Mauricio M. Cáceres Bravo

Economics PhD candidate at Brown University

Research

I am an aspiring researcher am working towards earning a PhD from Brown University. I study topics in crime, healthcare, and labor.

Publications

Mortality Effects and Choice Across Private Health Insurance Plans (with Jason Abaluck, Peter Hull, and Amanda Starc). The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2021.

The effects on insurance costs of restricting undocumented immigrants’ access to driver licenses (with Kenneth P. Jameson). Southern Economic Journal, 81, no. 4: 907–927.

Projects in Progress

Prison Effects on Inmate Misconduct: Evidence from Transfers

How do Different Prison Environments Affect Inmate Outcomes?