Ehsan Mohaghegh Dowlatabadi
Advisor:
Jeffrey D. Kubik
John Cawley
Sarah Hamersma
Ehsan Mohaghegh Dowlatabadi
Ph.D. Job Market Candidate, Economics Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Highest degree earned
Graduate Student Dissertation
Bio
Ehsan Mohaghegh Dowlatabadi is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at Syracuse University's Maxwell School and a graduate research associate at the Center for Policy Research. His research examines how public policies and new technologies shape health and economic well-being, with a focus on health insurance, maternal and infant health, and household financial security.
His current projects explore the effects of smartphone access on infant health, Medicaid coverage reductions on birth outcomes, and Medicare prescription drug coverage on health and financial protection. He received Syracuse University's Research Excellence Doctoral Funding (REDF) award in recognition of his research and the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in 2024.
Research Interests
Health economics, public economics
PhD Job Placements
Maxwell’s Ph.D. graduates are consistently hired by presitigious institutions. In the past few years, placements include Oregon State University, University of Auckland-New Zealand, Saint Louis University, Ministry of Finance and Economy-South Korea, Melbourne Institute, Niagara University, Nanjing Audit University, Shouju Technology Co. LTD.-Beijing and Amazon, among others.