Research

Publications

1)  Li, X., & Ye, J. (2017). The Spillover Effects of Health Insurance Benefit Mandates on Public Insurance Coverage: Evidence from Veterans. Journal of Health Economics, 55, 45–60. 

2)  Horn, B. P., Li, X., Mamun S., McCrady, B. & French M. T. (2018). The Economic Costs of Jail-Based Medication Assisted Treatment. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 44, 611-618. 

3)  Li, X. (2018). Improving the Labor Market Outcomes of US Veterans: The Long-Run Effect of the Transition Assistance Program. Defence and Peace Economics (in press)

4)  Li, X., Vigil, J., Stith, S., Brockelman, F., Keeling, K., & Hall, B. (2019). The Effectiveness of Self-Directed Medical Cannabis Treatment for Pain. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 46, pages 123-130.

5)  Li, X., & Ma, J. (2020). Does Mental Health Parity Encourage Mental Health Utilization among Children? Evidence from 2008 Mental Health Parity Law. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 47, pages 38–53. 

6)  Li, X., (2020). Quality Information Disclosure and Health Insurance Demand: Evidence from VA Hospital Report Cards. International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 20, pages 177–199.

7)  Li, X., Diviant, J., Stith, S., J., Brockelman, F., Keeling, K., Hall, B., and Vigil, J., (2020). The Effectiveness of Cannabis Flower for Immediate Relief from Symptoms of Depression. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 93(2): 251-264. 

8)  Mamun S., Li, X., Horn, B. P., & Chermak J. Private vs. public prisons? A dynamic analysis of the long-term tradeoffs between cost-efficiency and recidivism in the US prison system. Applied Economics. Forthcoming.

9)  Li, X. & Stith, S. Health insurance and self-assessed health: new evidence from Affordable Care Act repeal fear. Health Economics. Forthcoming.

10)  Li, X., & Tian, L. (2020). The Effect of Non-Employment-Based Health Insurance Program on Firm’s Offering of Health Insurance Benefits: Evidence from the Social Health Insurance System in China. Journal of Comparative Economics. 48 (4), 997-1010.

11)  Li, X., Tian, L., & Xu, J. Missing Social Security Contributions: The Role of Contribution Rate and Corporate Income Tax Rate. International Tax and Public Finance. Forthcoming.

12) Horn, B. P., Li, X., Mamun S., McCrady, B., Guerrin, P. & French M. T. Cost-effectiveness analysis of a large jail-based methadone maintenance treatment continuation program in New Mexico. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. Forthcoming.

13) Stith, S., Li, X., Diviant, J., Brockelman, F., Keeling, K., Hall, B., and Vigil, J. (2020). The effectiveness of inhaled Cannabis flower for the treatment of agitation/irritation, anxiety, and common stress. Journal of Cannabis Research. 2(1), 1-14.  

14) Stith, S., & Li, X., Backdating to Dialysis: Does Better Access to Care Delay Accessing Care? Economics and Human Biology. Forthcoming.

15) Zhao, X.,  Li, X., Torgler, B., & Dulleck, U. Patient Violence, Physicians Treatment Decisions, and Patient Welfare: Evidence from China. Health Economics. Forthcoming.

16) Stith, S. Li, X., J. Orozco, V. Lopez, F. Brockelman, K. Keeling, B. Hall, and J. Vigil. 2021. The Effectiveness of Common Cannabis Products for Treatment of Nausea. Journal of Clinical Gastrointerology. Forthcoming.

17) Stith, S., Li, X., Diviant, J., Brockelman, F., Keeling, K., Hall, B., and Vigil, J. The Effects of Consuming Cannabis Flower for Treatment of Fatigue. Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids. Forthcoming.

Works in progress

1. Horn, B. P., Li, X., & Sanchez, G. The Effect of SNAP Access on the Health of Low-Income Elderly. Revision requested

2.  Stith, S., Li, X., Brockelman, F., Keeling, K., Hall, B., and Vigil, J. Is Feeling “High” Detrimental or Beneficial for Medical Cannabis Treatment Outcomes. Under review

3. Rex Sitti, Horn, B. P., & Li, X., Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion/ Enactment on Food Consumption. In preparation for submission

4. Horn, B. P., Li, X., & Sanchez, G. Exploring the Differential Effect of SNAP on the Health of Low-Income Elderly Adults by Race and Ethnicity

5. Erwin, C., Binder, M, & Li, X. Wage Effects of Baccalaureate Time to Degree in the United States

6. Horn, B. P., Li, X., & Sanchez, G. Earned Income Tax Credit and Alcohol Consumption: Evidence from Scanner Data.