Paul Schrimpf, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest papers

The association of opening K-12 schools with the spread of COVID-19 in the United States: County-level panel data analysis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021 · senior author
Causal impact of masks, policies, behavior on early covid-19 pandemic in the U.S.
Journal of econometrics · 2021 · senior author
Response to Risk of Avalanche Involvement in Winter Backcountry Recreation: The Advantage of Small Groups by Zweifel et al.
Wilderness & environmental medicine · 2016 · first author

All 5 publications

Latest funding

The effect of telemedicine on healthcare practice and health outcomes
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$73,125
Completeness, dynamic decision models, and best linear approximations to set identified functions
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$108,500

All 2 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

The association of opening K-12 schools with the spread of COVID-19 in the United States: County-level panel data analysis.

Chernozhukov V, Kasahara H, Schrimpf P

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2103420118 PMID: 34642247

02

Causal impact of masks, policies, behavior on early covid-19 pandemic in the U.S.

Chernozhukov V, Kasahara H, Schrimpf P

Journal of econometrics2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2020.09.003 PMID: 33100476

03

Response to Risk of Avalanche Involvement in Winter Backcountry Recreation: The Advantage of Small Groups by Zweifel et al.

Schrimpf P

Wilderness & environmental medicine2016First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2016.05.002 PMID: 27397526

04

Beyond Statistics: The Economic Content of Risk Scores.

Einav L, Finkelstein A, Kluender R, Schrimpf P

American economic journal. Applied economics2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1257/app.20150131 PMID: 27429712

05

Selection on Moral Hazard in Health Insurance.

Einav L, Finkelstein A, Ryan S, Schrimpf P, Cullen MR

The American economic review2013

DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.1.178 PMID: 24748682

The effect of telemedicine on healthcare practice and health outcomes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Schrimpf, Paul

Keywords: telemedicine; healthcare; health; insurance

$73,125

Completeness, dynamic decision models, and best linear approximations to set identified functions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Schrimpf, Paul

Keywords: econometrics; completeness; dynamic decision; unobserved types; set inference; best linear approximation

$108,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Hiroyuki Kasahara

Mathematical and Quantitative Methods

2 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Schrimpf, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The association of opening K-12 schools with the spread of COVID-19 in the United States: County-level panel data analysis." (2021), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The effect of telemedicine on healthcare practice and health outcomes" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]