Isabel Musse is an economist with expertise in program evaluation. She studies the economic well-being of people with disabilities, Medicaid beneficiaries, and other vulnerable populations.
Since joining Mathematica in 2020, Musse has worked on several policy evaluation projects. She is a researcher on the Research Support Services for Employment of Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum project and leads the Evaluation Technical Assistance for the Refugees with Disabilities Vocational Training and Employment Demonstration project. She also provides evaluation technical assistance to states conducting impact evaluations of Medicaid section 1115 demonstrations. Musse is also the task lead of a study on pediatric COVID-19 vaccination for the Association of Immunization Managers.
Musse has published in peer-reviewed journals such as Economics and Politics and Studies in Family Planning. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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