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Michael Dworsky is a Senior Economist and Professor of Policy Analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. He specializes in health economics, labor economics, and public finance, with a focus on workers' compensation, health insurance, disability, and healthcare utilization. His work applies quasi-experimental methods to large administrative datasets, particularly in California's workers' compensation system. He leads studies on topics such as racial disparities in injury economic consequences, minimum wage impacts on employer-sponsored insurance, and Affordable Care Act effects on healthcare use.
His research includes evaluations of Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) models, tradeoffs in insurance pricing using consumer data, and alternatives to workers' compensation mental health care for first responders. He has published in journals like the American Economic Review and Health Affairs. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University and is affiliated with the RAND Corporation, contributing to policy-relevant studies on healthcare, insurance, and labor markets.
Recent projects include a NIOSH-funded study on injury disparities, analysis of hospital indemnity insurance for Medicare beneficiaries, and studies on nurse practitioner-led primary care under Medicaid pay parity. His work often addresses systemic challenges in healthcare access, cost management, and policy design.
