Padmaja Ayyagari

Working Papers

1. Means-Tested Social Insurance and Strategic Asset Spend-Down: Evidence from Medicaid Asset Look-Back Policies (with Daifeng He)

Select Publications

14. The Impact of Income-Related Medicare Part B Premiums on Labor Supply (with Frank Sloan), ILR Review 2019, Forthcoming

13. Health Insurance and Early Retirement Plans: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act, American Journal of Health Economics 2019, 5(4): 533-560

SSRN Working Paper

12. The Role of Medical Expenditure Risk in Portfolio Allocation Decisions (with Daifeng He), Health Economics 2017, 26(11): 1447-1458

11. The Impact of Medicare Part D on Emergency Department Visits (with Dan Shane and George Wehby), Health Economics 2017, 26(4): 536-544

10. The Impact of Social Security Income on Cognitive Function at Older Ages (with David Frisvold), American Journal of Health Economics 2016, 2(4): 463-488

NBER Working Paper

Media Coverage: Huffington Post, CBS News, Chicago Policy Review, The Motley Fool

9. Prescription Drug Coverage and Chronic Pain, International Journal of Health Economics and Management 2016, 16(2): 189-200

8. Medicare Part D and Portfolio Choice (with Daifeng He), American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings) 2016, 106(5): 339-342

7. The Impact of Retirement on Smoking Behavior, Eastern Economic Journal 2016, 42(2): 270-287

6. Smoking and Cognitive Functioning at Older Ages: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study (with Asia Sikora Kessler), Journal of the Economics of Ageing 2015, 6: 13-23

5. Does Prescription Drug Coverage Improve Mental Health? Evidence from Medicare Part D (with Dan Shane), Journal of Health Economics 2015, 41: 46-58

Media Coverage: ASPPH Connect

4. Understanding Heterogeneity in Price Elasticities in the Demand for Alcohol for Older Individuals (with Partha Deb, William Gallo, Jason Fletcher and Jody Sindelar), Health Economics 2013, 22(1): 89-105

NBER Working Paper

Media Coverage: The Economist

3. The Effect of Job Loss on Overweight and Drinking (with Partha Deb, William Gallo, Jason Fletcher and Jody Sindelar), Journal of Health Economics 2011, 30(2): 317-327

NBER Working Paper

Media Coverage: Wall Street Journal

2. Education and Health: Evidence on Adults with Diabetes (with Daniel Grossman and Frank Sloan), International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics 2011, 11(1): 35-54

1. The Impact of Job Stress on Smoking and Quitting: Evidence from the HRS (with Jody Sindelar), BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (Contributions) 2010, 10(1): Article 27

NBER Working Paper