Gökhan Kumpas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics, California State University, Los Angeles
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Health Economics and Policy Studies, San Diego State University
I study the intended and unintended consequences of public policies using quasi-experimental methods, with a focus on health, crime, education, social insurance, and rural broadband policy. My work has been published in the Journal of Human Resources, the Journal of Law and Economics, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and Telecommunications Policy, and is forthcoming in Injury Epidemiology and Economics Bulletin.
My research has been supported by the Social Security Administration, and the career readiness programming I lead for students is funded by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation and the U.S. Bank Foundation. I teach Principles of Microeconomics, Market Structure Economics, Economics of Health Care, and Applied Microeconomic Analysis at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and I coordinate the Financial Wellness and Professional Development programs at the College of Business and Economics.
Fields: Health Economics, Public Economics, Labor Economics, Economics of Crime
Recent
September 2026. “Household Composition and Infant Baby Food Expenditure Around the 2022 Federal Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Extension” accepted at Economics Bulletin.
September 2026. “Federal Broadband Investment and Rural Business Formation: Evidence from Rejected Applicants” published in Telecommunications Policy (open access).
September 2026. “Cabin Heat Exposure and Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke: A Case-Crossover Study of 970 U.S. Deaths, 1998–2025” accepted at Injury Epidemiology.
July 2026. Revise and resubmit at Health Economics for “Broadband Access and Adolescent Births: Evidence from Rejected Applicants to the 2009 Federal Broadband Stimulus.” The revision was submitted in September.
July 2026. Revise and resubmit at Review of Economics of the Household for “Actually I Don’t: The Impact of Warrantless Arrest Laws on Divorce and Marriage” (with Ben Brewer).
June 2026. Revise and resubmit at Journal of Development Studies for “Impact of Majoritarian Politics on Gender-Based Violence” (with Devika Hazra).
May 2026. “Recreational Marijuana Laws and Racial Disparities: New Evidence on Arrests and Deaths of Despair” (with Zachary S. Fone and Joseph J. Sabia) published in The Journal of Law and Economics.
