Paula Natalia Barreto Parra

Northwestern University

2001 Sheridan Road

Evanston, IL 60208

United States

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Comparing Area-Level Socio-Economic Status Indices:   Predictive Power Across Health Outcomes and Geographic Levels

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 24-14, Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research Working Paper 23-43
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2025
Lorenzo Franchi, Francesco Maria Rossi, Anna Chorniy, Benjamin W. Weston, John Meurer, Jeff Whittle, Ronald Ackermann, Bernard S. Black and Paula Natalia Barreto Parra
Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Northwestern University, Northwestern University, Medical College of Wisconsin - Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Northwestern University
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socio-economic status, SES measures, Graham Social Deprivation Index, Area Deprivation Index, Social Vulnerability Index, percent in poverty, Townsend Deprivation Index

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Data and Methodology Documentation for a COVID-19 Risk Calculator: Mortality Rates and Loss of Life Expectancy

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 21-02
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 27 May 2021 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2021
Paula Natalia Barreto Parra, Vladimir A. Atanasov, John Meurer, Jeff Whittle, Qian (Eric) Luo, Ruohao Zhang and Bernard S. Black
Northwestern University, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Medical College of Wisconsin, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Elderly: Population Fatality Rates, COVID Mortality Percentage, and Life Expectancy Loss

Elder Law Journal, vol. 30, pp. 33-80, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper 22-05
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2022
Paula Natalia Barreto Parra, Vladimir A. Atanasov, Jeff Whittle, John Meurer, Qian (Eric) Luo, Ruohao Zhang and Bernard S. Black
Northwestern University, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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The COVID-19 Pandemic, Years of Life Lost, and Life Expectancy: Decomposition Using Individual-Level Mortality Data

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The COVID-19 Pandemic, Years of Life Lost, and Life Expectancy: Decomposition Using Individual-Level Mortality Data

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-01
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 30 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2022
Paula Natalia Barreto Parra, Vladimir A. Atanasov, Jeff Whittle, John Meurer, Qian (Eric) Luo, Ruohao Zhang and Bernard S. Black
Northwestern University, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19; life expectancy; COVID mortality rates

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COVID Excess Mortality Percentage, Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID Mortality, and Vaccine Effectiveness: Evidence from Linked Mortality and Vaccination Records

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-10
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2022
Vladimir A. Atanasov, Paula Natalia Barreto Parra, Lorenzo Franchi, Jeff Whittle, John Meurer, Qian (Eric) Luo, Ruohao Zhang and Bernard S. Black
William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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Effects of Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure on U.S. COVID-19 Mortality

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-03
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 14 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 05 May 2022
Ruohao Zhang, Jeff Whittle, Vladimir A. Atanasov, John Meurer, Paula Natalia Barreto Parra and Bernard S. Black
Pennsylvania State University, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Medical College of Wisconsin, Northwestern University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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air pollution and mortality; COVID-19

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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality: National Evidence from Death Certificates

Forthcoming at American Journal of Epidemiology; Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 23-01
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2024
Andy Yuan, Vladimir A. Atanasov, Paula Natalia Barreto Parra, Lorenzo Franchi, Jeff Whittle, Benjamin Weston, John Meurer, Qian (Eric) Luo and Bernard S. Black
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19, mortality, racial/ethnic disparities

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Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against Death Using a Novel Measure: COVID Excess Mortality Percentage

Vaccines 2023, 11(2), 379, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-18
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 02 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2023
Vladimir A. Atanasov, Paula Natalia Barreto Parra, Lorenzo Franchi, Jeff Whittle, John Meurer, Benjamin Weston, Qian (Eric) Luo, Andy Yuan, Ruohao Zhang and Bernard S. Black
William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19; COVID-19 mortality; cause of death; COVID Excess Mortality Percentage; vaccine effectiveness; vaccine efficacy; selection bias

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Selection Effects and COVID-19 Mortality Risk after Pfizer vs. Moderna Vaccination: Evidence from Linked Mortality and Vaccination Records

Vaccines 2023, 11(5), 971, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-17
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 22 May 2023
Vladimir A. Atanasov, Paula Natalia Barreto Parra, Jeff Whittle, John Meurer, Benjamin Weston, Qian (Eric) Luo, Andy Yuan, Lorenzo Franchi, Ruohao Zhang and Bernard S. Black
William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19 mortality rates; COVID-19 Excess Mortality Percentage; vaccine effectiveness, Moderna vaccine, mRNA1273, Pfizer vaccine, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, BNT162b2.

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Evidence on COVID-19 Mortality and Disparities Using a Novel Measure, COVID Excess Mortality Percentage: Evidence from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Illinois

19 PLOS ONE e0295936 (2024), Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-16
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2024
Vladimir A. Atanasov, Paula Natalia Barreto Parra, Lorenzo Franchi, Jeff Whittle, John Meurer, Benjamin Weston, Qian (Eric) Luo, Andy Yuan, Ruohao Zhang and Bernard S. Black
William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19; life expectancy; COVID-19 mortality rates; COVID Excess Mortality Percentage.

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Online Appendix for Selection Effects and Covid-19 Mortality Risk after Pfizer vs. Moderna Vaccination: Evidence from Linked Mortality and Vaccination Records

Vaccines 2023, 11(5), 971
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 20 May 2023
Vladimir A. Atanasov, Paula Natalia Barreto Parra, Jeff Whittle, John Meurer, Benjamin Weston, Qian (Eric) Luo, Andy Yuan, Lorenzo Franchi, Ruohao Zhang and Bernard S. Black
William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19 mortality rates; COVID-19 Excess Mortality Percentage; vaccine effectiveness, Moderna vaccine, mRNA1273, Pfizer vaccine, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, BNT162b2.

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Online Appendix for Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against Death Using a Novel Measure: COVID Excess Mortality Percentage

Vaccines 2023, 11(2), 379, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper 22-19
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 10 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2023
Vladimir A. Atanasov, Paula Natalia Barreto Parra, Lorenzo Franchi, Jeff Whittle, John Meurer, Benjamin Weston, Qian (Eric) Luo, Andy Yuan, Ruohao Zhang and Bernard S. Black
William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19; COVID-19 mortality; cause of death; COVID Excess Mortality Percentage; vaccine effectiveness; vaccine efficacy; selection bias

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Online Appendix for Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality: National Evidence from Death Certificates

Forthcoming at American Journal of Epidemiology
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2023
Andy Yuan, Vladimir A. Atanasov, Paula Natalia Barreto Parra, Lorenzo Franchi, Jeff Whittle, Benjamin Weston, John Meurer, Qian (Eric) Luo and Bernard S. Black
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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Appendix for Comparing Area-Level Socio-Economic Status Indices: Predictive Power Across Health Outcomes and Geographic Levels

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 23-25, Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research Working Paper 23-43
Number of pages: 109 Posted: 19 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2025
Lorenzo Franchi, Francesco Maria Rossi, John Meurer, Anna Chorniy, Benjamin W. Weston, Jeff Whittle, Ronald Ackermann, Bernard S. Black and Paula Natalia Barreto Parra
Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Northwestern University, Medical College of Wisconsin, Northwestern University, Medical College of Wisconsin - Department of Emergency Medicine, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Northwestern University - Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Northwestern University
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Socio-economic status, SES, SES measures, Graham Social Deprivation Index, Area Deprivation Index, Social Vulnerability Index; percent in poverty, Townsend Deprivation Index.

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Online Appendix for Barreto Parra, Atanasov, Whittle, Meurer, Luo, Zhang, and Black, the Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Elderly: Population Fatality Rates, Years of Life Lost, and Life Expectancy

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Apr 2022
Paula Natalia Barreto Parra, Vladimir A. Atanasov, Jeff Whittle, John Meurer, Qian (Eric) Luo, Ruohao Zhang and Bernard S. Black
Northwestern University, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19, life expectancy, COVID mortality rates

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Appendix for The COVID-19 Pandemic, Years of Life Lost, and Life Expectancy: Decomposition Using Individual-Level Mortality Data

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 14 Jan 2022
Paula Natalia Barreto Parra, Vladimir A. Atanasov, Jeff Whittle, John Meurer, Qian (Eric) Luo, Ruohao Zhang and Bernard S. Black
Northwestern University, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19, life expectancy, COVID mortality rates

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Online Appendix for Effects of Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure on U.S. COVID-19 Mortality

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Jan 2022
Ruohao Zhang, Jeff Whittle, Vladimir A. Atanasov, John Meurer, Paula Natalia Barreto Parra and Bernard S. Black
Pennsylvania State University, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Medical College of Wisconsin, Northwestern University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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air pollution and mortality; COVID-19

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Online Appendix for Evidence on COVID-19 Mortality and Disparities Using a Novel Measure, COVID Excess Mortality Percentage: Evidence from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Illinois

19 PLOS ONE e0295936 (2024)
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2024
Vladimir A. Atanasov, Paula Natalia Barreto Parra, Lorenzo Franchi, Jeff Whittle, John Meurer, Benjamin Weston, Qian (Eric) Luo, Andy Yuan, Ruohao Zhang and Bernard S. Black
William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Northwestern University, Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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COVID-19; life expectancy; COVID-19 mortality rates; COVID Excess Mortality Percentage

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Appendix for The COVID-19 Pandemic and Life Expectancy: Decomposition Using Individual-Level Mortality Data

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 20 Sep 2021
Paula Natalia Barreto Parra, Vladimir A. Atanasov, John Meurer, Jeff Whittle, Qian (Eric) Luo, Ruohao Zhang and Bernard S. Black
Northwestern University, William and Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business, Medical College of Wisconsin, Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity, The George Washington University, Pennsylvania State University and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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