Brigham Frandsen is Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University, where he has taught since 2012, and where he completed his undergraduate education (Physics/Econ B.S., 2004). He worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company before earning his Ph.D. in Economics at MIT, where his dissertation focused on econometric methodology and labor economics. After his Ph.D., Dr. Frandsen was selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research at Harvard University where he spent two years in residence before accepting an appointment at Brigham Young University. Dr. Frandsen's methodological research focuses on causal inference on distributional effects. He applies these methodologies to questions about the impact of labor market institutions and interventions on education and earnings outcomes. His health policy research deals with the consequences of fragmentation in the U.S. health care system. In addition to research, Dr. Frandsen enjoys hiking and mountain biking with his wife, Christine, and their four children.

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IZA Discussion Paper No. 8240
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2015, 68 (4), 771 - 806
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