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Address: Tel: 831-459-2079
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about me |
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| I am an assistant professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. My main research areas are health economics, education and applied econometrics. You can find my curriculum vita here.
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publications |
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[2009] “Does Medicare Save Lives?”, with David Card and Nicole Maestas, forthcoming in Quarterly Journal of Economics [2009] “The War on Drugs: Methamphetamine, Public Health and Crime”, with Nancy Nicosia, American Economic Review, Vol. 99, Issue 1, pp. 324–49 [2009] “The Effect of Alcohol Access on Consumption and Mortality: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from the Minimum Drinking Age”, with Christopher Carpenter, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 164–82 [2009] “The Long Term Health Effects of Military Service: Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey and the Vietnam Era Draft Lottery”, with Reza Shabani, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 47, Issue 1, pp. 69-80 [2008] “The Impact of Nearly Universal Insurance Coverage on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from Medicare”, with David Card and Nicole Maestas, American Economic Review, Vol. 98, Issue. 5, pp. 2242–58 [2008] “The Incremental Inpatient Costs Associated with Marijuana Comorbidity”, with Rosalie Pacula, Jeanne Ringel and Khoa Truong, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Vol. 92, Issues 1-3, pp. 248-257 [2007] “The Effects of Government Transfers on Monthly Cycles in Drug Abuse, Hospitalization and Mortality”, with Steven Puller, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 91, pp. 2137-2151 [2003] "Clean Air Act of 1970 and Adult Mortality”, with Kenneth Chay and Michael Greenstone. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Vol. 27, Issue 3, pp. 279-300 [2002] “Welfare Leavers Use of Medicaid Transitional Medical Assistance in California 1993-1997”, with Jane Mauldon and Kamran Nayeri. Inquiry, Vol 39, Num. 4, pp. 372-387 [2000] “Ultraviolet Transmittance of the Vistakon Disposable Contact Lenses”, with Harris M., Chin R., Lee D., and Tam M. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, Vol. 23, Issue 1, pp. 10-15 |
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“The Drinking Age, Alcohol Consumption, and Crime,” with Christopher Carpenter, January 2008 “Do School Entry Laws Affect Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes?,” with Fernando Ferreira, November 2007 (Conditionally accepted at Economics of Education Review) “Causes and Consequences of Skipping Class in College,” with Ricard Gil and Justin Marion, April 2007 (Conditionally accepted at Economics of Education Review) “Hospital Staffing and Inpatient Mortality,” June 2003 “Plagiarism in U.S. Higher Education: Estimating Internet Plagiarism Rates and Testing a Means of Deterrence ” with Jeffrey Weinstein, May 2003 |
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