Elena Prager

Elena Prager is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Simon Business School, University of Rochester. Her research focuses on the industrial organization of healthcare markets and labor markets, emphasizing policy-relevant questions about strategic behavior among employers and healthcare firms. She previously held a position at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Her work utilizes large datasets to analyze topics such as health insurance networks, hospital price regulation, and employer consolidation.

Research Interests include intersections of industrial organization with health economics and labor economics, with a focus on healthcare demand, provider behavior, and labor market dynamics. Her publications address tiered health networks, wage effects of employer consolidation, and policy impacts like SNAP work requirements.

Publications span high-impact journals such as American Economic Review and Health Services Research, reflecting her expertise in empirical analysis of healthcare and labor markets. She teaches courses in Economics, Statistics, and Health Care Management.