Jeffrey Swigert
Assistant Professor of Economics
Department of Economics, Marketing, and Analytics
Leavitt School of Business
Southern Utah University
Research
Works in Progress
Measuring the impacts of therapists: evidence from a value-added approach on an online therapy platform, with Derrick Hull et al.
The relative efficacy of therapeutic treatment methods on mental health: evidence from online therapy, with Ben Hansen et al.
Mental health care provider quality and patient inequality across the U.S., with Derrick Hull et al.
The moderating influence of economic conditions on opioid use and mental health: evidence from online therapy patients in the United States, with Derrick Hull et al.
Temporal stressors, mental health and addictive behaviors, with Ben Hansen et al.
Healing faster: the impact of pairing mental health interventions with medical treatment recovery on patient outcomes, with Ben Hansen et al.
Online Prediction Tournaments and Individual-level Conditional Expectation Functions
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Publications
Mismatches in the Marriage Market
Journal of Marriage & Family - September, 2019
with Daniel Lichter & Joseph Price
Media Coverage: Inc., The Gaurdian, CNN, Fox Business
Can changing the position of online menu items increase selection of fruit and vegetable snacks? A cluster randomized trial within an online canteen ordering system in Australian primary schools
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - April, 2019
with Rebecca Wyse et al.
The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on Body Weight
Health Economics - January, 2017
with Joseph Sabia and Timothy Young
Media Coverage: The Washington Post, The Times (London), The San Diego UnionTribune, Science.Mic
Food Pantry Selection Solutions: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Client-Choice Food Pantries to Nudge Clients to Targeted Foods
Journal of Public Health - May, 2016
with David Just, Brian Wansink, and Norbert Wilson
Media Coverage: ScienceDaily
Within-family Variation in Obesity
with Joseph Price Media Coverage: BYU News
Economics & Human Biology - December, 2012
The Role of Nudges in Reducing Food Waste
Frontiers of Economics and Globalization
with David Just (Handbook Chapter)
Volume 16 - May, 2016