Zachary Wagner

Associate Professor (Research) of Economics
Center for Economic and Social Research & Department of Economics
University of Southern California

I am a health economist studying how people and health care providers make decisions in low- and middle-income countries and the United States. My work spans quality of care, child diarrhea, climate and disasters, provider behavior, health insurance for the poor, community health workers, HIV/AIDS, family planning, and opioid prescribing. My research uses a variety of methodologies focused on causal inference including randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental evaluations. I have completed research in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia including Uganda, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Malawi, Chad, India, and Pakistan. I have received funding from the NIH, GiveWell, and the Gates Foundation among others. 

My research appears in Science, Nature, The Lancet, BMJ, PLOS Medicine, Health Affairs, The Economic Journal, and AEJ: Economic Policy. Before USC I was at RAND and Stanford. I have a Ph.D. in Health Policy (Economics) from UC Berkeley.

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