Grad Student Speaker Series
We were fortunate to have several grad students share with us their research. They also discussed their experience in grad school and how to prepare.

Ashutosh Kumar
Washington State University
Moving to Better Healthcare?
Evidence from the Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Homeless Individuals in the US

Anne Burton
Cornell University
The Impact of Smoking Bans in Bars
and Restaurants on Alcohol Consumption and Smoking

Jean Kabore
University of Houston
Do Gains in Women’s Education, Marriage Quality,
and Labor Outcomes impact Intimate Partner Violence?

Katherine Wen
Cornell University
Influenza vaccination requirements in nursing homes:
impacts on elderly vaccination, hospital events, and mortality

Chris Ambrose
Washington State University
Local Access to Recreational Marijuana and Youth
Substance Use

Pamela Meyerhofer
Montana State University
Is Paid Family Leave a Pro-Natal Policy? Evidence from California

Benjamin Blemings
West Virginia University
Which Cutoff? Difference-in-Discontinuity Estimates
of College Merit-Aid Effects on Academic Performance Using Kindergarten Entry Date Cutoffs in West Virginia

Ashley McFarlane
Temple University
The impact of equity premiums on the completion
outcomes of minority students

Joshua Tibbitts
Washington State University
Unintended Consequences: Did the OSI Increase
Veteran Suicides?

Ana Melo
University of Wisconsin
Affirmative Action, College Access and Major-
Choice