Program Director
Christopher "Kitt" Carpenter is the E. Bronson Ingram Chair and Professor of Economics at Vanderbilt University, where he also holds courtesy appointments in the schools of law and medicine. His research focuses on the effects of public policies on health and family outcomes. He has been an NBER affiliate since 2005.
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Clinical trials and post-market studies showed that COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective at reducing COVID-19 mortality, yet only about 67 percent of...
States vary widely in the COVID-19 vaccination rates of their populations, from 48 percent in Alabama to 77 percent in Vermont between November 2021 and...
In 2019, Americans with a four-year college degree had six years greater life expectancy at age 25 than those without a degree. These educational...