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Biography
Kosali Ilayperuma Simon is the Herman B Wells Endowed Professor in health economics at School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University which she joined in 2010.
Academic career
She graduated with a bachelor's in economics and German Literature from Hamilton College in 1994. She then proceeded to obtain a doctorate degree in economics from University of Maryland, College Park in 1999.
She is a research associate at the NBER particularly interested in children and economics and health economics. She is widely respected in the field of health economics and is widely consulted by the press.
Recently, some of her work has focused on the impact of the Affordable Care Act on the labour market regarding work hours; she finds very minimal effect on part-time work as a result of the institution of the law.
Notable publications
- Gruber, J. and Simon, K., 2008. Crowd-out 10 years later: Have recent public insurance expansions crowded out private health insurance?. Journal of Health Economics, 27(2), pp. 201–217. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.11.004.
- Akosa Antwi, Y., Moriya, A.S. and Simon, K., 2013. Effects of Federal Policy to Insure Young Adults: Evidence from the 2010 Affordable Care Act's Dependent-Coverage Mandate. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 5(4), pp. 1–28. JSTOR: 43189352 doi: 10.1257/pol.5.4.1.