Robert Kaestner
Professor
Ph.D., University of New York, 1988
Phone: (312) 996-3913 Fax: (312) 996-3344
E-Mail:kaestner@uic.edu
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Fields of Interest : Health, Labor, Social Policy, Econometrics
Selected Research :
Joyce, Theodore, Robert Kaestner, and Sanders Korenman. 2004. "Welfare Reform and Non-marital Fertility in the 1990s: Evidence from Birth Records." Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy 4(1): (forthcoming).
Kaestner, Robert and Won Chan Lee. 2004. "The Effect of Welfare Reform on Prenatal Care and Birth Weight." Health Economics (forthcoming).
Rashad, Inas and Robert Kaestner. 2004. "Teenage Sex, Drugs and Alcohol: Problems Identifying the Cause of Risky Behaviors?" Journal of Health Economics 22(2):225-248 (forthcoming).
Simon, Kosali Ilyaperuma and Robert Kaestner. 2004. "Do Minimum Wages Affect Non-wage Job Attributes? Evidence on Fringe Benefits and Working Conditions." Industrial and Labor Relations Review (forthcoming).
Kaestner, Robert and Neeraj Kaushal. 2004. "The Effect of Welfare Reform on Health Insurance Coverage of Low-income Women and Children." Journal of Health Economics (forthcoming).
Kaestner, Robert and Neeraj Kaushal. 2004. "Immigrant and Native Responses to Welfare Reform" Journal of Population Economics (forthcoming).
Current Research Interests:
Welfare Reform and Health of Low-income Families
Effects of Title IX on Female Health and Health Behaviors
Efficacy of Health Insurance
Other Significant Accomplishments :
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
Ranked 10th in pages published in Health Economics Journals (Rubin and Chang 2003, Health Economics Vol. 12(5):403-414.)
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