Regional Variations and Productivity Puzzles in Health Care
Prepared for the Journal of Economic Literature
NBER Working Paper 35937
(with Jonathan Skinner)
October 2026
Selective Admissions in Nursing Homes: Evidence from a Randomized Audit Study
NBER Working Paper 35944
(with Liran Einav, Jesse Gubb, Neale Mahoney and James Okun)
October 2026
The Impact of the Great Recession on Mortality: A Dynamic Factor Analysis
NBER Working Paper 35914
(with Matthew J. Notowidigdo and Enzo Profili)
October 2026
The Relationship between Income and Health: Evidence from Nationwide Health Exams in Korea
NBER Working Paper 35880
(with Liran Einav and Sehyun Hong)
October 2026
The Effects of SNAP Sugary Drink Restrictions on Consumption and Welfare
NBER Working Paper 35659
(with Hunt Allcott, Anna Grummon and Matthew J. Notowidigdo)
October 2026
Trading Goods for Lives: NAFTA's Mortality Impacts and Implications
NBER Working Paper 34855
(with Matthew J. Notowidigdo and Steven Shi)
October 2026
Meauring Health Care Fraud using Prosecutions of Home Health Agencies
NBER Working Paper 35280
(with Liran Einav, Yunan Ji, Neale Mahoney, and Gideon Moore).
August 2026
Elderly Health and Longevity in the US: Evidence and Implications
(with Liran Einav)
NBER Working Paper 35346
June 2026
Geographic Variation in Healthcare Utilization: The Role of Physicians
(with Ivan Badinski, Matthew Gentzkow, and Peter Hull)
Current version: May 2026
On-line Appendices
Revised and Resubmitted, Review of Economic Studies
Overlapping Policy Interventions: Evidence from Home Health
NBER Working Paper 34554
(with Liran Einav, Yunan Ji, and Neale Mahoney)
December 2025
Conditionally Accepted, American Economic Journal: Policy
Paternalistic Social Assistance: Evidence and Implications for Cash vs. In-Kind Transfers
NBER Working Paper 34506
(with Anna Chorniy and Matthew J. Notowidigdo)
November 2025
Revise and Resubmit, American Economic Review
Racial Differences in Nursing Home Value Added
NBER Working Paper 34324
(with Liran Einav, Neale Mahoney, and James Okun)
October 2025
Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics
The Impact of a Child with Down Syndrome
NBER Working Paper 34064
(with Liran Einav and Petra Persson)
July 2025