Economics News
Chris Bollinger, Director of the Center for Business and Economic Research, addressed the Mortgage Bankers Association on Wednesday, March 1st.
Aaron Yelowitz’s paper “Medicaid Managed Care and the Health Care Utilization of Adolescent Foster Children,” (with M. Palmer, J. Marton, and J. Talbert) has been accepted at Inquiry .
Aaron Yelowitz has been appointed an associate editor of Public Finance Review .
Aaron Yelowitz, Associate Professor of Economics at University of Kentucky and Associate Director for the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise appearing on WKYT on January 11, 2017 discussing President-elect Trumps economic policies and effects on Kentuckians. To watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0oIx1gOPM8&feature=youtu.be.
Aaron Yelowitz, Associate Professor of Economics at University of Kentucky and Associate Director for the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise appearing on The CW on December 30, 2016 discussing the Affordable Care Act and "death spirals." To watch see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLtkzdfOscU&feature=youtu.be
Jim Ziliak presented his paper with Chris Bolinger, Charles Hokayem (Ph.D. Alum), and Barry Hirsch, Are Proxy Earnings Reports Reliable? Evidence from the Current Population Survey?" at an American Economics Association session at the ASSA on January 6, 2017.
Lala Ma presented “Estimating Heterogeneous Preferences to Avoid Flood Risk and the Implications for Disaster Exposure” (co-authored with Laura Bakkensen) at ASSA Annual Meetings, Chicago, IL” on January 6, 2017 with her co-author, Elaine Hill, “Shale Gas Development and Drinking Water Quality” (co-authored with Elaine Hill) which has been accepted for publication in the American Economic Review Paper and Proceedings.
Olga Malkova presented The Effect of Pension Tax Reductions on Labor Supply at the ASSA meetings in Chicago on January 8.
Aaron Yelowitz’s research on work scheduling appeared prominently in a Crain's New York Business commentary on January 9, 2017.
Aaron Yelowitz’s research on citywide minimum wages in Santa Fe and San Francisco appeared in a recent Wall Street Journal commentary on January 2, 2017.