Ellen Meara

Harvard Medical School

Assistant Professor of Health Economics

Department of Health Care Policy

Boston, MA 02115

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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1.

Health and Work Capacity of Older Adults: Estimates and Implications for Social Security Policy

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Mar 2015
David M. Cutler, Ellen Meara and Seth Richards-Shubik
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Medical School and Lehigh University - Department of Economics
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Changes in the Age Distribution of Mortality Over the 20th Century

NBER Working Paper No. w8556
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 18 Oct 2001 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2022
David M. Cutler and Ellen Meara
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard Medical School
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Why is Health Related to Socioeconomic Status?

NBER Working Paper No. w8231
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 13 Apr 2001 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2022
Ellen Meara
Harvard Medical School
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Economic Conditions and Children's Mental Health

NBER Working Paper No. w22459
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 01 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 15 May 2022
Ezra Golberstein, Gilbert Gonzales and Ellen Meara
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Vanderbilt University and Harvard Medical School
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Explaining the Rise in Educational Gradients in Mortality

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Explaining the Rise in Educational Gradients in Mortality

NBER Working Paper No. w15678
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 Jan 2010
David M. Cutler, Fabian Lange, Ellen Meara, Seth Richards-Shubik and Christopher J. Ruhm
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Yale University - Department of Economics, Harvard Medical School, Lehigh University - Department of Economics and University of Virginia - Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
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Explaining the Rise in Educational Gradients in Mortality

NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15678
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Nov 2016
David M. Cutler, Fabian Lange, Ellen Meara, Seth Richards-Shubik and Christopher J. Ruhm
Harvard University - Department of Economics, McGill University, Harvard Medical School, Lehigh University - Department of Economics and University of Virginia - Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
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The Technology of Birth: Is it Worth it?

NBER Working Paper No. w7390
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 10 Feb 2000 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2022
David M. Cutler and Ellen Meara
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard Medical School
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The Concentration of Medical Spending: an Update

NBER Working Paper No. w7279
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 10 Feb 2000 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2022
David M. Cutler and Ellen Meara
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard Medical School
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The Medical Costs of the Young and Old: A Forty Year Perspective

NBER Working Paper No. w6114
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 May 2000 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2022
David M. Cutler and Ellen Meara
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard Medical School
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The Effect of Maternal Depression and Substance Abuse on Child Human Capital Development

NBER Working Paper No. w15314
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 08 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 07 May 2023
Richard G. Frank and Ellen Meara
Harvard Medical School and Harvard Medical School
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The Problem of Data Quality in Analyses of Opioid Regulation: The Case of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs

NBER Working Paper No. w24947
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2023
Jill R. Horwitz, Corey S. Davis, Lynn McClelland, Rebecca Fordon and Ellen Meara
UCLA School of Law, Network for Public Health Law, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and Harvard Medical School
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Consequences of Eliminating Federal Disability Benefits for Substance Abusers

NBER Working Paper No. w13407
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2022
Pinka Chatterji and Ellen Meara
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Harvard Medical School
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State and Federal Approaches to Health Reform: What Works for the Working Poor?

NBER Working Paper No. w14125
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2022
Ellen Meara, Meredith B. Rosenthal, Anna Sinaiko and Katherine Baicker
Harvard Medical School, Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University and Harvard University - Department of Health Policy & Management
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Welfare Reform, Work Requirements, and Employment Barriers

NBER Working Paper No. w12480
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 30 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2022
Ellen Meara and Richard G. Frank
Harvard Medical School and Harvard Medical School
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Induced Innovation and Social Inequality: Evidence from Infant Medical Care

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Induced Innovation and Social Inequality: Evidence from Infant Medical Care

NBER Working Paper No. w15316
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 08 May 2023
David M. Cutler, Ellen Meara and Seth Richards-Shubik
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Medical School and Lehigh University - Department of Economics
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Induced Innovation and Social Inequality: Evidence from Infant Medical Care

Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 47, No. 2, 2012
Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Seth Richards-Shubik, David M. Cutler and Ellen Meara
Lehigh University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard Medical School

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The Effect of the 1998 Master Settlement on Prenatal Smoking

NBER Working Paper No. w11176
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 31 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2022
Douglas Levy and Ellen Meara
Harvard University - Department of Health Policy & Management and Harvard Medical School
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The Fda and Abcs: The Unintended Consequences of Antidepressant Warnings on Human Capital

NBER Working Paper No. w17426
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2023
Susan H. Busch, Ezra Golberstein and Ellen Meara
Yale University - Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Harvard Medical School
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Rising Educational Gradients in Mortality: The Role of Behavioral Risk Factors

Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 30, No. 6, 2011
Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Seth Richards-Shubik, David M. Cutler, Fabian Lange, Ellen Meara and Christopher J. Ruhm
Lehigh University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Yale University - Department of Economics, Harvard Medical School and University of Virginia - Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy

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Health inequality; Risk factors; Education and mortality; Smoking; Obesity

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The Gap Gets Bigger: Changes in Mortality and Life Expectancy, by Education, 1981-2000

Health Affairs, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2008
Posted: 14 Mar 2015
Seth Richards-Shubik, David M. Cutler and Ellen Meara
Lehigh University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard Medical School

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