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Overview

Robert Kaestner is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research spans a range of topics primarily within the social sciences and medicine, focusing notably on health economics, public health, and related policy areas.

The scientist has contributed extensively to publication venues including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • American Journal of Health Economics
  • American Journal of Epidemiology
  • Southern Economic Journal
  • Evaluation Review

Kaestner's main fields of study encompass:

  • Social Sciences
  • Medicine

Their subfields of specialization include:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Education

Key topics within their body of work are:

  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Reproductive Health and Contraception
  • Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Early Childhood Education and Development

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Kaestner are:

  • International Review of Law and Economics, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal

While Kaestner did not author the following papers, these works appear as notable in the recent data, often in related fields and sometimes with overlapping coauthors:

  • The ACA Medicaid Expansion in Michigan and Financial Health, 2020, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  • Association of Highly Restrictive State Abortion Policies With Abortion Rates, 2000-2014, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Distance to an Abortion Provider and Its Association with the Abortion Rate: A Multistate Longitudinal Analysis, 2020, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Medicaid Expansion Associated With Some Improvements In Perinatal Mental Health, 2021, Health Affairs

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Cuiping Schiman
  • Claire E. Margerison
  • George L. Wehby
  • Wei Lyu
  • Engy Ziedan

Best Publications

  • Consumer Financial Literacy and the Impact of Online Banking on the Financial Behavior of Lower‐Income Bank Customers

    Lisa J. Servon;Robert Kaestner

  • Effects of ACA Medicaid Expansions on Health Insurance Coverage and Labor Supply.

    Robert Kaestner;Bowen Garrett;Jiajia Chen;Anuj Gangopadhyaya

  • The impact of malpractice fears on cesarean section rates

    Lisa Dubay;Robert Kaestner;Timothy Waidmann

  • Health insurance and ex ante moral hazard: evidence from Medicare

    Dhaval Dave;Dhaval Dave;Robert Kaestner;Robert Kaestner

  • The effect of pregnancy intention on child development.

    Theodore J. Joyce;Robert Kaestner;Sanders Korenman

  • Self-Selection and International Migration: New Evidence from Mexico

    Robert Kaestner;Ofer Malamud

  • Are Brothers Really Better? Sibling Sex Composition and Educational Achievement Revisited

    Robert Kaestner

  • The Effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansions on Financial Wellbeing.

    Luojia Hu;Robert Kaestner;Bhashkar Mazumder;Sarah Miller

  • Stress, Allostatic Load and Health of Mexican Immigrants.

    Robert Kaestner;Jay A. Pearson;Danya Keene;Arline T. Geronimus

  • The stability of pregnancy intentions and pregnancy-related maternal behaviors.

    Ted Joyce;Robert Kaestner;Sanders Korenman

  • Teenage sex, drugs and alcohol use: problems identifying the cause of risky behaviors.

    Inas Rashad;Robert Kaestner

  • The Effect of Illicit Drug Use on the Wages of Young Adults

    Robert Kaestner

  • An assessment of the validity of the ECERS-R with implications for measures of child care quality and relations to child development.

    Rachel A. Gordon;Ken Fujimoto;Robert Kaestner;Sanders Korenman

  • On the validity of retrospective assessments of pregnancy intention.

    Ted Joyce;Robert Kaestner;Sanders Korenman

  • Effects of urban sprawl on obesity

    Zhenxiang Zhao;Robert Kaestner

  • Consequences for infants of parental disagreement in pregnancy intention.

    Sanders Korenman;Robert Kaestner;Ted Joyce

  • Welfare Reform and Health Insurance of Immigrants

    Neeraj Kaushal;Robert Kaestner

  • Effects of Weight on Children's Educational Achievement

    Robert Kaestner;Robert Kaestner;Michael Grossman;Michael Grossman

  • Changes in prenatal care timing and low birth weight by race and socioeconomic status: implications for the Medicaid expansions for pregnant women.

    L Dubay;T Joyce;R Kaestner;G M Kenney

  • Labor Market Effects of September 11th on Arab and Muslim Residents of the United States

    Neeraj Kaushal;Robert Kaestner;Cordelia W. Reimers

  • Effects of ACA Medicaid Expansions on Health Insurance Coverage and Labor Supply

    Robert Kaestner

Frequent Co-Authors

Theodore J. Joyce
Theodore J. Joyce Baruch College
Dhaval Dave
Dhaval Dave National Bureau of Economic Research
Sara Markowitz
Sara Markowitz Emory University
Genevieve M. Kenney
Genevieve M. Kenney Urban Institute
Claudia J. Coulton
Claudia J. Coulton Case Western Reserve University
Denise B. Kandel
Denise B. Kandel Columbia University
Jody L. Sindelar
Jody L. Sindelar Yale University
Andrew J. Cherlin
Andrew J. Cherlin Johns Hopkins University
Arline T. Geronimus
Arline T. Geronimus University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Rebekah Levine Coley
Rebekah Levine Coley Boston College

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