JASON HUH

Economist | Professor

I am an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. I hold a BA from Swarthmore College and a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

My main research interests are in health and public economics. My current projects also include topics in urban, labor, and environmental economics. My work has been published in leading academic journals, such as the Journal of Public Economics, the Journal of Health Economics, and the American Economic Review: Insights

I currently teach Health Economics & Policy and Economic Data Analysis & Applications.

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: SAGE 3408
Email: huhj2@rpi.edu

PUBLICATIONS AND FORTHCOMING PAPERS

More Doctors in Town Now? Evidence from Medicaid Expansions
With Jianjing Lin
Accepted, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

The Effect of Opioid Use on Traffic Fatalities
With Louis-Philippe Beland and Dongwoo Kim
Accepted, Health Economics

Medicaid Physician Fees and Access to Care among Children with Special Health Care Needs
With Pinka Chatterji and Sandra Decker
Review of Economics of the Household, September 2022, 20(3): 887-919

COVID-19 Lockdown and Traffic Accidents: Lessons from the Pandemic
With Stephen Barnes, Louis-Philippe Beland, and Dongwoo Kim
Contemporary Economic Policy, April 2022, 40(2): 349-368 

Teenage Driving, Mortality, and Risky Behaviors
With Julian Reif
American Economic Review: Insights, December 2021, 3(4): 523-539

The Effect of ACA Medicaid Expansions on Foster Care Admissions
With Louis-Philippe Beland and Dongwoo Kim
Health Economics, November 2021, 30(11): 2943-2951 

Medicaid and Provider Supply
Journal of Public Economics, August 2021, 200: 104430

Did Medicare Part D Reduce Mortality?
With Julian Reif
Journal of Health Economics, May 2017, 53: 17-37


POLICY WRITING

Estimating the Impact of Medicaid Expansions on Dentist Supply
Health Policy Institute Research Brief, American Dental Association, August 2021


SELECTED WORKING PAPERS AND WORKS IN PROGRESS

Curbing Pretextual Stops: Racial Disparities and Policing Outcomes
With Louis-Philippe Beland and Dongwoo Kim
Under review

Immigrant Labor Force and Living Arrangements of Elderly Natives
With Kwanghyun Kim and Domininkas Mockus

Provider Preference and Selection into Medicare Advantage
With Jee-Hun Choi and Maura Coughlin


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