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Angela Fertig
Health Policy and Management: College of Public Health
Assistant Professor & Public Service Assistant
afertig@uga.edu
http://afertig.myweb.uga.edu/
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
706.542.9332 (voice)
706.583.0695 (fax)
Educational Background
Ph.D., Economics, Brown UniversityResearch Interests
- Prenatal behavior of mothers and child outcomes
- Determinants of childhood obesity
- Housing affordability, homelessness, and health
- The effects of child support enforcement policies on the well-being of mothers and children
- Domestic violence
- Health disparities by income
Professional Affiliations
- American Public Health Association
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
- American Economic Association
- Population Association of America
Selected Publications
P. Corso and A. Fertig "The Economic Impact of Child Maltreatment in the United States: Are the Estimates Credible?" Child Abuse & Neglect, forthcoming.
A. Fertig "Selection and the Effect of Prenatal Smoking," Health Economics, forthcoming.
A. Fertig, G. Gloom and R. Tchernis "The Connection between Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: Inspecting the Mechanisms," Review of Economics of the Household 7(3) (2009) 227-255.
A. Fertig and T. Watson "Minimum Drinking Age Laws and Infant Health Outcomes," Journal of Health Economics 28(3) (2009) 737-747.
A. Fertig and D. Reingold "The characteristics and causes of homelessness among at risk families with children in twenty American cities,"
Social Service Review, 82(3) (2008) 485-510.
A. Fertig and D. Reingold "Public Housing, Health, and Health Behaviors: Is there a connection?"
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2007, 26(4), 831-859.
A. Case, A. Fertig, and C. Paxson "The Lasting Impact of Childhood Health and Circumstance," Journal of Health Economics, 2005, 24, 365-389.
A. Fertig "Trends in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility in the United States," Journal of Income Distribution, Fall-Winter 2003-2004, 12, 108-130.
Courses Taught
HPAM 7600: Intro to Health Policy & ManagementHPAM 8600: Health Economics
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