updated: 8/30/2011

Contact Information

Dissertation

“The Market for Employer-Provided Health Insurance in the U.S.”
        Committee: Prof. Marcus Berliant (chair), Prof. Lee Benham, Prof. Bart Hamilton

Publications

(1) The Effects of Premium Increases on Enrollment in SCHIP Programs: Findings from Three States, Inquiry 43 (4), Winter 2006 / 2007, pp. 378-392. (with G. Kenney, R.A. Allison, J. Costich, and J McFeeters)

(2) State Government Cash and In-Kind Benefits: Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers and Cross-Program Substitution, Journal of Urban Economics 61 (1), January 2007, pp. 1-20. (with D.E. Wildasin)

(3) The Impact of the Introduction of Premiums into a SCHIP Program, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 26 (2), Spring 2007, pp. 261-279.

(4) Medicaid Expenditures and State Budgets: Past, Present, and Future, National Tax Journal, 60 (2), June 2007, pp. 279-304. (with D.E. Wildasin)

(5) Responses to Declining Retiree Health Benefit Coverage, in Government Spending and the Elderly, edited by Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, 2007, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (with S.A. Woodbury)

(6) Assessing Potential Enrollment and Budgetary Effects of SCHIP Premiums: Findings from Arizona and Kentucky, Health Services Research 42 (6p2), December 2007, pp.2354–2372. (with G. Kenney, J. Costich, and J. McFeeters)

(7) A Model of Commodity Differentiation with Indivisibilities and Production, Economic Theory 34(1), January 2008, pp. 85-106. (with M. Castaneda)

(8) Employee Choice of Flexible Spending Account Participation and Health Plan, Health Economics, 17(7), July 2008, pp. 793-813. (with B.H.Hamilton)

(9) SCHIP Premiums, Enrollment, and Expenditures: A Two State, Competing Hazard Analysis, Health Economics 19(7), July 2010, pp. 772-791. (with P. Ketsche and M. Zhou)

(10) CHIP Premiums, Health Status, and the Insurance Coverage of Children, Inquiry 47(3), Fall 2010, pp. 199-214. (with J. Talbert)

(11) Funding Trauma Care in Georgia, Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia 99(4), December 2010, pp. 19-20. (with P. Ketsche)

(12) Disparate Effects of CHIP Premiums on Disenrollment for Minorities, in Current Issues in Health Economics, Volume 290, D. Slottje and R. Tchernis (eds), December 2010, United Kingdom: Emerald Group. (with C. Searcy and J. Ghandhi)

(13) The Effects of Medicaid and CHIP Policy Changes on Receipt of Preventive Care among Children in Kentucky and Idaho, Health Services Research 46 (1p2), February 2011, pp. 298-318. (with G. Kenney, J. Pelletier, A. Klein, and J. Talbert)

Papers Under Review / Revision Requests

(1) The Influence of Retiree Health Benefits on Retirement Patterns (with S.A. Woodbury) (revision requested)

(2) Employer Provided Health Insurance and the Adverse Selection Problem (with M. Castaneda) (revision requested)

(4) A Tale of Two Cities? The Heterogeneous Impact of Medicaid Managed Care (with A Yelowitz and J. Talbert) (under review)

Working Papers

(1) Enhanced Citizenship Verification and Children's Medicaid Coverage (with A. Snyder and M. Zhou)

(2) Estimating Premium Elasticities for Public Health Insurance Coverage (with P. Ketsche, E.K. Adams, A. Snyder, and M. Zhou)

(3) Does More Public Health Spending Lead to Better Health Outcomes? (with P. Honore, K. Minyard, and C. Parker)

Works in Progress

(1) SCHIP Premiums and Churning Between Eligibility Categories (with J.S. Butler)

(2) Intergovernmental Transfers, State Medicaid, and Cash Welfare Programs: An Empirical Analysis (with D.E. Wildasin)

(3) A Structural Model of Flexible Spending Account Contributions (with J.S. Butler)

Teaching and Research Interests

Primary: Health Economics, Public Economics, Applied Microeconomics.
Secondary: Applied Econometrics, Labor Economics, Microeconomic Theory.

2011:

Eastern Economic Association (EEA) Annual Meeting

2009:
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Research Conference
AYS Conference on Government Programs, Distribution & Equity
Southeastern Health Economics Study Group
Emory University
Academy Health Annual Research Meeting
Society of Labor Economists Annual Meeting
Center for Public Health Systems & Services Research Keenland Conference
W.J. Usery Workplace Conference on Labor Market Issues and Policy
University of Southern Mississippi

2008:
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Research Conference
Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Midwest Economics Association Meeting
Annual Health Economics Conference (AHEC)
Academy Health Annual Research Meeting
2nd Conference of the American Society for Health Economists (ASHE)

2007:
American Economic Association (AEA) Annual Meeting
Pfizer Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Council
Boston University / Harvard Health Economics Seminar
Baylor University
Georgia State University
University of Michigan, Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured Summer Research Conference

External Funding

University Service

Professional Service

Reviewer for: Health Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Forum for Health Economics & Policy, Cancer, Southern Economic Journal, National Tax Journal, Journal of Urban Economics, Public Finance Review, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Contemporary Economic Policy, International Journal of Economic Theory, International Review of Economics & Finance, Inquiry

ASHEcon Scientific Committee 2010, reviewed abstracts for 2010 conference

iHEA Scientific Committee 2011, reviewd abstracts for 2011 conference

Honors/Awards/Distinctions

Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence, Washington University - Fall 2000.
Senior Teaching Fellowship, Washington University - Spring 2002, Fall 2000.
Dissertation Fellowship, Washington University - Fall 2002, Spring 2001.
Lee Liberman Administrative Fellowship, Washington University - 1998 - 2001.
Grace E. Bergner Memorial Scholarship, Washington University - 2001 - 2002.
Competitive Research Grant, Washington University - Summer 1999, Summer 1998.
University Fellowship, Washington University - 1996 - 1999.
University Scholarship, St. Louis University - 1992 - 1996.
President, Economics Department Graduate Student Association, Washington University - 1998 - 1999.

Professional Association Memberships

American Economics Association (AEA)
Southern Economic Association (SEA)
International Health Economics Association (iHEA)
American Society for Health Economists (ASHE)
Academy Health
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)

References

Professor Marcus Berliant  Washington University  Department of Economics  (314) 935-8486  berliant@artsci.wustl.edu	Professor Bart Hamilton  Olin School of Business  Washington University  (314) 935-8057  hamiltonb@mail.olin.wustl.edu
Professor J.S. Butler University of Kentucky Martin School of Public Policy (859) 257-1432 jsbutl3@email.uky.edu	Professor David E. Wildasin University of Kentucky Martin School of Public Policy (859) 257-2456 dew@davidwildasin.us
Professor Stephen M. Woodbury Department of Economics Michigan State University (517) 355-4587 woodbur2@msu.edu	Professor James P. Ziliak Director, U.K. Center for Poverty Research Department of Economics University of Kentucky (859) 257-2776 jziliak@uky.edu
Professor James Alm Department of Economics Tulane University (504) 862-8344 jalm@tulane.edu	Professor Barry Hirsch Department of Economics Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Georgia State University (404) 413-0880 bhirsch@gsu.edu