Richard Blundell, Christopher Bollinger, Charles Hokayem, and James P. Ziliak present new estimates of earnings volatility over time and the lifecycle for men and women by race and human capital, using Social Security earnings linked to the Current Population Survey.
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Tyrone F. Borders, and Lindsey Hammerslag utilize data from the 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), which included a cancer survivorship supplement, to test for rural versus urban inequities and identify other correlates of discussions about cancer survivorship care with healthcare professionals.
James P. Ziliak, Charles Hokayem, and Christopher R. Bollinger document trends in earnings volatility separately by gender using unique linked survey data from the CPS ASEC and Social Security earnings records for the tax years spanning 1995–2015.
Maggie R. Jones and James P. Ziliak reassess the antipoverty effects of the earned income tax credit (EITC) using unique data linking the Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data for the same individuals spanning tax years 2005–2016.
Mike Vuolo and Brian C. Kelly apply fixed-effects models to determine whether county-level dispensing rates affected prescription opioid outcomes as intended and whether changes in rates adversely affected heroin use outcomes by using data from the restricted-access National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s retail opioid prescription database, the Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System, and the U.S. Census.
Brian C. Kelly, and Mike Vuolo use data from the restricted-access National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Prescription Drug Abuse Policy System and the US Census to apply two-way fixed-effects models to determine whether naloxone access laws decreased perceived risk of any heroin use or regular heroin use.
Christopher R. Bollinger, Barry T. Hirsch, Charles Hokayem, and James P. Ziliak analyze the consequences of nonresponse on earnings gaps and inequality using Current Population Survey individual records linked to administrative earnings data.
Charles Courtemanche, Art Carden, Xilin Zhou, and Murugi Ndirangu examine the effect that Walmart Supercenters, which lower food prices and expand food availability, have on food insecurity. The data comes from the 2001–2012 Current Population Survey Food Security Supplements matched to Walmart Supercenter entry dates and locations.
The Kentucky Research Data Center welcomes Carlos Lopes, Ph.D. as its new research administrator. He began his duties at the KRDC on Aug. 30.
Carlos previously served as a staff economist with the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission and has also held faculty positions at Eastern Kentucky University, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Midway College, and Asbury University.
His research focuses on public and corporate finance, labor, and family economics. He has published in academic journals such as Journal of Economic Studies, Social Science Quarterly, and the Journal of Economics. He has also authored a text book for managerial economics titled Decision-Making and Business Performance.
Carlos is a University of Kentucky alumnus, with a PhD in public finance and MS in corporate finance. He received a BA from Marshall University.
NCHS Deputy Directors Dr. Paul Sutton and Dr. Carol DeFrances will present a seminar about new NCHS data integrating mortality and morbidity data focusing on opioid, other drug use, and associated health outcomes. The seminar will be October 24 Noon-1:30pm in Room 152 in the Todd Pharmacy Building. Presentation Slides.
