I am currently on the 2024-2025 job market! My research has explored the intersections between environmental change and societal outcomes with a focus on understanding the implications for public health and policy. I enjoy generating valuable insights from unique datasets, leveraging my academic training and proficiency in statistical programming languages like Stata and R.
Adrian Amaya (2025)
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In this paper, I highlight Medicaid's role in helping vulnerable people mitigate the health damages associated with increases in air pollution. I use random changes in air pollution caused by wildfires to isolate the effect on health insurance enrollment. I use mortality rates to investigate how the Medicaid expansion mitigated the mortality effects of wildfire pollution.
Read Draft | Sample CodeAmaya, A., Lynham, J., De Leo, G. A., & VillaseƱor-Derbez, J. C. (2025)
In this paper, we use satellite images of nighttime lights to measure changes in brightness over time in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We broadly categorized countries into one of four adaptation pathways based on the severity of the initial response and the speed of recovery.
Read Draft | Sample CodeAmaya, A., & Eshun, J. (2025)
In this paper, we estimate the causal relationship between mining activity and malaria incidence among children under five years old in Ghana, a country with high malaria prevalence and significant mining activity.
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