Juergen Jung - Research

Publications

1. Health Risk, Insurance and Optimal Progressive Income Taxation (slides, formerly circulated as: Optimal Progressive Income Taxation in a Bewley-Grossman Framework) with Chung Tran, Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol.21, Issue 5, p. 2043--2097, 2023. doi

2. Healthcare Reform and Gender Specific Infant Mortality in Rural Nepal with Vinish Shrestha, World Development, Vol. 161, p. 106018, 2023. doi

3. Health Risk and the Welfare Effects of Social Security with Shantanu Bagchi, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 27, Issue 7, p. 1767--1806, 2023. doi

4. Social Health Insurance: A Quantitative Exploration with Chung Tran, Journal of Economic Dyamics and Control, Vol. 139, p. 104374, 2022. doi

5. Estimating Transition Probabilities Between Health States Using U.S. Longitudinal Survey Data, Empirical Economics, Vol. 63, p. 901-943, 2022. doi
   Replication Codes Formerly circulated as: "Estimating Markov Transition Probabilities between Health States in the HRS Dataset" and "Estimating Transition Probabilities Between Health States Using U.S. Longitudinal Survey Data"
   

6. Coronavirus Infections and Deaths by Poverty Status: The Effects of Social Distancing with James Manley and Vinish Shrestha, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 182, p. 311-330, 2021. doi

7. The Affordable Care Act and College Enrollment Decisions, with Vinish Shrestha, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 56, Issue 4, p.1980-2009, 2018. doi

8. Fiscal Austerity Measures: Spending Cuts vs. Tax Increases, with Gerhard Glomm and Chung Tran, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 22(2), p. 501-540, 2018. doi

9. Aging and Health Financing in the US: A General Equilibrium Analysis, with Chung Tran and Matthew Chambers, European Economic Review, Vol. 100, p. 428-462, 2017. doi

10. Market Inefficiency, Insurance Mandate and Welfare: U.S. Health Care Reform 2010, with Chung Tran, Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 20, p. 132-159, 2016. doi

11. Subjective Health Expectations (technical appendix), with Kim Huynh, Journal of Policy Modeling, Vol. 37, p. 693-711, 2015. doi

12. A Macroeconomic Analysis of Energy Subsidies in a Small Open Economy, with Gerhard Glomm, Economic Inquiry, Vol. 53, Issue 4, p. 1783-1806, 2015. doi

13. Does Health Insurance Decrease Health Expenditure Risk in Developing Countries? The Case of China, with Jialu Liu-Skeeter, Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 82, Issue 2, p. 361-384, 2015. doi

14. Medical Consumption over the Life Cycle: Facts from a U.S. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, with Chung Tran, Empirical Economics, Vol. 47, 3, p. 927-957, 2014. doi

15. The determinants of federal and state enforcement of workplace safety regulations: OSHA inspections 1990–2010 , with Michael Makowsky, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol. 45, 1, p. 1-33, 2014. doi
    Formerly circulated as: "Regulatory Enforcement, Politics, and Institutional Distance: OSHA Inspections 1990-2010"

16. Does the Availability of Parental Health Insurance Affect the College Enrollment Decision of Young Americans? , with Tom Rhoads and Diane Harnek Hall, Economics of Education Review, Vol. 32, p. 49-65, 2013. doi

17. The Timing of Redistribution (Technical Appendix), with Gerhard Glomm, Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 80, 1, p. 50-80, 2013. doi

18. The Extension of Social Security Coverage in Developing Countries , with Chung Tran, Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 22, 2, p. 439-458, 2012. doi

19. Global Social Interactions with Sequential Binary Decisions: The Case of Marriage, Divorce, and Stigma, with Finn Christensen, The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, Vol. 10 : Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 46, 2010. doi

20. Public Sector Pension Policies and Capital Accumulation in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Brazil (slides, WP-version, and technical appendix), with Gerhard Glomm, Changmin Lee and Chung Tran, The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 10 : Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 15, 2010. doi

21. Macroeconomic Implications of Early Retirement in the Public Sector: The Case of Brazil
    (slides), with Gerhard Glomm and Chung Tran, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 33, p.777-797, 2009. doi

Grants

• College of Business and Economics Faculty Development Summer Research Grant, Towson University, July 2023 ($6,000)

• College of Business and Economics Faculty Development Summer Research Grant, Towson University, July 2022 ($5,000)

• School of Emerging Technologies at Towson University - Interdisciplinary research grant (2 years), awarded May 2019 ($12,150)

• College of Business and Economics Faculty Development Summer Research Grant, Towson University, July 2014 ($4,000)

• PI for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)/ Office of the Chief Actuary (OACT) Multi-Agent General Equilibrium Modeling, with Matthew Chambers and Chung Tran, August 2012 - August 2013 ($134,204)

• Towson University Research Fellowship Program,
  A Macroeconomic Analysis of the Fiscal Austerity Measures in Greece, with Gerhard Glomm, March 2011 ($6,000)

• PI for R03 Grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ
  Health Care Financing over the Life Cycle: A Quantitative Macroeconomic Analysis of U.S. Health Care Reform Plans, with Chung Tran, August 2010-August 2011 ($66,787)

• World Bank consultant, A Macroeconomics Analysis of the Fiscal System in Egypt, with Gerhard Glomm, completed in June 2010 ($15,000)

• College of Business and Economics Faculty Development Summer Research Grant, Towson University, July 2009 ($6,500)

Working Papers

1. Medicaid Work Requirements, Labor Market Effects and Welfare with Vinish Shrestha

2. Health Heterogeneity, Portfolio Choice and Wealth Inequality with Chung Tran (slides)

3. The Lifecycle Effects of Health and Local Unemployment on Job Promotions with Vinish Shrestha

4. Health and Innovations with Kyoung Mook Lim (coming soon)

5. The Macroeconomics of Health Savings Accounts with Chung Tran

6. Health Care Financing over the Life Cycle, Universal Medical Vouchers and Welfare (technical appendix, slides short) with Chung Tran

7. Transfers and Labor Market Behavior of the Elderly in Developing Countries: Theory and Evidence from Vietnam, with Chung Tran

In the News

• NYtimes, April 28, 2013

Other Work

• A Macroeconomic Analysis of the Fiscal System in Egypt , with Gerhard Glomm, World Bank Project, 2010.
  

• Multiple Objective Integer Function Maximization with Genetic Algorithms and Simulated Annealing, with Guenther Grohall, Economics Series No. 141, Institute for Advanced Studies, October 2003. doi

• Kommunaler Wettbewerb um Einzelhandelsstandorte (Regional Competition for Retail Outlets), with Guenther Grohall, Daniela Grozea-Helmenstein, and Christian Helmenstein in Conturen 02/03, edt. Theo Faulhaber, Austria Persepektiv, p. 94-105, February 2003.
  

• Perspektiven im Handel (Perspectives of the Austrian Retail Sector), with Gavac, K., E. Gittenberger, G. Grohall, D. Grozea-Helmenstein, C. Helmenstein, A. Hofmann, C. Schneider, P. Schnedlitz, C. Teller, and P. Voithofer), a publication of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, November 2002.