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Brandyn Churchill, PhD ’21, featured on national health policy podcast
May. 20, 2021—Ph.D. candidate in Economics (and incoming assistant professor at Carleton University) Brandyn Churchill was recently featured in the national health policy podcast Tradeoffs, hosted by Dan Gorenstein. In the episode, Brandyn discusses his forthcoming research on the impact of annual opt-outs on HPV vaccine take-up in Washington DC. The podcast can be accessed on the...
T. Aldrich Finegan prize awarded to graduating Honors students
May. 14, 2021—The T. Aldrich Finegan Award for Best Thesis by an Honors Student was awarded during a Zoom reception on May 11, 2021. This year, there were three winners! The main Finegan Award (monetary prize and plaque) went to two students. August Graue won for his thesis, “Conditioned Responsibility and the Economic Vote in US House...
Ph.D. students win departmental awards
May. 14, 2021—The graduate awards for 2021 were announced in a Zoom reception on May 12. The Rendigs Fels Award for Best Teaching Assistant (monetary prize and plaque) was won by Cameron Friday and Lillian Gaeto. The Household International Best Research Paper Award (monetary award and plaque) went to Luis Carvajal-Osorio. The Walter Noel Dissertation Fellowship Award...
Ph.D. candidate Matthew Knowles wins fellowship from Boston College
May. 14, 2021—Ph.D. candidate Matthew Knowles is one of three winners of a $28,000 dissertation fellowship from Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research. In his project, entitled “Social Security Eligibility and Health Care Utilization: Evidence from Administrative Data,” Knowles uses hospital visit data study to study how becoming eligible for social security at the early eligibility age...
Kevin Huang’s paper on Health Care published
May. 6, 2021—Kevin Huang’s paper, “Why Do Americans Spend So Much More on Health Care than Europeans?” has been accepted for publication in International Economic Review. The paper is coauthored with Hui He (International Monetary Fund) and Lei Ning (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics).
Michelle Marcus appointed as fellow in NBER programs on children and health care
May. 3, 2021—Michelle Marcus was recently appointed as a Faculty Research Fellow in two of the National Bureau of Economic Research’s programs. Her appointments are to the programs on Children and Health Care. Professor Marcus’ NBER page is here.
PhD candidate Christopher Sichko recognized by IPUMS
Apr. 29, 2021—Chris Sichko, PhD ’21, has won an award from the IPUMS for the best graduate student research using IPUMS spatial data. The data was used in his project, “Migrant Selection and Sorting during the Great American Drought.”
Atsushi Inoue appointed co-editor of prestigious journal
Apr. 19, 2021—Atsushi Inoue has been appointed co-editor of the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics for the 2022-24 term. His co-editor is Ivan Canay of Northwestern University.
Myrna Wooders’ paper published by the International Journal of Game Theory
Apr. 5, 2021—Myrna Wooders’ paper, “Monopolists of Scarce Information and Small Group Effectiveness in Large Quasilinear Economies,” has been published in the International Journal of Game Theory. Co-authored with R. Serrano (Brown University) and Y. Kamashiro (Kobe International University), this paper applies Wooders’ concept of small group effectiveness to economies with incomplete information, and thus is a...
Brian Beach’s paper, “Recessions, Mortality, and Migration Bias,” accepted for publication at AEJ: Applied
Apr. 3, 2021—Brian Beach’s paper, “Recessions, Mortality, and Migration Bias: Evidence from the Lancashire Cotton Famine,” has been accepted for publication at AEJ: Applied. The paper is co-authored with Vellore Arthi (UC-Irvine) and W. Walker Hanlon (NYU Stern School of Business).