Professor About Joshua Gottlieb Joshua Gottlieb is an economist and Professor at the University of Chicago, in the Harris School of Public Policy. He is Co-Director of the Becker-Friedman Institute's Health Economics Initiative and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Gottlieb is an expert on the economics of the healthcare system, including administrative costs, the geography of healthcare, healthcare labor markets, the organization of insurance markets, and physician behavior. His research spans health, labor, urban, and public economics. Gottlieb completed his Ph.D. in economics at Harvard University in 2012. He has published in leading academic journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, and American Economic Review. His research has been recognized by the International Health Economics Association with the Kenneth J. Arrow Award for best paper in health economics and the National Tax Association with its Outstanding Dissertation Award. Gottlieb's research focuses on questions directly relevant to public policy. He is a member of the Medicaid Managed Care Oversight Commission for the State of Illinois. He has written policy proposals and opinion columns that have influenced economic policy in the United States and Canada, and his research is regularly cited by leading policymakers. Gottlieb is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Health Economics and a member of the Journal of Economic Literature's Board of Editors. He was previously an Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, a Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford University, a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and a Co-Editor of the Journal of Public Economics. Contact Information Room 2061 jgottlieb@uchicago.edu Personal Website Recent News More news Alumni Profile: Sameer Shafi Warraich, MPP’22 Thu., March 28, 2024 Alumni Profile: Will Pennington, MACRM’23 Tue., March 26, 2024 Student Profile: Aïcha Camara, MSCAPP Class of 2024 Thu., March 21, 2024 Upcoming Events More events Masterclass with Carolyn Sloane Thu., March 28, 2024 | 5:00 PM UChicago Harris International Leadership Credential Information Session Mon., April 01, 2024 | 8:00 AM Harris Evening Master's Program Class Visit—Economic Analysis III: Public Finance and Budgeting With Professor Justin Marlowe Tue., April 02, 2024 | 5:45 PM Convene 311 West Monroe St. 2nd Floor Reception Chicago, IL 60606 United States