I’m an Associate Professor in the Economics Department of the University of Texas at Austin and a Faculty Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, in the Healthcare and Public Economics groups. I work on issues in demography, health, and various other topics in applied microeconomics, including the Electoral College. [Bio]
Some of my recent and ongoing work
The Private Provision of Public Services: Evidence from Random Assignment in Medicaid” with Danil Agafiev Macambira, Anthony Lollo, Chima Ndumele, and Jacob Wallace. Revision requested at The American Economic Review
“The Risk of Narrow, Disputable Results in the U.S. Electoral College: 1836-2020” with Dean Spears. Revision requested at The Review of Economics and Statistics.
“A Quantitative Assessment of the Climate Benefits and Economic Costs of a Smaller World Population” with Kevin Kuruc, Sangita Vyas, Mark Budolfson, and Dean Spears.
“Heritable Fertility is Not Sufficient for Long-Term Population Growth.” Samuel Arenberg, Kevin Kuruc, Nathan Franz, Sangita Vyas, Nicholas Lawson, Melissa LoPalo, Mark Budolfson, Michael Geruso, and Dean Spears. Demography.