Biography
I am a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Guelph. From 2024 to 2026, I was a postdoctoral associate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health. I received my PhD in economics from Binghamton University in 2024. My research uses causal inference and quasi-experimental methods to evaluate health and public policy.
Research interests
- Health economics
- Public health and health policy
- Policy evaluation
- Causal inference
- Cost-benefit analysis
Education
- PhD in Economics, 2024Binghamton University
- MA in Economics, 2021Binghamton University
- MS in Finance, 2018Gachon University
- BA, 2014University of Economics, HCMC
Publications
Health policy and public health
Extreme risk protection order policies and homicide risk among cohabitants of handgun owners
Using a California cohort linking voter, mortality and handgun transaction records, we estimate with a difference-in-differences design that the state's ERPO law had no detectable population-level effect on homicide risk among non-owning cohabitants of handgun owners. ERPOs may still protect households of order respondents in ways not visible at the population level.
DOIExtreme risk protection order policies and suicide risk among handgun owners
Read the articleEconomics
Do better journals publish better estimates?
Are estimates closer to the true parameter value when published in highly ranked economics journals? Within literatures, the distribution of estimates does not appreciably differ by journal rank, so estimates in top journals cannot be substantially closer to the truth. We discuss possible explanations and implications.
Preprint PDFParents' legal status and children's health insurance: Evidence from DACA
Using a regression discontinuity design, I find that DACA eligibility among likely undocumented mothers raises Medicaid enrollment for their US-born children by five percentage points, with no overall change in coverage, possibly due to substitution between Medicaid and private insurance.
Preprint PDFThe effects of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on labor market outcomes
Using a regression discontinuity design, I find little to no effect of DACA on employment or high-skilled work among eligible immigrants. Confidence intervals permit modest effects but rule out large ones.
Preprint PDFTeaching
Guest lecturer
- Causal Inference Epidemiology Research (Spring 2025, Spring 2026)
Instructor
- Microeconomic Theory (Summer 2022, Summer 2023)
Teaching assistant
- Economics of Corporate Strategies, MA
- Macroeconomic Theory I, PhD core
- Economic Forecasting
- Introduction to Labor Economics and Industrial Relations
- Economics of Public Programs
- Economics of Corporations