Yalun Su PhD Student Contact Email Yalun Su Visit Professional Website Personal Website About I am a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and a student affiliate in the Healthcare Markets and Regulation Lab at Harvard Medical School. I was a predoctoral fellow in the University of Chicago and Northwestern University Health Services Research Program from AY 2021-24. My research interests are health care, empirical public finance, and health services research. I received my MSc. in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics and my B.A. in Applied Mathematics, Economics, and Statistics from UC Berkeley. Before Harris, I worked as a research professional at the Becker-Friedman Institute Ronzetti Initiative for the Study of Labor Markets. Publication in Economics “Disability and Distress: The Effect of Disability Programs on Financial Outcomes,” with Manasi Deshpande and Tal Gross, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 13(2), April 2021, pp. 151-78. Winner of the 2024 AEJ Best Paper Award: Applied Economics Working Papers “Privatizing Social Health Insurance: Medicare Advantage vs. Traditional Medicare,” with Zarek Brot, Boris Vabson, Scott Bilder, Barton Jones, Iman Mohammadi, Zulkarnain Pulungan, and Christie Teigland. “Does Diagnostic Coding Investment Impact Care Provision? Evidence from ICD-10 Adoption.” “Effects of Medical Bills on Healthcare Utilization: Evidence from Surprise Billing,” with Afia Khan and Yashna Nandan.
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