Yalun Su

About Yalun Su

Yalun Su is a Ph.D. candidate at the Harris School of Public Policy, a student affiliate of the Healthcare Markets and Regulation (HMR) Lab at Harvard Medical School, and a predoctoral fellow in the University of Chicago and Northwestern University Health Services Research Program. 

His research lies in the intersection of health economics and public finance with a focus on social insurance and social health insurance.

Yalun received his B.A. in Applied Mathematics, Economics, and Statistics from UC Berkeley and his M.Sc. in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics. Before Harris, Yalun worked as a research professional at the Becker-Friedman Institute Ronzetti Initiative for the Study of Labor Markets.

Publication

“Disability and Distress: The Effect of Disability Programs on Financial Outcomes,” with Manasi Deshpande and Tal Gross, April 2021, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.

Research in Progress

"Does Information Reporting Reduce Healthcare Agency Problems? Evidence from ICD-10 Transition."

"Privatizing Social Insurance: Medicare Advantage vs. Traditional Medicare," with Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Boris Vabson, Scott Bilder, Barton Jones, Iman Mohammadi, Zulkarnain Pulungan, and Christie Teigland.

“Effects of Medical Bills on Healthcare Utilization: Evidence from Surprise Billing,” with Afia Khan and Yashna Nandan.