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Kenneth Chay is a Professor of Economics at Brown University, holding concurrent appointments in the Department of Community Health and the Department of Economics. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and previously held the Michael R. Peevey and Donald Vial Chair at UC-Berkeley. His work focuses on labor economics, health economics, and econometric methods. Chay earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 1996, following a B.S. from MIT and an M.A. from Princeton.
Chay's research examines critical issues such as the long-term impacts of health conditions (e.g., low birth weight, pollution exposure), policy effects of civil rights legislation and environmental regulations, and socioeconomic disparities in education and healthcare. His work frequently employs advanced econometric techniques to analyze observational data.
His awards include the Kenneth J. Arrow Award for Health Economics (2004), Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship (2001-2004), and the Upjohn Dissertation Award (1997). Notable grants include NIH funding for studies on hospital utilization and infant mortality, as well as NSF support for research on poverty and economic dynamics.
Chay teaches courses in labor economics, health economics, and honors tutorials for economics majors at Brown. His interdisciplinary approach bridges economics with public policy, contributing to evidence-based decision-making in areas like healthcare access and environmental regulation.
