BIO

Jim Marton is an assistant professor in the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky . He received his PhD in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis. His research, which combines theoretical and empirical methods, focuses on health economics with an emphasis on government regulation and asymmetric information issues in health insurance markets. Jim has written multiple papers examining the impact of the introduction of premiums into Kentucky's public health insurance program for children. He is the co-author of a paper that theoretically examines how states choose the mix of cash and health benefits that it provides its needy residents. In addition, he has done work on flexible spending account use among university employees.  Jim has a joint appointment with the U.K. College of Pharmacy and is a faculty affiliate of the Institute for Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations (IFIR) and the U.K. Center for Poverty Research (UKCPR).