Joshua Gottlieb is a Professor at the University of Chicago, where his research focuses on the economics of healthcare. His scholarship draws on labor economics, urban economics, public finance, and industrial organization to uncover how market forces and public policies interact. He researches labor markets, provider-insurer relationships, healthcare billing, and the location and scale of healthcare production.

Gottlieb's research has been recognized with the National Tax Association Outstanding Dissertation Award, the Kenneth J. Arrow Award for best paper in health economics, and the 2026 NIHCM Policy Research Award. In 2025, he was awarded the ASHEcon Medal, presented to an early career economist who has made the most significant contributions to the field of health economics.

Gottlieb's research is published in leading academic journals including The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review, and Econometrica. Gottlieb completed his Ph.D. in economics at Harvard University in 2012 and is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Public Economics, Economics of Health, and Economics of Aging. At the University of Chicago, he teaches in the Harris School of Public Policy and Booth School of Business. His PhD students have advanced the research frontier in health, public, and labor economics, as well as industrial organization and marketing.

Gottlieb has served as Co-Editor of the Journal of Public Economics and is currently a member of the Journal of Economic Literature's Board of Editors. He leads the Becker-Friedman Institute's Health Economics Initiative and is Executive Director of the University of Chicago's Federal Statistical Research Data Center. He was previously Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford University, and Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia. He has served as a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago and San Francisco.

Gottlieb's research focuses on economic questions relevant to public policy. He appears in the media and on podcasts, and his research has been covered by major news outlets. He has written policy proposals and opinion columns that have influenced economic policy in the United States and Canada, and his research is regularly cited by leading policymakers.

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