Stephanie Rennane (she/her) is an economist at RAND and a professor of policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. As an applied microeconomist, her research interests fall at the intersection of labor and health economics and she has particular expertise in the area of disability policy and related health and social insurance programs. Currently, she is principal investigator on an R01 from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) to study the impact of Medicaid automatic enrollment for children on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) on utilization outcomes for children with behavioral health care needs. She was also PI on another NIMHD-funded grant analyzing how SSI mitigates disparities in caregiver burden for low-SES and minority families of children with special health care needs. In addition to her work on children with disabilities, Rennane has conducted numerous studies of the labor and health impacts of disability programs including workers’ compensation and Social Security Disability Insurance. At RAND she has also worked on a variety of topics related to military compensation and the joint Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs disability evaluation system (IDES). She holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Michigan and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland.
Ph.D. in economics, University of Maryland; M.A. in economics, University of Maryland; B.A. in economics, University of Michigan
