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Jason Kerwin

Funded Research:

Effect of Income Timing and Structure on Savings and Consumption Behavior (Freedman)

Response of Malawians' Sexual Behavior to Information about HIV Transmission Risks (Russell Sage Foundation)

Response of Malawians’ Sexual Behavior to Information about HIV Transmission Risks (PSC Initiatives Fund)

Graduate Student, Population Studies Center.

Graduate Student, Economics.

Economics, Year: 4

Mentor: John Bound, Rebecca L. Thornton

Research Interests: the interactions between public health and economic development as well as decision making behavior in the face of uncertainty and choice over time

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Kerwin, Jason, S. Foley, Rebecca L. Thornton, P. Basinga, and J. Chinkhumba. 2011. "Missing safer sex strategies in HIV prevention: a call for further research." African Population Studies, 25(2): 267-285.

MaCurdy, T., Jason Kerwin, and N. Theobald. 2009. "Need for risk adjustment in adapting episode grouping software to Medicare data." Health Care Financing Review, 30(4): 33-46.