I am a professor at the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. My research is concerned with health economics, social policy, and program evaluation.

• Do GLP-1 medications pay for themselves?.
  

  Coady Wing, Sih-Ting Cai, Kosali I. Simon, Daniel W. Sacks

  [NBER working paper]
• Stacked difference-in-differences.
  

  Coady Wing, Seth Freedman, Alex Hollingsworth

  [NBER working paper]
• Mortality effects of health care supply shocks: Evidence using linked deaths and electronic health records.
  

  Engy Ziedan, Kosali I. Simon, and Coady Wing

  [NBER working paper]
• Tactics for design and inference in synthetic control studies: An applied example using high-dimensional data.
  

  Alex Hollingsworth and Coady Wing

  [ungated link] [R-package] [Tutorial] [Slides]

(see cv for full list)

• Direct and indirect effects of vaccines: Evidence from Covid-19.
  

  Seth Freedman, Daniel Sacks, Kosali Simon, Coady Wing

  (2026)

  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

  [journal version] [NBER working paper]
• How undervalued is the Covid-19 vaccine? Evidence from discrete choice experiments and VSL benchmarks.
  

  Patrick Carlin, Brian E. Dixon, Kosali I. Simon, Ryan Sullivan, and Coady Wing

  (Conditionally Accepted)

  American Journal of Health Economics

  [NBER working paper]
• Racial disparities in infant drug testing.
  

  Mallory Dreyer, Cydney McGuire, Jennifer Silva, Kosali Simon, Coady Wing, Engy Ziedan

  (Forthcoming)

  Demography

  [working paper]
• What can we learn about SARS-CoV-2 prevalence from testing and hospital data?.
  

  Daniel Sacks, Nir Menachemi, Peter Embi, and Coady Wing

  (2024)

  Review of Economics and Statistics

  [journal version]
• Societal disruptions and child mental health: Evidence from ADHD diagnosis during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  

  Seth M. Freedman, Kelli R. Marquardt, Dario Salcedo, Kosali I. Simon, and Coady Wing

  (2024)

  Journal of Human Resources

  [journal version] [NBER working paper]
• Designing difference-in-difference studies with staggered treatment adoption: Key concepts and practical guidelines.
  

  Coady Wing, Madeline Yozwiak, Alex Hollingsworth, Seth Freedman, Kosali Simon

  (2024)

  Annual Review of Public Health

  [journal version] [NBER working paper]
• Comparative effects of recreational and medical marijuana laws on drug use among adults and adolescents.
  

  Alex Hollingsworth, Coady Wing, and Ashley Bradford

  (2022)

  Journal of Law and Economics.
• Determinants of disparities in Covid-19 job losses.
  

  Laura Montenovo, Xuan Jiang, Felipe Lozano-Rojas, Ian Schmutte, Kosali I. Simon, Bruce A. Weinberg, and Coady Wing

  (2022)

  Demography

  [NBER working paper]
• Tracking public and private responses to the Covid-19 epidemic: Evidence from state and local government actions.
  

  Sumedha Gupta, Thuy Nguyen, Shyam Ramen, Byungkyu Lee, Felipe Lozano-Rojas, Ana Bento, Kosali I. Simon, and Coady Wing

  (2021)

  American Journal of Health Economics

  [NBER working paper]
• Vaccinations against Covid-19 may have averted up to 140,000 deaths in the United States.
  

  Sumedha Gupta, Thuy Nguyen, Shyam Ramen, Byungkyu Lee, Felipe Lozano-Rojas, Ana Bento, Kosali I. Simon, and Coady Wing

  (2021)

  Health Affairs
• Effects of large gatherings on the Covid-19 epidemic: Evidence from professional and college sports.
  

  Patrick Carlin, Paul Minard, Daniel Simon, and Coady Wing

  (2021)

  Economics & Human Biology
• Mandated and voluntary social distancing during the Covid-19 epidemic.
  

  Sumedha Gupta, Kosali I. Simon, and Coady Wing

  (2020)

  Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
• Evidence from internet search data shows information seeking responses to news of local Covid-19 cases.
  

  Ana Bento, Thuy Nguyen, Coady Wing, and Kosali I. Simon

  (2020)

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
• What can instrumental variables tell us about nonresponse in household surveys and political polls?.
  

  Coady Wing

  (2019)

  Political Analysis
• Should we do more to police Medicaid fraud? Evidence on the intended and unintended consequences of expanded enforcement.
  

  Victoria Perez and Coady Wing

  (2019)

  American Journal of Health Economics
• Economic downturns and nurse attachment to federal employment.
  

  Danyao Li, Michael Richards, and Coady Wing

  (2019)

  Health Economics
• Designing difference in difference studies: best practices for public health policy research.
  

  Roberto Bello-Gomez, Kosali Simon, and Coady Wing

  (2018)

  Annual Review of Public Health
• Relaxing occupational licensing requirements: Analyzing wages and prices for a medical service.
  

  Morris Kleiner, Allison Marier, KW Park, and Coady Wing

  (2016)

  Journal of Law and Economics
• Effects of occupational regulations on the cost of dental services: Evidence from dental insurance claims.
  

  Allison Marier and Coady Wing

  (2014)

  Journal of Health Economics
• Strengthening the regression discontinuity design using additional design elements: A within-study comparison.
  

  Tom Cook and Coady Wing

  (2013)

  Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

• SPEA-V 706 -- Statistics For Research in Public Affairs I (PhD Econometrics).

  
  

• SPEA-V 707 -- Statistics For Research in Public Affairs II (PhD Econometrics).

  
  

• SPEA-V 762 -- Public Program Evaluation.

  
  

• SPEA-V 723 -- Public Programs: Theory and Evidence.

  
  

• SPEA-V 379 -- Performance Measurement and Program Evaluation.

  
  

• SPEA-V 507 -- Data Analysis and Modeling (MPA Econometrics).