Robin McKnight is an Associate Professor of Economics at Wellesley College.
She is a health economist, interested in the economics of health insurance, especially issues that arise from government intervention in health insurance markets. Past research projects have examined the impacts of incentives faced by providers through reimbursement policy and by patients through copayment policy, explored the consequences of Medicare’s introduction for the first generation of beneficiaries, and examined options for expanding health insurance coverage among young adults. She is a research associate in the health care program at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an associate member of the National Academy of Social Insurance.
