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Leilani Jimenez
Leilani Jimenez is an Associate in the Research Department at the Milken Institute. In this role,
she supports the department's research portfolio in health economics, regional economics, and international finance.
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Andrew Friedson, PhD
Andrew Friedson, PhD, is the director of health economics in the Milken Institute’s Research Depa
rtment. He heads projects concerning health, health care, and related sectors.
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Katherine Sacks, PhD
Katherine Sacks is an Associate Director in health economics within the Research Department.
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Maggie Switek, PhD
Maggie Switek, PhD, is senior director of the Milken Institute’s Research Department, where she h
eads all projects related to competitiveness and access to economic opportunities across regions and communities
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Micah Rabin
Micah Rabin is a research intern with the Research Department at the Milken Institute. She suppor
ts the department’s research portfolio in international finance.
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Data Viz
The Research Department at the Milken Institute uses data-driven and economic analysis combined with
some of the latest techniques such as big data analysis and machine learning.
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report
The Community Explorer: Informing Policy with County-Level Data
The Community Explorer investigates US health disparities by first understanding populati
ons’ specificities then looking at their health profile.
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Advancing Critical Health Issues for Veterans
The national consensus is that veterans of the U.S. military, approximately 21 million men and wom
en, deserve first-rate health care.
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article
Financial Literacy Outlook is Grim across the US, says Milken Institute
New report finds gaps in financial literacy along racial, socioeconomic, and gender lines stand to e
xacerbate longstanding inequalities.
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article
Tech Regulation Digest: CHIPS Act—Fueling the US Semiconductor Surge
Overview
On August 9, 2022, President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law, directing $2
80 billion toward enhancing US
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article
The Milken Institute’s Community Explorer Tool Offers New, In-Depth County-Level Demographic, Socio-Economic Data to Help Inform Policy Development
WASHINGTON, DC (October 18, 2022) — The Milken Institute announced the release of its Comm
unity Explorer, an interactive tool that drills down into various demographi
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L.A. Economy Makes Comeback Thanks to Small Businesses, but Unskilled Workforce Threatens Future Prosperity, Study Warns
The City of Los Angeles, battered not long ago by the departure of high-end aerospace and manufactur
ing firms, the consolidation of the local banking industry and a recession, has made a dramatic comeback thanks to the creation of thousands of small bus
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