Laura Wherry

I'm an Associate Professor at NYU Wagner and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Economics of Health.

Updates

New paper, State Public Coverage of Pregnant Undocumented Immigrants and Prenatal Insurance Uptake, led by Meghan Bellerose with Linqing Zheng, Arielle Desir, Rachel Fabi, and Maria Steenland, The Milbank Quarterly

New working paper, The Labor Market and Health Impacts of Reducing Cesarean Deliveries, with Sarah Miller, Petra Persson, and Maya Rossin-Slater

New paper, Public Coverage of Postpartum Services for Immigrants, led by Rachel Fabi with Katherine Narvaez Mena, Arielle Desir, Margaret White, and Maria Steenland, JAMA Health Forum

Final version, Maternal and Infant Health Inequality: New Evidence from Linked Administrative Data, with Kate Kennedy-Moulton, Sarah Miller, Petra Persson, Maya Rossin-Slater, and Gloria Aldana, accepted at Review of Economics and Statistics

Final version, The Long-Term Effects of Income for At-Risk Infants: Evidence from Supplemental Security Income, with Molly Hawkins, Chris Hollrah, Sarah Miller, Gloria Aldana, and Mitch Wong [Ungated version], American Economic Review

New paper, Medicaid/CHIP Coverage for Immigrants During Pregnancy, Childhood, and Adulthood: A Discussion of Relevant Policies and Evidence, with Rachel Fabi and Maria Steenland, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Special Issue: Medicaid at 60