Nancy Nicosia
Education
Overview
Biography
Nancy Nicosia, Ph.D., is an economist at the RAND Corporation. Dr. Nicosia's recent research has focused on the intersection between substance use, health, and crime. Her research includes an examination of the extent to which methamphetamine use can be linked to adverse health and social outcomes. In her current work, she is examining how state and federal regulations restricting over-the-counter products containing pseudoephedrine affect methamphetamine's availability and use as well as methamphetamine-related treatment admissions and crime. Dr. Nicosia has also worked in the area of child health and nutrition. An ongoing study examines how junk food availability in school impacts children's BMI. Other projects examine how economic factors, such as food prices and maternal labor supply, influence children's participation in school meals programs.
Research Focus
Recent Projects
- Methamphetamine precursor regulations
- Economic costs of methamphetamine use
- Junk food availability and child obesity
- Adolescent crime and victimization
Selected Publications
Ashlesha Datar and Nancy Nicosia, Junk Food Availability and Childhood Obesity, RAND (WR-672), 2009
Nancy Nicosia, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Beau Kilmer, Russell Lundberg, and James Chiesa, The Economic Cost of Methamphetamine in the U.S. - 2005, RAND (MG-829), 2009
Nancy Nicosia, Elaine Reardon, Karl Lorenz, Joanne Lynn, and Melinda Buntin, "The Medicare Hospice Payment System: A Consideration of Potential Refinements," Health Care Financing Review, 2009
Carlos Dobkin and Nancy Nicosia, "The War on Drugs: Methamphetamine, Public Health and Crime," American Economic Review, 2009
Economics
Recent Projects
- Impact of methamphetamine abuse on health and crime
- Economic costs of methamphetamine abuse
- The effect of treatment on community outcomes
- Economic determinants of school meal participation
- Competitive food availability in schools
Selected Publications
Carlos Dobkin and Nancy Nicosia, "The War on Drugs: Methamphetamine, Public Health and Crime," American Economic Review, 2009
Lisa Shugarman, Nancy Nicosia, Comparing For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Health Care Providers - A Review of the Literature., RAND Corporation (WR-476-MEDPAC), 2007
Nancy Nicosia, Elaine Reardon, Karl Lorenz, Joanne Lynn, and Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, The Medicare Hospice Payment System: A Preliminary Consideration of Potential Refinements., RAND Corporation (WR-401-MEDPAC), 2006
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