Five papers by NYU Wagner's Laura Wherry cited in White House economic report

No fewer than five research papers coauthored by Laura Wherry, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Service at NYU Wagner, are included in the 2024 Economic Report of the President. The newly published report presents an overview of the nation’s economic progress and makes the case for the Biden administration’s economic policy priorities.

All cited in Chapter 3 of the report ("Population, Aging, and the Economy"), the papers are:

• Kennedy-Moulton, K., S. Miller, P. Persson, M. Rossin-Slater, L. Wherry, and G. Aldana. 2023. Maternal and Infant Health Inequality: New Evidence from Linked Administrative Data. NBER Working Paper 30693. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau for Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w30693.
• Miller, S., N. Johnson, and L. Wherry. 2019. Medicaid and Mortality: New Evidence from  Linked Survey and Administrative Data. NBER Working Paper 26081. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau for Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w26081. 
• Miller, S., and L. Wherry. 2019. “The Long-Term Effects of Early Life Medicaid Coverage.” Journal of Human Resources 54, no. 3: 785–824. https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.3.0816.8173r1.
• Miller, S., L. Wherry, and D. Foster. 2023. “The Economic Consequences of Being Denied an Abortion.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 15, no. 1:394–437. https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20210159.
• Soni, A., L. Wherry, and K. Simon. 2020. “How Have ACA Insurance Expansions Affected Health Outcomes? Findings from the Literature.” Health Affairs 39, no. 3: 3

Professor Wherry's studies all show up can be found: (1) in the discussion of abortion access on p. 119 of the report, (2) discussion of infant and maternal mortality on p. 124, (3) discussion of medical care access on p. 128 (two different papers), and (4) discussion of investing in productivity through human capital on p. 136.  

The annual White House report's chapters overall include: The Benefits of Full Employment; The Year in Review and the Years Ahead; Population, Aging, and the Economy; Increasing the Supply of Affordable Housing; International Trade and Investment Flows; Accelerating the Clean Energy Transition; and An Economic Framework for Understanding Artificial Intelligence.