Professor of Economics · University of Kentucky

Aaron Yelowitz

Aaron Yelowitz is Professor of Economics at the University of Kentucky. His applied work spans public finance, health economics, labor economics, housing and real-estate markets, insurance, and program evaluation.

This site brings together research, data and code, teaching, testimony, media, and information for professional and economic-consulting inquiries. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, a Research Fellow in the IZA@LISER Network, a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Labor Research, and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Public Finance Review.

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2024Southern Economic Journal

How does occupational licensing affect entry into the medical field? An examination of emergency medical technicians

Aaron Yelowitz and Samuel J. Ingram

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2024Public Budgeting & Finance

Anticipated Property Tax Increases and the Timing of Home Sales: Evidence from Administrative Data

William Hoyt, Lucas Taulbee, and Aaron Yelowitz

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2023Economic Inquiry

Adverse selection in the group life insurance market

Timothy F. Harris, Aaron Yelowitz, Jeffery Talbert, and Alison Davis

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2022Journal of Housing Research

The Impact of Real Estate Agent Specialization and Activity Level on Market Outcomes

Jason Beck, Frank Scott, and Aaron Yelowitz

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Research

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Health Insurance and Medicaid
How eligibility rules, program design, and coverage expansions affect insurance, access to care, work, and household decisions.
Insurance Markets and Adverse Selection
Evidence on enrollment, information, defaults, and selection in life and health insurance markets.
Housing and Real Estate
Housing policy, brokerage markets, property taxation, affordability, mobility, and neighborhood outcomes.
Housing Access and Demographic Evidence
Evidence on homeownership, neighborhood markets, public housing, access, and racial or ethnic disparities.
Labor Regulation and Occupational Licensing
Minimum wages, paid leave, scheduling rules, occupational licensing, labor-market entry, and employment effects.
Public Finance and Applied Methods
Empirical evaluation of taxes, transfers, public programs, and policy changes using administrative and survey data.

Academic and public work

Research that travels across settings

His research and commentary have been featured by national and regional news organizations, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, CNN, CNBC, and NPR. He has testified before the U.S. Senate and local government bodies and has provided economic analysis in litigation.

Litigation

Professional engagements documented on this site. Four matters are currently documented here: three expert-testimony matters and one economic-consulting matter.

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Teaching

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Public engagement

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