Working Papers

“Government Recommendations and Health Behaviors: Evidence from Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines” (with Brandyn F. Churchill). [Also available as NBER Working Paper #34368]. Resubmitted to Economic Journal.

“The Effect of Hospital Breastfeeding Policies on Infant Health” (with Meghan Skira). Reject and Resubmit at AER. [Also available as NBER Working Paper #34032]

Economics Publications

1. “Effect of Vaccine Recommendations on Consumer and Firm Behavior” (with Brandyn F. Churchill and Laura E. Henkhaus). Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Feb. 2024. (Previously circulated as “Market Responses to Vaccine Recommendations”) [Ungated version]

2. “Consequences of a Shortage and Rationing: Evidence from a Pediatric Vaccine” (with Eli Liebman, Abe Dunn, and David Ridley). Journal of Health Economics, Dec. 2023. [Also released as NBER Working Paper #31479]

3. “The Effect of Hospital Postpartum Care Regulations on Breastfeeding and Maternal Time Allocation” (with Katherine G. Yewell). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Oct. 2023. [Ungated version]

4. “Information Shocks and Pharmaceutical Firms’ Marketing Efforts: Evidence from the Chantix Black Box Warning Removal” (with Meghan Skira). Journal of Health Economics 81(Jan 2022):102557. [Ungated version]

5. “Giving Teens a Boost? Effects of Adolescent Meningococcal Vaccine Recommendations,” American Journal of Health Economics 6(2), 2020. [Ungated version]

6. “Direct and Spillover Effects of Middle School Vaccination Requirements” (with Christopher S. Carpenter).  American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 11(1), February 2019: 95-125. [Previous version: NBER Working Paper #23107]

7. “Effectiveness of Vaccination Recommendations versus Mandates: Evidence from the hepatitis A vaccine, ” Journal of Health Economics 52 (Jan 2017): 45-62.

Policy/Medical Publications

8. “Relationship Between Medicaid Coverage Design and Receipt of Medication for Alcohol Use Disorder (MAUD): Probability of Receipt Increases Based on Comprehensiveness of Plan” (with Miguel Estrada, Shelby Steuart, Christina Andrews, Colleen Grogan, Olivia Hinds, Lauren Peterson, Felipe Lozano-Rojas, Melissa Westlake, Coady Wing, and Amanda Abraham). Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, Sept 2025. 

9. “Medicaid Managed Care Organization Service Coverage and Diagnosis and Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: Evidence from Quasi-Random Auto-Assignment in Kentucky” (with Shelby Steuart, Miguel Estrada, Colleen Grogan, Olivia Hinds, Lauren Peterson, Felipe Lozano-Rojas, M. Westlake, Coady Wing, and Amanda Abraham). Health Affairs Scholar, July 2025.

10. “Concurrent Prescription Fills of Opioids and Benzodiazepines Among Postpartum Women During COVID-19” (with Amanda Abraham, Shelby Steuart, Hailemichael Shone, and Grace Bagwell Adams). AJPM Focus, June 2024.

11. “Increases in Benzodiazepine Prescribing for Postpartum Anxiety During COVID-19” (with Grace Bagwell Adams, Shelby Steuart, Hailemichael Shone, and Amanda Abraham). Archives of Women’s Mental Health, June 2024.

12. “Comparison of Postpartum Opioid Prescriptions Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic” (with Shelby Steuart, Grace Bagwell Adams, Hailemichael Shone, and Amanda Abraham). JAMA Network Open, April 2023.

13. “Spillover of Medicaid Expansion to Prescribing of Opioid Use Disorder Medications in Medicare Part D” (with Amanda J. Abraham, Samantha J. Harris, Grace Bagwell Adams, and W. David Bradford). Psychiatric Services, 2021.

14. “Population Mortality and Laws Encouraging Influenza Vaccination for Hospital Workers” (with Mariana Carrera and Corey White). Annals of Internal Medicine (Jan 2021).

Selected Work in Progress

“Learning Something from Nothing? How False Positive Screening Shapes Household Healthcare Utilization” (with Alex Hoagland and Tamar Oostrom)

“The Effect of Hospital Breastfeeding Policies on Maternal Health” (with Eli Liebman, Justine Mallatt, and Meghan Skira)

“The Vaccines for Children Program and the Health of Low-Income Children” (with Brandyn Churchill and Samuel Mann)