Policy (MPP) students on the economics of public policy. The focus of my section of the course is on social policy applications, including taxes and inequality, poverty alleviation programs, social insurance, health care policy, and education policy. 

I am happy to share course materials; please email me if interested.

This is an HKS elective course I developed on the economics of poverty and the social safety net -- including means-tested transfer programs, work-based tax credits, social insurance, health care, and housing. These programs comprise the largest share of government spending in the U.S. and other developed countries. Making them work well is a key economic and social priority. This course studies policy institutions and economic principles related to safety net programs via a combination of lectures and discussions of current policy issues. 

I am happy to share course materials; please email me if interested.