College of the Pacific

Michelle Amaral

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Fields: Health economics; applied econometrics; public policy economics; labor economics; industrial organizations

Recent Teaching: Introductory Microeconomics; Health Economics; Pacific Seminar 2 - Media and Social Class; Pacific Seminar 2 - Economic Policy in the News

Recent Papers:

•  “Assessment of National Medicare Part D Estimated Annual Costs For 2007 and 2008 Using a Patient Cohort,” Journal of Medical Economics Volume 11, No. 4, pp. 625-637. December, 2008 (with Mark P. Walberg and Rajul A. Patel)

• "The Effect of Housing Attributes and Occupant Health in a Less Developed Country:  Evidence from Uganda" (with William Herrin and Arsene Balihuta)
  

• “Does Substituting Home Care for Institutional Care Lead to a Reduction in Medicaid Expenditures: Evidence from Home and Community Based Services Waivers?”

• "The Effect of Local Smoking Ordinances on Fetal Development: Evidence from California”

Teaching Statement

Michelle Amaral
Assistant Professor of Economics
Email
(209) 946-2907