Research Expertise and Interest

health policy, economic policy

Research Description

Adam Leive is an economist who studies consumer behavior in health insurance, retirement saving, and other social insurance programs.  His research seeks to generate policy insights that improve economic security and welfare. His work has been published in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, and Journal of Health Economics. His research on Health Savings Accounts received the 2022 TIAA Institute Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and his B.A. from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs.