Working Papers
1. Means-Tested Social Insurance and Strategic Asset Spend-Down: Evidence from Medicaid Asset Look-Back Policies (with Daifeng He)
2. Do Misperceptions about Medicare Coverage Explain Low Demand for Long-Term Care Insurance? (with Daifeng He, Ellen Magenheim, and Jingxin Nie)
3. Can a Deductible Kill? The Effect of Patient Cost Sharing on Health (with Martin Salm and Eric Sargent)
Select Publications
1. The Weight of Education: Nutritional Impacts of a Schooling Program in Bangladesh (with Md Shahjahan), Health Economics 2026 (Accepted for Publication)
2. The Impact of the Female Secondary School Stipend Program on Child Health (with Md Shahjahan and Giulia La Mattina), Journal of Health Economics 2025
3. Natural Disasters and Acceptance of Domestic Violence (with Giulia La Mattina and Lei Lv), Feminist Economics 2024
4. The Impact of Income-Related Medicare Part B Premiums on Labor Supply (with Frank Sloan), ILR Review 2021
5. ACA Medicaid Expansion Associated with Increased Medicaid Participation and Improved Health among Near-Elderly: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study (with M McInerney, R Winecoff, K Simon, and MK Bundorf), INQUIRY 2020
6. Health Insurance and Early Retirement Plans: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act, American Journal of Health Economics 2019
7. The Role of Medical Expenditure Risk in Portfolio Allocation Decisions (with Daifeng He), Health Economics 2017
8. The Impact of Medicare Part D on Emergency Department Visits (with Dan Shane and George Wehby), Health Economics 2017
9. The Impact of Social Security Income on Cognitive Function at Older Ages (with David Frisvold), American Journal of Health Economics 2016
Media Coverage: Huffington Post, CBS News, Chicago Policy Review, The Motley Fool
10. Prescription Drug Coverage and Chronic Pain, International Journal of Health Economics and Management 2016
11. Medicare Part D and Portfolio Choice (with Daifeng He), American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings) 2016
12. The Impact of Retirement on Smoking Behavior, Eastern Economic Journal 2016
13. 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
14. Does Prescription Drug Coverage Improve Mental Health? Evidence from Medicare Part D (with Dan Shane), Journal of Health Economics 2015
Media Coverage: ASPPH Connect
15. 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
Media Coverage: The Economist
16. The Effect of Job Loss on Overweight and Drinking (with Partha Deb, William Gallo, Jason Fletcher and Jody Sindelar), Journal of Health Economics 2011
Media Coverage: Wall Street Journal
17. Education and Health: Evidence on Adults with Diabetes (with Daniel Grossman and Frank Sloan), International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics 2011
18. 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