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Kentucky
Research, public service, teaching, and public engagement connected to Kentucky institutions and policy questions.
Kentucky research
Selected work on health insurance, labor markets, housing, and public policy in the Commonwealth.
Government testimony
Louisville Metro Council testimony on minimum-wage policy, with recording and transcript.
View testimonyExpert testimony · 2026
Kentucky professional record
LDG Multifamily, LLC and Realty Management Group, LLC v. City of Prospect, Kentucky
Expert economist retained on behalf of municipal defendants. Demographic, affordable-housing, residential-segregation, Census, and HUD analysis concerning a proposed senior Low-Income Housing Tax Credit development.
View matter record · Economic damagesData and policy reports
Public data supporting research on Kentucky health coverage and low-wage work.
Browse Data & CodeKentucky media and public engagement
- 2022-07-25 — Work, Wages and Welfare
- 2021-05-12 — Sam Dick interviews UK researcher Dr. Aaron Yelowitz
- 2020-05-11 — Restarting Kentucky's Economy
- 2020-04-29 — UK Professors Study Impact of Social Distancing
- 2020-04-29 — New Study Shows Thousands of Kentuckians Spared Thanks to Social Distancing
- 2020-04-29 — New UK Study Backs Up KY Policy: Health at Home Has Saved 2,000 Lives in State So Far
- 2019-08-26 — Public Assistance and Government Welfare Programs
- 2017-11-10 — UK economics institute supports serious debate
- 2017-10-13 — Trump Order Will Leave Thousands of Kentuckians Without Insurance Help
- 2017-09-07 — Opening Remarks on Tax Policy and Economic Growth
- 2017-09-01 — Opening Remarks at Schnatter Institute Research Day
- 2017-05-09 — The Impact of the AHCA
- 2017-05-04 — Kentucky Health Insurance Market in Death Spiral
- 2017-04-23 — Louisville Home Values Go Up As Inventory Falls, But Is It A Bubble?
- 2017-01-11 — How Will Trump's Economic Policies Affect the Pocketbooks of Kentuckians?
- 2016-12-30 — Is There a Death Spiral in Obamacare?
- 2016-10-20 — Kentucky Supreme Court Ruling on Minimum Wage Ordinance in Louisville and Lexington
- 2016-09-19 — Forecasting the U.S. Economy
- 2014-10-30 — Testimony on Louisville's Proposed Minimum-Wage Ordinance