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Health Inequality Lab

WEBResearch on the causes and consequences of health inequality. The Health Inequality Lab is a research group based at the Harvard Kennedy School dedicated to studying the …

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About Us — Health Inequality Lab

WEBThe Health Inequality Lab is a research group based at the Harvard Kennedy School dedicated to studying the causes and consequences of health inequality in the United …

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Publications — Health Inequality Lab

WEBThe Health of Democracies during the Pandemic: Results from a Randomized Survey Experiment. Marcella Alsan, Luca Braghieri, Sarah Eichmeyer, Minjeong Joyce Kim, …

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The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis: Implications for Health

WEBWe summarize recent findings in the economics literature on population-level effects of the Tuskegee study, including a decline in health-seeking behavior and a rise of both …

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Does Diversity Matter for Health

WEBExperimental Evidence from Oakland. We study the effect of physician workforce diversity on the demand for preventive care among African American men. In an experiment in …

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Updates — Health Inequality Lab

WEBThe Health Inequality Lab will use this grant to study the intersection of the unequal distribution of disease and incarceration in the U.S, with a focus on Black and …

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Tuskegee and the Health of Black Men — Health Inequality Lab

WEBQuarterly Journal of Economics, 2018 133 (1): 407-455. For 40 years, the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male passively monitored hundreds of adult black …

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Equity Course — Health Inequality Lab

WEBEconomics of Health Equity. This is a course for students to discuss recent advances in the economics of health equity. Topics will include equity in all dimensions: race/ethnicity; …

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Messages on COVID-19 Tailored for African American and Latinx

WEBComparison of Knowledge and Intended Behaviors following General COVID-19 Public Health Messages and Messages Tailored for African American and Latinx Communities: …

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Investing in Cancer Care and Control — Health Inequality Lab

WEBInvestments that generate system-wide improvements benefit cancer, but also accrue gains for other diseases, thereby achieving greater health outcomes per capita investment. …

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Interest Groups, Ideology, and Indirect Lobbying — Health …

WEBWe investigate the role of the American Medical Association (AMA) which financed a campaign against National Health Insurance that was directed by the country’s first …

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Fear and the Safety Net: Evidence from Secure Communities — …

WEBMarcella Alsan and Crystal Yang. This paper studies how changes in deportation fear induced by the roll-out of Secure Communities (SC), a far-reaching immigration …

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Technological Progress and Health Convergence: The Case of …

WEBNew substitutes for older, more expensive health technologies can produce convergence in population health outcomes but may also be prone to elite capture and thus divergence. …

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Work in Progress — Health Inequality Lab

WEBThe Effect of Accreditation of Healthcare in Jails on Healthcare Processes and Inmate Health Outcomes. Marcella Alsan and Crystal Yang . Identifying and Addressing …

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Marcella Alsan — Health Inequality Lab

WEBIn recognition and support of her work studying the causes and consequences of health disparities, Alsan was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2021. She is the co-recipient …

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The Effect of Accreditation of Healthcare in

WEBThe process of preparation, verification, and maintenance of accreditation may improve health care processes, inmate health outcomes, and satisfaction and retention among …

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Prof. Marcella Alsan Awarded 2021 MacArthur Fellowship — …

WEBMarcella Alsan, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and Director of the Health Inequality Lab, was one of 25 recipients of this year’s MacArthur …

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Poverty, Global Health, and Infectious Disease: Lessons from Haiti …

WEBMost health interventions in resource-poor settings could garner support based on cost/benefit ratios with appropriately lengthy time horizons to capture the return on …

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Girls’ Education and HIV Risk: Evidence from Uganda — Health …

WEBJournal of Health Economics,2013, 32(5): 863-872. Uganda is widely viewed as a public health success for curtailing its HIV/AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s. The period of …

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People — Health Inequality Lab

WEBLukas Leister. Predoctoral Research Fellow, 2021-22. Ph.D. Program in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Anlu Xing. Predoctoral Research Fellow, 2016-18

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Anne Fogarty — Health Inequality Lab

WEBPrior to joining Professor Alsan’s research team, Anne was an undergraduate research assistant in the Berkeley Economics Department and worked in healthcare strategy …

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Luyuan Jia — Health Inequality Lab

WEBLuyuan Jia received a BEcon from Tsinghua University of China in 2023. Prior to joining Professor Alsan’s research team, Luyuan worked as a research assistant in the …

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