Mireille Jacobson
Overview
Biography
Mireille Jacobson's work focuses broadly on issues of health and criminal justice polcy. She is currently a faculty research fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Before joining RAND in 2009, she was on the faculty of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) first as an assistant and then an associate professor with tenure in the Department of Planning, Policy and Design. She is now also a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School.
Research Focus
Selected Publications
M. Jacobson and H. Royer, "Aftershocks: The Impact of Clinic Violence on Abortion Services," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010 (forthcoming)
M. Jacobson, Craig C. Earle, Mary Price, and Joseph P. Newhouse, "How Medicare's Payment Cuts for Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs Changed Patterns of Treatment," Health Affairs, 29(7):1394-1402, 2010
T. Buchmueller and M. Jacobson, "Can Private Companies Contribute to Public Outreach Efforts? Evidence from California," Health Affairs, 26(2):538-548, 2007
K. Baicker and M. Jacobson, "Finders Keepers: Forfeiture Laws, Policing, and Local Budgets," Journal of Public Economics, 91(11-12):2113-2136, 2007
M. Jacobson, A. James O'Malley, Craig C. Earle, Peter Gaccione, Juliana Pakes, and Joseph P. Newhouse, "Does Reimbursement Influence Chemotherapy Treatment for Cancer Patients," Health Affiars, 25(2):437-443, 2006
T. Buchmueller, M. Jacobson and C. Wold, "How Far to the Hospital? The Effect of Hospital Closures on Access to Care," Journal of Health Economics, 25(4):740-761, 2006
M. Jacobson, "Baby Booms and Drug Busts: Trends in Youth Drug Use in the United States," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119(4):1481-1512, 2004
M. Jacobson, "Drug Testing in the Trucking Industry: The Effect on Highway Safety," Journal of Law and Economics, 46(1):131-156, 2003
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