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, industrial organization, and urban economics to uncover how market forces operate in the complex environment of healthcare. He specifically focuses on labor markets, provider-insurer relationships, and the location and scale of healthcare production.

In 2025, Gottlieb was awarded the ASHEcon Medal, presented to an early career economist who has made the most significant contributions to the field of health economics. His work has also earned the Kenneth J. Arrow Award for best paper in health economics and the National Tax Association Outstanding Dissertation Award.

Gottlieb's research is published in leading academic journals including The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, and American Economic Review. Gottlieb completed his Ph.D. in economics at Harvard University in 2012 and is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. At the University of Chicago, he teaches in the Harris School of Public Policy and Booth School of Business. He also leads the Becker-Friedman Institute's Health Economics Initiative and is Executive Director of the University's Research Data Center.

Gottlieb is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Health Economics and a member of the Journal of Economic Literature's Board of Editors. He was previously Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford University, Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, and Co-Editor of the Journal of Public Economics. 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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