Affordable Care Act Insurance Expansions & Parenthood
Lavender, M., & Johnston, E. (2024). Labor force effects of Medicaid and Marketplace expansions: Variation by gender, parental status, and household structure. Southern Economic Journal, 90(4), 949-1001. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12678.
Palmer, M. (2020). "Preconception subsidized insurance: Prenatal care and birth outcomes by race/ethnicity." Health Economics. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4116.
Palmer, M (2020). "Does publicly subsidized health insurance affect the birth rate?." Southern Economic Journal (2020). doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12436.
Policies Impacting Teen Tobacco Use:
Bersak, T., Lavender, M., & Sonchak‐Ardan, L. (2025). "Impact of Tobacco‐21 Laws on Maternal Smoking Behavior". Health Economics. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4951.
Courtemanche, C., Palmer, M., and M. Pesko (2016) “Influence of the Flavored Cigarette Ban on Adolescent Tobacco Use”. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 52(5): e139-e146. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2016.11.019.
Medicare & Advance Care Planning:
Palmer, M. K., Jacobson, M., & Enguidanos, S. (2021). "Advance Care Planning For Medicare Beneficiaries Increased Substantially, But Prevalence Remained Low: Study examines Medicare outpatient advance care planning claims and prevalence". Health Affairs, 40(4), 613-621. doi: https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01895.
Medicaid & Children's Health Access:
Palmer, M., Marton, J., Yelowitz, A., and J. Talbert (2017) “Medicaid Managed Care and the Health Care Utilization of Foster Children”. Inquiry, 54: 1-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958017698550.