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Lara Shore-Sheppard is the Kimberly ’96 and Robert ’62 Henry Professor of Economics at Williams College and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She received her B.A. from Amherst College magna cum laude in 1991 and her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1996. Prior to joining the faculty at Williams she was assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, and she has been a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago Harris School (1999-2000), at the Industrial Relations Section (2011-12), and at the Russell Sage Foundation (2022-23). Her work focuses on assessing the impact of publicly provided health insurance and examining the interactions between public insurance, private insurance, cash and food assistance programs, and labor supply. She is currently engaged in research investigating the relationship between the social safety net, family living arrangements, and the well-being of children and seniors.