Tal Gross

Tal Gross is a Professor in the Department of Markets, Public Policy & Law at the Questrom School of Business, Boston University. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). His academic journey includes a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009) and an AB from the University of Chicago (2003). He has held previous teaching positions at the University of Miami School of Business Administration and the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

• PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009
• AB, University of Chicago, 2003

Tal Gross's research is centered on health economics and household finance, with a strong emphasis on the intersection of public policy, health insurance, and individual financial behavior. His work investigates how policies like Medicaid expansion, Medicare reform, and Social Security payments affect healthcare consumption, labor supply, financial distress, and consumer bankruptcy. He employs rigorous empirical methods to analyze large-scale policy changes, contributing significantly to our understanding of the real-world impacts of economic and health policies. His research often reveals nuanced effects, such as how liquidity affects healthcare demand or how different designs of insurance expansion lead to varied outcomes.

The 15 most recent articles of Tal Gross span the fields of health economics, household finance, labor economics, and environmental economics. A dominant trend is the use of natural experiments to evaluate U.S. healthcare policy, particularly the Affordable Care Act and Medicare/Medicaid. Another significant theme is the impact of environmental factors, like air pollution, on worker productivity. His work consistently applies advanced econometric techniques to questions of public importance, resulting in publications in the most prestigious journals in economics.

• Best Paper Award, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2024)
• Raymond Vernon Memorial Award for the Best Research Article Published in JPAM (2014)
• Outstanding Paper Award in Financial Institutions, Midwest Finance Association 2017 Conference

Tal Gross is an active researcher with numerous ongoing projects, often in collaboration with leading economists. His work has been supported by the NBER and has had significant influence, with findings covered by major media outlets like The New York Times, The Washington Post, and NPR. He is also a dedicated educator and author, having co-written a textbook on health economics and developed teaching resources for other instructors. He does not appear to have a formal lab but leads a significant research agenda through his publications and collaborations.