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Elena Prager is an economist with expertise in antitrust enforcement, collusion, health insurance design, and health care prices. As part of her research on antitrust, she has written award-winning work on employer market power, including the effects of employer mergers on workers and the precursors to employer collusion. Prager’s research focuses on policy-relevant topics and is frequently cited by the Congressional Budget Office, Department of Justice, and Federal Trade Commission. She has presented at public-facing policy events and been interviewed by news outlets including National Public Radio and The New York Times. Prior to the University of Rochester, Prager was on the faculty of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Health Care Pricing

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

No-poaching Agreements

Mergers and Acquisitions

Labor Economics

Health Insurance

Health Care Economics

Employer Market Power

Collusion

Antitrust Policy

New Orleans Nurses Fight for a New Union as Hospitals Merge and Revenues Soar

Republicans push for more work requirements in debt ceiling negotiations

Unions Accuse UPMC of Wielding Market Power Against Workers

Kroger aims to be America's grocery store. The Biden administration may have other ideas

Do You Know Who Owns Your Vet?

You Deserve a Bigger Paycheck. Here’s How You Might Get It.

Work rules for SNAP benefits don’t lead to more people working, study finds

Does Requiring Food-Stamp Recipients to Work Actually Increase Economic Self-Sufficiency?

Assistant Professor of Economics

A transcript of this podcast and more information about Elena Prager and Adam Leive is available on the website of the Duke World Food Policy Center at https://wfpc.sanford.duke.edu/podcasts/do-snap-work-requirements-encourage-self-sufficiency-or-hurt-those-who-need-help/

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is one of the largest poverty alleviation programs in the United States and provides help to around 14% of the US population. Since 1996, the program has required able-bodied adults without dependents to work in order to receive food assistance. Proponents of work requirements say it prevents government dependency. Critics, however, argue work requirements push out the people who need food assistance the most. Today we'll talk with two economists about the impact of SNAP work requirements: University of Rochester's Elena Prager. and Adam Leive at the University of California, Berkeley.

Do SNAP work requirements encourage self sufficiency or hurt those who need help the most?

Presentation: Economics of Labor Markets and Key Questions for the Workshop, Public Workshop on Competition in Labor Markets (2 of 7)

Speakers: Ioana Marinescu, Assistant Professor, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Elena Prager, Assistant Professor of Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

DOJ: Economics of Labor Markets / Public Workshop on Competition in Labor Markets 2 of 7

The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission released the 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines in July 2023. The Agencies are seeking feedback through a comment process along with a series of workshops on key topics within the Draft Guidelines.

The Agencies, in partnership with the University of Chicago Law School, Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics, hosted a Draft Guidelines workshop on Friday, November 3.

Public Workshop on the DOJ/FTC Draft Merger Guidelines

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