David Slusky
- Professor of Economics
- Professor of Population Health (by courtesy)
- Chair, Speech-Language-Hearing
- Executive Director, American Society of Health Economics
Contact Info
Biography —
I'm an applied micro-economist.
My research is on health economics, labor economics, and public policy.
At the University of Kansas, I'm affiliated with the Department of Economics, the Department of Population Health (by courtesy), and the Institute for Policy & Social Research.
I also serve as the Interim Chair of the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences & Disorders at the University of Kansas and the Executive Director of the American Society of Health Economists.
I'm a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Research Fellow at IZA - Institute for Labor Economics in Bonn, Germany.
Teaching —
University of Kansas Courses
ECON 177 First-Year Seminar on the Affordable Care Act Syllabus (PDF) (Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2019, Fall 2020)
ECON 520 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Syllabus (PDF) (Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2019)
ECON 640/641 Labor Economics Syllabus (PDF) (Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020)
ECON 919 Graduate Health Economics [Syllabus (PDF)] (Fall 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2023)
Princeton University Courses
ECO 202 Statistics and Data Analysis for Economics with Professor Ulrick K. Mueller (Spring 2013)
WWS 307 / ECO 349 Public Economics with Professor Elizabeth C. Bogan (Fall 2012, Fall 2013)
ECO 981 Junior Independent Work, Workshop on "Writing an Economics Prospectus" with Dr. Judith Swan (Fall 2012, Fall 2013)
Selected Publications —
Peer Reviewed Publications
“The Impact of COVID-19 Incidence on Emergency Medical Services Utilization” (with Leon Moskatel). Forthcoming, Journal of Emergency Medicine.
“The Impact of COVID-19 on Alcohol Sales and Consumption: A Retrospective, Observational Analysis” (with Leon Moskatel). Alcohol, 2023, 111: 25–31.
“Texas Senate Bill 8 Significantly Reduced Travel to Abortion Clinics in Texas and Increased Out-of-state Visits” (with Martin Andersen, Chris Marsicano, and Mayra Pineda Torres). Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2023, 4.
"The 1982 Medicaid Funding Cessation for Circumcision and Regional Circumcision Rates" (with Rebecca Linfield and Ryan Wendling), 2022, AIDS & Behavior, 27: 1647–1662.
"Blood Lead Testing in Flint Before and After Water Contamination" (with Derek Jenkins, Dan Grossman, and Shooshan Danagoulian). Pediatrics, 2022, e2022056541.
"Health Care Following Environmental Disasters: Evidence from Flint” (formerly "Office Visits Preventing Emergency Room Visits: Evidence from the Flint Water Switch") (with Shooshan Danagoulian and Dan Grossman), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2022, 41: 1060–1089.
Selected Press: KU Today.
"Health, Employment, and Disability: Implications from the Undocumented Population" (with George Borjas). American Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 8(1): 1–29.
"Did Medicaid Expansion Reduce Medical Divorce?" (with Donna Ginther). Review of Economics of the Household, 2021, 19: 1139–1174.
Selected Press: San Francisco Chronicle, American Journal of Managed Care, Slate, KU Today, Vox, Fortune Magazine, WIBW, Becker's Hospital Review, Men's Health Magazine, The Incidental Economist, NPR, The Washington Post, The Kansas City Star, and Modern Healthcare.
"The impact of driving time to family planning facilities on preventive service use in Ohio" (with Jacqueline Ellison, Kevin Griffith, Madalyn Thursby, and Jacob Bor). American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2021, 60(4): 542–545.
Selected Press: KU Today.
"Sunlight and Protection Against Influenza" (with [Richard Zeckhauser]), Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 40: 100942.
Selected Press: KU Today, Marginal Revolution.
"Converting between dates in the Hebrew and Roman Calendars" (with John Conway and Gabrielle Agus), College Mathematics Journal, 2020, 51(5): 322–329.
"Children’s Health and Income: Evolution of the Gradient" (with Conner Falke), Applied Economics Letters, 2020, 27(10): 816–822.
"The Impact of the Flint Water Crisis on Fertility" (with Dan Grossman), Demography, 2019, 56(6): 2005–2031. [Accepted: Manuscript(PDF), Appendix (PDF)]
Selected Press: KU Today, Business Insider, CBS News, The Daily Mail, The Detroit Free Press, The Economist, Esquire, The Huffington Post, PBS News, [The Real News Network], Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!, The Washington Post, and WURD.
"The Impact of Women’s Health Clinic Closures on Fertility" (with Yao Lu), American Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 5(3): 334–359.
Selected Press: KU Today.
"Did UberX Reduce Ambulance Volume?" (with Leon Moskatel), Health Economics, 2019, 28(7): 817–829.
Selected Press: KU Today, The Mercury News, MD Magazine, The Huffington Post, Baltimore CBS Local, CNBC, The New York Post, Futurism, City Lab, Kansas City NBC 41, Marginal Revolution, NPR, The Daily Mail, and Kansas City Fox 4, and The New York Times.
"Reproductive Health Care in Catholic-Owned Hospitals" (with Elaine Hill and Donna Ginther), Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 65:48–62.
Selected Press: StatNews, Scientific American, and Modern Healthcare.
"With and Without the Tracks: How Railroad Access Impacts Gas Price Elasticity” (with Alex Kaechele), Applied Economics Letters, 2018, 25(16): 1113–1116.
Selected Press: KU Today.
"Significant Placebo Results in Difference-in-Differences Analysis: The Case of the ACA’s Parental Mandate", Eastern Economic Journal, 2017, 43(4): 580–603.
"Defunding Women's Health Clinics Exacerbates Hispanic Disparity in Preventive Care", Economic Letters, 2017, 156: 61–64.
Selected Press: KU Today.
"Second Trimester Sunlight and Asthma: Evidence from Two Independent Studies" (with Nils Wernerfelt and [Richard Zeckhauser), American Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 3(2): 227–253.
Selected Press: Harvard Kennedy School Articles, FiveThirtyEight, KU Today, and Yahoo News.
"The Impact of Women's Health Clinic Closures on Preventive Care" (with Yao Lu), American Economics Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, 8(3): 100–124.
Selected Press: Capital Ideas, Vox, KU Today, Channel 6 Lawrence News, The University Daily Kansan, NPR, AEA Research Highlights, The Academic Health Economists' Blog, and The Dallas Morning News.
Book Chapters
"Birth Spacing and Educational Outcomes" (with Elaine Hill), Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, 2017, 25:3–29.
Working Papers
“Accessing the Safety Net: How Medicaid Affects Health and Recidivism” (with Analisa Packham). NBER Working Paper No. 31971 & IZA Discussion Paper No. 16665.
“Occupational Hazard? An Analysis of Birth Outcomes Among Physician Mothers” (with Bapu Jena and Lilly Springer). NBER Working Paper No. 31955 & IZA Discussion Paper No. 16655.
"COVID-19 Restrictions Reduced Abortion Clinic Visits, Even in Blue States" (with [Martin Andersen] and Sylvia Bryan), NBER Working Paper No. 28058. IZA Discussion Paper No. 13832.
Selected Press: KU Today.
"Does the Marginal Hospitalization Save Lives? The Case of Respiratory Admissions for the Elderly" (with Janet Currie), NBER Working Paper No. 26618. IZA Discussion Paper No. 12879.
Selected Press: KU Today.
"Within Mother Effects of Birth Weight on Educational Outcomes" (with Elaine Hill).
"Does the ACA's Medicaid Expansion Improve Health?" (with Rina Na).
Selected Presentations —
Audio
NPR Morning Edition (Medical Divorce)
NPR Morning Edition (Affordable Care Act)
EMS World Prehospital Care Research Forum's Journal Club Podcast (Uber and Ambulances)
Transcript available on request
Videos
KU News Service (Women's Health Clinics)
American Public Square (Affordable Care Act)
Transcript available on request
American Public Square (Medicaid Expansion)
Voice of America Ukraine
Transcript available on request
Hadar Institute (Every Choice Matters: Confronting and Embracing Risk with Rabbi Aviva Richman)
Transcript available on request
KTWU I've Got Issues
American Public Square (Abortion)
Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce Forum on Medicaid Expansion
Other
Grants & Other Funded Activity —
Kansas Health Economics Conference
Keynote Speaker:
Location: University of Kansas Alumni Center, Lawrence, KS
Date: March 23, 2020
Deadline for paper submissions: December 1, 2019
Decision of acceptance: January 1, 2020
Submissions will be considered for both 30-minute presentations (followed by comments from a discussant and 10-minute pitch-style presentations).
Local Organizing Committee:
David Slusky (KU), Donna Ginther (KU), Tami Gurley-Calvez (KUMC), Didem Tüzemen (KC Fed), Benjamin Schwab (K-State), Amanda Gaulke (K-State), Christopher Garmon (UMKC)
For more information or comments: