Joaquin Galeno Ghio is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Minnesota. His research lies in the intersection of macroeconomics, health, and inequality, with a focus on health measurement. He studies how mental and physical health evolve throughout the life cycle and how these two types of health shocks impact individuals' savings decisions during their lives. 
 

Johanna Torres Chain is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on macroeconomics, household finance, and public policy, with particular emphasis on Social Security and savings. She studies how informal and spousal caregiving shape households’ saving behavior and demand for formal care, with attention to differences across racial, gender, and ethnic groups.

Francisco Bullano is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Minnesota. His research lies at the intersection of macroeconomics, public economics, and health, with a focus on health insurance markets. He studies how Medicaid expansions for children and pregnant women have influenced household insurance decisions, reshaped private coverage, and contributed to long-run trends in access to care. His work highlights how policies directed at specific family members can spill over to affect entire households.

Jorge O. Moreno has worked in the public, private, and academic sectors both nationally and internationally, where he has received multiple awards for his research and professional achievements.

Abdoulaye Ndiaye is an Assistant Professor of Economics at New York University, Stern School of Business. He conducts research in macroeconomics, public finance, development, and political economy.

Tamara McGavock is a labor and development economist. She is an Associate Professor at Grinnell College and an Invited Researcher with J-PAL. She does both experimental and quasi-experimental work on intra-household allocation and traditional social norms around gender and caretaking.

Giulia La Mattina is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of South Florida and a Research Fellow at IZA. Her fields of research are development economics and labor economics. Her current research interests are in the economics of the family and gender. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University, and a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Economics from Bocconi University.

David Mitchell serves as the Distinguished Professor of Political Economy at Ball State University and the director of the Institute for the Study of Political Economy. Before starting at Ball State University, he taught at the University of Central Arkansas, St. Mary’s College of California, and the University of South Alabama. I was a visiting scholar in the finance department at National Dong Hua University in Taiwan from 2017-2018.

Moiz Bhai is an applied microeconomist with research interests in health, labor, and the economics of education. His recent focus has been on occupational licensing laws especially for for nurse practitioners and how these laws influence health care outcomes. He also focuses on the Medicare Advantage program and how it contributes to equity and efficiency through shaping enrollment and utilization decisions.

Nicholas A. Wright is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Florida International University. His research utilizes experimental and quasi-experimental methods to study policy-relevant issues in education, public health, and development economics. His research agenda can be divided into three different strands (i) evaluating educational programs in developing countries, (ii) examining how light-touched interventions can be leveraged to improve students’ academic outcomes, and (iii) examining the impact of various policies on public health and crime.