University of Michigan



SHARON L. MACCINI

|Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy |Work phone: (734) 846-4550 | |

|University of Michigan |Email: smaccini@umich.edu | |

|Weill Hall, 735 South State Street | | |

|Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091 | | |

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

| |2005 - |Lecturer |

| | |Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |

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| |2006-2007 |Visiting Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer in Public Affairs |

| | |Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey |

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| |1996 - 1998 |Program Associate |

| | |Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY |

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| |1995 - 1996 |Research Assistant/Programmer |

| | |Mathematica Policy Research, Washington, DC |

EDUCATION:

Harvard University, Ph.D. in Health Policy (Economics Track), 2005

Doctoral coursework: microeconomics, econometrics, health economics, public finance, development economics

Thesis committee: David Cutler (chair), Harvard University Department of Economics; Joseph Newhouse, Harvard Medical School; David Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health

Carnegie Mellon University, M.Phil. in Public Policy, Heinz School of Public Policy & Management, 2000

Brown University, Honors B.A. in Political Science, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, 1995

RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS:

Health Economics and Policy, Public Health in Developing Countries, Public Finance, Development

COURSES TAUGHT:

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Public Health in Developing Countries (MPP elective), Fall 2005, Fall 2007, Fall 2008

Economics of Decisionmaking (MPP core microeconomics), Spring 2006

Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Broad Context (Undergraduate Policy Seminar), Spring 2008

Economics of the Public Sector (MPP elective), Fall 2008

Summer Program in Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA), University of Michigan

Access to Medicine in Developing Countries (Undergraduate), Summer 2008

Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University

Public Health in Developing Countries (MPA elective), Spring 2007

Harvard College

Economics of Public Health Across the World (undergraduate economics requirement), Spring 2003

OTHER TEACHING AND RESEARCH POSITIONS:

2009- Consultant, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan

2007- Faculty Affiliate, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan

2003-2004 Visiting Scholar, Office of Tax Policy Research, University of Michigan Business School

2002-2005 Graduate Student Associate, Center for International Development, Harvard University

Fall 1999 Teaching Assistant for Professor Lowell Taylor, “Applied Economic Analysis,” Heinz School of Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

2003-2004 Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Term Time Award

2000-2002 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

1998-2000 Carnegie Mellon Heinz School tuition and stipend support

1999 SSRC Program in Applied Economics, Weeklong Conference for Doctoral Students

1990 Phi Beta Kappa Society

PRESENTATIONS:

2006 International Health Policy Seminar, International Policy Center / Global Health Research and Training Initiative, University of Michigan

2004 Harvard Health Policy Ph.D. Program Research Seminar

2003. Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, Yale University

2003 Harvard Health Policy Ph.D. Program Research Seminar

PUBLICATIONS:

"Under the Weather: Health, Schooling, and the Economic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall," American Economic Review, forthcoming, with Dean Yang.

WORKING PAPERS:

“Do Local Government Resources Affect Child Health? Evidence from the Philippine Fiscal Devolution,” under review for publication.

"Health Returns to Public Funds across Tiers of Local Government: The Case of the Philippine Devolution.”

“Explaining Racial and Economic Disparities in Cardiovascular Health,” with David Cutler.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

Referee reports: Journal of Health Economics, American Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics

Proposal reviews for: National Science Foundation

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