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Kanika Kapur

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Economist

Education

Ph.D. in economics, Northwestern University

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Overview
Civil Justice

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Research Focus

Labor and health economics; health insurance and labor outcomes; managed care; health care utilization and expenditures; health care reform

RAND Research Areas

Child Policy; Civil Justice; Health and Health Care; Workforce and Workplace

Recent Projects

Effect of socio-economic status on medical expenditure
Individual health insurance
Health cost consequences of being uninsured
Employment and health in small firms
Risk adjustment for the Medicare population

Selected Publications

K. Kapur, M. Susan Marquis and Jose Escarce, "Health Insurance within the Family: Can Subsidies Promote Family Coverage?", Inquiry, 2007

Kapur, K., Rogowski, J., "The Role of Health Insurance in Joint Retirement among Married Couples", Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007

Kapur, K., Susan Marquis, Melinda Buntin, Jose Escarce, Thomas Louis and Jill Yegian, "The Role of Product Design in Consumers' Choices in the Individual Health Insurance", Health Services Research, 2007

Kapur, K., Jose Escarce, Susan Marquis and Kosali Simon, "Where Do the Sick Go? Health Insurance and Employment in Small and Large Firms", Southern Economic Journal, 2007

Buntin, MB; Damberg, C; Haviland, A; Kapur, K; Lurie, N; McDevitt, R; Marquis, MS, "Consumer-directed heath care: Early evidence about effects on cost and quality", Health Affairs, 25(6) 516-530, 2006

Kapur, K., Susan Marquis, Melinda Buntin, Jose Escarce, Jill Yegian, "The Duration of Individual Health Insurance: Is it More than Bridge Coverage?", Inquiry, 42(4), 2006