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Publications — Health Inequality Lab

WebThe Health of Democracies during the Pandemic: Results from a Randomized Survey Experiment. Marcella Alsan, Luca Braghieri, Sarah Eichmeyer, Minjeong Joyce Kim, …

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Interest Groups, Ideology, and Indirect Lobbying — Health …

WebWe investigate the role of the American Medical Association (AMA) which financed a campaign against National Health Insurance that was directed by the country’s first …

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About Us — Health Inequality Lab

WebThe Health Inequality Lab is a research group based at the Harvard Kennedy School dedicated to studying the causes and consequences of health inequality in the United …

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Updates — Health Inequality Lab

WebThe Health Inequality Lab will use this grant to study the intersection of the unequal distribution of disease and incarceration in the U.S, with a focus on Black and …

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The Great Unequalizer: Initial Health Effects of COVID-19 in the …

WebThe Great Unequalizer: Initial Health Effects of COVID-19 in the United States Marcella Alsan, Amitabh Chandra, and Kosali Simon. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021 …

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Marcella Alsan — Health Inequality Lab

WebIn recognition and support of her work studying the causes and consequences of health disparities, Alsan was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2021. She is the co-recipient …

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Equity Course — Health Inequality Lab

WebEconomics of Health Equity. This is a course for students to discuss recent advances in the economics of health equity. Topics will include equity in all dimensions: race/ethnicity; …

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Tuskegee and the Health of Black Men — Health Inequality Lab

WebQuarterly Journal of Economics, 2018 133 (1): 407-455. For 40 years, the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male passively monitored hundreds of adult black men …

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Investing in Cancer Care and Control — Health Inequality Lab

WebInvestments that generate system-wide improvements benefit cancer, but also accrue gains for other diseases, thereby achieving greater health outcomes per capita investment. …

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The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis: Implications for Health

WebWe summarize recent findings in the economics literature on population-level effects of the Tuskegee study, including a decline in health-seeking behavior and a rise of both …

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Does Diversity Matter for Health

WebExperimental Evidence from Oakland. We study the effect of physician workforce diversity on the demand for preventive care among African American men. In an experiment in …

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Luyuan Jia — Health Inequality Lab

WebLuyuan Jia received a BEcon from Tsinghua University of China in 2023. Prior to joining Professor Alsan’s research team, Luyuan worked as a research assistant in the Berkeley …

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Meera Mody — Health Inequality Lab

WebHer research interests lie in the fields of health and public economics, with a particular focus on understanding the causes and consequences of health disparities in the US and …

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Poverty, Global Health, and Infectious Disease: Lessons from Haiti …

WebMost health interventions in resource-poor settings could garner support based on cost/benefit ratios with appropriately lengthy time horizons to capture the return on …

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The Effect of Accreditation of Healthcare in

WebThe process of preparation, verification, and maintenance of accreditation may improve health care processes, inmate health outcomes, and satisfaction and retention among …

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James Jolin — Health Inequality Lab

WebJames René Jolin is an A.B. Degree Candidate in the Harvard College Class of 2024, concentrating in Government with a secondary field in Global Health and Health Policy. …

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Messages on COVID-19 Tailored for African American and Latinx

WebComparison of Knowledge and Intended Behaviors following General COVID-19 Public Health Messages and Messages Tailored for African American and Latinx Communities: …

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End COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries

WebThis was both an opportunity and a danger: Mobile phones could be used to transmit useful public health messages to the most remote corners of the world. At the same time, …

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Prof. Marcella Alsan Awarded 2021 MacArthur Fellowship — …

WebMarcella Alsan, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and Director of the Health Inequality Lab, was one of 25 recipients of this year’s MacArthur …

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People — Health Inequality Lab

WebLukas Leister. Predoctoral Research Fellow, 2021-22. Ph.D. Program in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Anlu Xing. Predoctoral Research Fellow, 2016-18

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Xingyou Ye — Health Inequality Lab

WebHis research interests lie in the intersection of political economy and applied econometrics. He will join the PhD program in Economics at Princeton University in 2024. Contact: …

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