Benjamin D. Ukert, PhD

Assistant Professor Health Policy & Management | School of Public Health
Contact
  • 979.436.9056
  • 212 Adriance Lab Rd., 1266 TAMU
    College Station, TX 77843-1266
Groups and Affiliations Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellow University of Pennsylvania
  • PhD, Economics Georgia State University, 2016
  • MA, Economics Georgia State University, 2013
  • BBA, Economics & Finance University of North Florida, 2009

Research Interests

  • Affordable Care Act
  • Commercial Health Insurance
  • Health Care Organization
  • Health Care Delivery
  • Health Behaviors
  • Health Policy

Publications

2019 The Impact of the ACA on Insurance Coverage Disparities After Four Years
Courtemanche, C., Fazul, I., Marton, J., Ukert, B., Yelowitz, A., & Zapata, D. (2019). The Impact of the ACA on Insurance Coverage Disparities After Four Years. NBER Working Paper No. 26157.
2019 Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Behaviors After Three Years
Courtemanche, C., Marton, J., Ukert, B., Yelowitz, A., & Zapata, D. (2019). Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Behaviors after Three Years. Eastern Economic Journal, 45(1), 7–33.
2019 The Impact of Medical Marijuana Laws and Dispensaries on Self-Reported Health
Andreyeva, E., & Ukert, B. (2019). The Impact of Medical Marijuana Laws and Dispensaries on Self-Reported Health. Forum for Health Economics & Policy. (Forthcoming)
2019 The Three-Year Impact of the ACA on Disparities in Insurance Coverage
Courtemanche, C., Marton, J., Ukert, B., Yelowitz, A., Zapata, D., & Fazul, I. (2019). The Three-Year Impact of the ACA on Disparities in Insurance Coverage. Health Services Research, 54, 307–316.
2019 The Effect of Predictive Analytics-Driven Interventions on Healthcare Utilization
David, G., Smith-McLallen, A., & Ukert, B. (2019). The Effect of Predictive Analytics-Driven Interventions on Healthcare Utilization. Journal of Health Economics, 64, 68–79.
(Best Paper Award at the Conference for Health IT and Analytics 2018)
2018 Implications of Hospital Volume on Costs Following Esophagectomy in the United States
Kennedy, G., Ukert, B., Predina, J., Newton, A., Kucharczuk, J., Polsky, D., & Singhal, S. (2018). Implications of Hospital Volume on Costs Following Esophagectomy in the United States. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 22(11), 1845–1851.
2019 Schools as Places of Crime? Evidence from Closing Chronically Underperforming Schools
Steinberg, M., Ukert, B., & MacDonald, J. (2019). Schools as Places of Crime? Evidence from Closing Chronically Underperforming Schools. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 77, 125–140.
2018 The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Health
Andreyeva, E., & Ukert, B. (2018). The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Health. International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 18(4), 337–375.

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