D. Mark Anderson

Research Fellow

Montana State University

dwight.anderson@montana.edu

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Research Interests

D. Mark Anderson is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics & Economics at Montana State University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Washington in 2011.

Dr. Anderson is an applied microeconomist with research interests in health economics and economic history. His research has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Journal, and Journal of Economic Literature.

Currently, Dr. Anderson is studying the effects of public health interventions at the turn of the 20th century and the relationship between hospital desegregation and the Black-White infant mortality gap during the civil rights era.

Mark joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in July 2016 and became IZA Fellow in November 2021.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16667

Civil Rights Protests and Election Outcomes: Exploring the Effects of the Poor People's Campaign

D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Krzysztof Karbownik, Daniel I. Rees, Camila Steffens

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15843

Mandatory Seatbelt Laws and Traffic Fatalities: A Reassessment

D. Mark Anderson, Yang Liang, Joseph J. Sabia

published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2024, 39 (3), 513-521

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15295

Safeguarding Consumers through Minimum Quality Standards: Milk Inspections and Urban Mortality, 1880-1910

D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Michael McKelligott, Daniel I. Rees

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14975

Estimating the Effects of Milk Inspections on Infant and Child Mortality, 1880-1910

D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Michael McKelligott, Daniel I. Rees

published in: American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 2022, 112, 188-192.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14890

The Effects of Becoming a Physician on Prescription Drug Use and Mental Health Treatment

D. Mark Anderson, Ron Diris, Raymond Montizaan, Daniel I. Rees

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 91, 102774.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14292

The Public Health Effects of Legalizing Marijuana

D. Mark Anderson, Daniel I. Rees

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2023, 61 (1), 86-143.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13920

The Federal Effort to Desegregate Southern Hospitals and the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap

D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Daniel I. Rees

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12980

Cigarette Taxes and Teen Marijuana Use

D. Mark Anderson, Kyutaro Matsuzawa, Joseph J. Sabia

published in: National Tax Journal, 2020, 73 (2), 475-510

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12819

Marriage Equality Laws and Youth Mental Health

D. Mark Anderson, Kyutaro Matsuzawa, Joseph J. Sabia

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2021, 64 (1), 29-51.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12783

Water Purification Efforts and the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap, 1906-1938

D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Daniel I. Rees, Tianyi Wang

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 122, 103329.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12232

The Phenomenon of Summer Diarrhea and Its Waning, 1910-1930

D. Mark Anderson, Daniel I. Rees, Tianyi Wang

published in: Explorations in Economic History, 2020, 78, 101341.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12077

Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality: Reply to Cutler and Miller

D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Daniel I. Rees

published as 'Re-Examining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts to the Decline in Urban Mortality: Reply' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022, 14 (2), 166-169.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11898

Child Access Prevention Laws and Juvenile Firearm-Related Homicides

D. Mark Anderson, Joseph J. Sabia, Erdal Tekin

published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 126, 103387.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11773

Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality

D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Daniel I. Rees

published as 'Re-Examining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts to the Decline in Urban Mortality' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022, 14 (2), 126-157.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10590

Was the First Public Health Campaign Successful? The Tuberculosis Movement and its Effect on Mortality

D. Mark Anderson, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Claudio Las Heras Olivares, Daniel I. Rees

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11 (2), 143-175

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10074

The Effect of Occupational Licensing on Consumer Welfare: Early Midwifery Laws and Maternal Mortality

D. Mark Anderson, Ryan Brown, Kerwin Kofi Charles, Daniel I. Rees

published as ' Occupational Licensing and Maternal Health: Evidence from Early Midwifery Laws' in: Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 128, 4337-4383.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10071

Booster Seats and Traffic Fatalities among Children

D. Mark Anderson, Sina Sandholt

published as 'Are Booster Seats More Effective than Child Safety Seats or Seat Belts at Reducing Traffic Fatalities among Children?' in: American Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 5 (1), 42-64

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9830

Child Access Prevention Laws, Youth Gun Carrying, and School Shootings

D. Mark Anderson, Joseph J. Sabia

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2018, 61 (3), 489-524

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8718

Wet Laws, Drinking Establishments, and Violent Crime

D. Mark Anderson, Benjamin Crost, Daniel I. Rees

published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (611), 1333-1366

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7761

Deployments, Combat Exposure, and Crime

D. Mark Anderson, Daniel I. Rees

published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2015, 58 (1), 235-267