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Maria Polyakova, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Health Policy at the ÿÈÕ³Ô¹Ï School of Medicine. Her research investigates the equity and efficiency of government interventions in healthcare markets. She is especially interested in questions surrounding the design, financing, and broad economic impacts of public health insurance systems. Her work also investigates the drivers of individual decision-making in health care and the roots of socio-economic differences in health outcomes. Dr. Polyakova received a BA degree in Economics and Mathematics from Yale University, and a PhD in Economics from MIT.

Focal Areas: Health, Inequality, Regulation and Competition, Taxes and Public Spending, Work