Christopher S. Carpenter

Professor of Economics, Professor of Law, Professor of Education, Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society, and Professor of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University at Vanderbilt University

Christopher S. Carpenter is a Professor of Economics, Professor of Law, Professor of Education, Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society, and Professor of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University. He is an empirical labor and health economist by training and has published widely on the effects of public policies on health outcomes and on labor market outcomes for sexual minorities in the United States, Australia, Canada and United Kingdom. He is Associate Editor at Journal of the European Economic Association and the Journal of Health Economics and on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, American Journal of Health Economics, and Industrial Relations. He holds a PhD in economics from UC Berkeley and a BA in mathematics, economics, and public service from Albion College (MI). His research has been supported by the American Cancer Society, the National Institutes of Health, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.