Research

Peer Reviewed Publications

Harris, Alex HS., Hyrum Eddington, Vaibhavi B. Shah, Michael Shwartz, Deborah Gurewich, Amy K. Rosen, Badí Quinteros , Britni Wilcher, Kenneth Nieser, K.J.,  Gabrielle Jones, and Julie Tsu-yu Wu. 2024. Statistical methods to examine racial and ethnic disparities in the surgical literature: a review and recommendations for improvement. Annals of Surgery, 280(6), pp.960-965. 

Jones, Kelly and Britni Wilcher. 2024. Reducing maternal labor market detachment: A role for paid family leave. Labour Economics, 87: 102478.

Media: 2020 AEA Poster Session , Congressional Testimony on work protections (2020), Economic Report of the President (2022), Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (2021), National Women's Law Center (2023), Indeed News (2025)

Gunter, Bernhard and Britni Wilcher. 2020. Three Decades of Globalisation: Which Countries Won, Which Lost?. World Economy, 43: 1076– 1102.

Van Giessen, Anoukh, Jamie Peters, Britni Wilcher, Chris Hyde, Carl Moons, Adrine de Wit, and Erik Koffiberg. 2017. Systematic Review of Health Economic Impact Evaluations of Risk Prediction Models: Stop Developing, Start Evaluating. Value in Health, 20(4):718-726. 

Editor’s Choice: April Issue

Ciani, Oriana, Britni Wilcher, Anoukh van Giessen, and Rod S. Taylor. 2017. Linking the Regulatory and Reimbursement Processes for Medical Devices: The Need for Integrated Assessments. Health Economics, 26 Suppl 1:13-29.

Oriana Ciani, Britni Wilcher, Carl Rudolf Blankart, Maximilian Hatz, Valentina Prevolnik Rupel, Renata Slabe Erker, Yauheniya Varabyova and Rod S. Taylor. 2015. Health technology assessment of medical devices: a survey of non-European union agencies. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 31(3): 154-65. 

Awards: 2015 Egon Jonsson Award Winner

Non Peer-Reviewed Publications 

Regulatory Impact Analysis

“Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings.” Code of Federal Regulations, 29 CFR Part 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1926, and 1928 (2024). https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/30/2024-14824/heat-injury-and-illness-prevention-in-outdoor-and-indoor-work-settings [Preliminary Economic Analysis and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis]

“Emergency Temporary Standard of November 5, 2021, COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing.” Code of Federal Regulations, 29 CFR 1910.501 (2021). https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2021-11-05/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1910/subpart-U/section-1910.501[Economic Feasibility Assessment]

“Emergency Temporary Standard of June 21, 2021, Occupational Exposure to COVID-19.” Code of Federal Regulations, 29 CFR 1910.502 (2021). https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2021-06-21/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1910/subpart-U/section-1910.502 [Economic Feasibility Assessment]

Book Reviews

Wilcher, Britni. 2021. The Price of Life: Book review summarizes “Ultimate Price: The Value We Place on Life”. Health Affairs, 40 (4): 679-679.

Working Papers

Tablets and Telehealth: Expanding Care Reach for Stigmatized Health Conditions [R&R]

(with Josephine Jacobs, James Van Campen, Liberty Greene, Rachel Kimerling, Donna Zulman)

Presented at: 2023 VA Women's Health Services Research Conference (poster), Southern Economic Association 93rd Annual Meeting , 46th Association for Public Policy Analysis & Managment Annual Fall Research Conference

Local Labor Market Conditions, Mothers Health, and Child Care: Evidence from the Great Recession [Under Review]

Evidence suggests that economic downturns improve health for prime age working males, but it is unclear whether these benefits accrue to mothers who face the dual burden of paid and unpaid work. I combine nationally representative health outcome data with gender disaggregated measures of unemployment and labor demand over the period of 2005 - 2018 to examine how local labor market conditions affect the health of mothers, focusing on those with low levels of education who are potentially eligible for state child care subsidies. I find that unemployment reduces stress-related conditions, while employment growth increases stress-related conditions. Male employment growth drives the negative effect. Child care subsidies offset some of the negative impacts of aggregate employment growth. Together, these results suggest less-educated women’s health varies countercyclically alongside prime age working males, and may be worsened by the dual time burden of child care.

Presented at: 2021 Western Economic Association Annual Meeting; 10th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists

Works in Progress