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Timea Henriett Viragh

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Email t.h.viragh@create.uio.no
Room 3515
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Visiting address Blindernveien 31 Kristine Bonnevies hus 0371 Oslo (entrance from Moltke Moes vei)
Postal address Postboks 1161 Blindern 0318 Oslo

Academic interests

I study early childhood education and parental leave policies and assess how they influence the lives of families with young children. I focus on labor market, education, and health outcomes. Theories from economics and developmental psychology inform my research, and I primarily use econometric methods for causal inference to answer my research questions.

Background

  • 2026–present: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CREATE at the University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway)
  • 2023–2026: Senior Research Analyst at Acumen, LLC (Washington, DC, USA)
  • 2018–2023: PhD in Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University, School of Education and Social Policy (Evanston, IL, USA)
  • 2015–2018: Research Assistant at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL, USA)
  • 2013–2015: MA in Economic Policy in Global Markets, Central European University (Budapest, Hungary)
  • 2010–2013: BSc in Economic Analysis, Corvinus University of Budapest (Budapest, Hungary)
Tags: Early Childhood Education and Care, causal inference, CREATE

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications:

Yuan, A Y, Bernard, B S, Virágh, T, Magid, D J, Luo, Q, Moghtaderi, A (2023): Effect of Financial Incentives on Hospital-Cardiologist Integration and Cardiac Test Location. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies; 20(3): 560-608. https://doi.org/10.1111/jels.12359

Masoudi, F A, Virágh, T, Magid, D J, Moghtaderi, A, Schilsky, S, Sage, W M, Goodrich, G, Newton, K M, Smith, D H, Black, B S (2019): Trends in Medicare Payment Rates for Noninvasive Cardiac Tests and Association with Testing Location. JAMA Internal Medicine; 179(12):1699–1706. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.4269

Vinay, K, Virágh, T, Magid, D J, Masoudi, F A, Moghtaderi, A, Black, B S (2019): Trends in High- and Low-Value Cardiovascular Diagnostic Testing in Fee-For-Service Medicare, 1999-2016. JAMA Network Open. 2(10): e1913070. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.13070

Policy briefs:

Sabol, T J, Virágh, T, Healy, O J, Nerella, A (2021): Child Care in the Time of COVID: How Illinois Resourced Programs to Support (Re)opening. Rapid Research Report, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University (link)

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