I am a health economist and an Associate Professor in the Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy and Economics (CHOICE) Institute in the Department of Pharmacy at University of Washington School of Pharmacy.
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My overarching research interests are in the economic and behavioral mechanisms guiding individual decision-making in health and healthcare, for both providers and patients, and the impact of policies that leverage these mechanisms to improve patient outcomes and healthcare market efficiency. Methodologically, I am interested in innovatively applying advanced experimental and econometric methods to addressing understudied questions in health economics and policy. I have done pioneering work in measuring social preferences (altruism) of medical professionals in the U.S. and link them to medical practice and patient outcomes.
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I have received funding support as PI from sources including the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health (NIH/NIA), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Weill Cornell Medicine, Russell Sage Foundation, and Cornell Center for Social Sciences. My first-authored publications have appeared in journals including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Health Affairs, and JAMA Neurology.
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I received a PhD in Health Economics and MA in Economics from University of California, Berkeley, and an MA in International Comparative Education from Stanford University.
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Selected Working Papers
Shan, Huang, Anirban Basu and Jing Li. “The Role of Physician Altruism in the Physician-Industry Relationship: Evidence from Linking Experimental and Observational Data”. NBER Working Paper 33439.
Li, Jing, Kathleen McGarry, Lauren Hersch Nicholas and Jonathan Skinner. “Dementia and Long-run Trajectories in Household Finances”.
Selected Publications
Carey, Colleen, Michael Daly and Jing Li. "Nothing for Something: Marketing Cancer Drugs to Physicians Increases Prescribing Without Improving Mortality" (ungated). Journal of Public Economics. Published online ahead of print (NBER Working Paper 32336).
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Chen, Alice and Jing Li. “Paying for Advance Care Planning in Medicare: Impacts on Care and Spending Near End of Life”. Journal of Health Economics. 98: 102921, 2024.
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Li, Jing, Jonathan Skinner, Kathleen McGarry et al. “Declines in Wealth Among US Older Adults at Risk of Dementia”. JAMA Neurology. 80(11):1250-2, 2023.
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Li, Jing, Lawrence Casalino, Raymond Fisman et al. “Experimental Evidence of Physician Social Preferences”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119(28): E2112726119, 2022.
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Li, Jing. “Plastic Surgery or Primary Care? Altruistic Preferences and Expected Specialty Choice of U.S. Medical Students”. Journal of Health Economics. 62: 45-59, 2018.
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