CARE Seminar: Sarah Robinson, University of California, Santa Barbara

Speaker

Sarah Robinson, University of California, Santa Barbara

Biography

Sarah Robinson is a PhD Candidate in Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her primary interests are in Health Economics and Public Economics. Sarah uses empirical methods to estimate the causal effects of policy on individuals and firms. In addition, she investigates the mechanisms that drive differences in health insurance coverage, health outcomes, and public policy. Currently, she is particularly interested in how firms make decisions about the health insurance they offer to workers.  

Sarah's work has been supported by the National Institute on Aging as a Pre-Doctoral Fellowship at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She received a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Claremont McKenna College in 2013 and subsequently worked in the Strategy & Operations practice at Deloitte Consulting LLP.