Julian Reif
Biography
Julian Reif is an Associate Professor of Finance and Economics at Gies College of Business, University of Illinois. He is affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research, J‐PAL North America, the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, and the Institute of Government and Public Affairs. He is an applied microeconomist whose research focuses on the determinants and value of health. He has studied the health and medical spending effects of air pollution, the health and drug utilization effects of Medicare Part D, and the value of medical innovation. He is also a Principal Investigator of the Illinois Workplace Wellness Study. He currently serves as co-editor at The American Journal of Health Economics. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago and his BA from Vanderbilt University. Before pursuing his PhD, he worked as a Senior Consultant at Bates White.
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Predicting Binary Outcomes: Application to Health
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Learn the differences between logit and linear probability models, and apply them to real-world data by estimating a model that predicts whether an individual has high blood pressure.
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Measuring Productivity: An Application of Principal Components Analysis
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This study uses Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to assess productivity within a workplace wellness program.
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Assessing Health Beliefs and Behaviors
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Insights from the Illinois Workplace Wellness Study
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Teenage Driving and Mortality
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While there is little doubt that driving increases mortality risk, estimating the magnitude of this causal effect is not straightforward.
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Does Workplace Wellness Work?
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One widely touted solution to the rise of chronic disease is increased use of workplace wellness programs, but do they actually work?
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