Research
Publications
Hritan, E. H. (2026). Impact of an Infrastructure Failure on Cognitive Performance. Economics of Transportation 48: 100470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecotra.2026.100470 Replication files
Hritan, E. H. (2026). Crime on the move? The effect of ridesharing services on crime. Economic Inquiry, 1–59. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.70087 [Forthcoming] Replication files
Bruckner, Tim A., Brenda Bustos, Emtiaz Hritan, and Samantha Gailey. “Economic connectedness and fetal and infant death: a population-based cross-sectional study of California.” Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 80, no. 8 (2026): 617-623.
Catalano, Ralph, Brenda Bustos, Emtiaz Hritan, Joan A. Casey, Alison Gemmill, Hedwig Lee, Dana Sarnak, and Tim Bruckner. “Inflated Denominators, Selection In Utero, and the Black Male Neonatal Death Paradox.” Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 40, no. 4 (2026): 454-461.
Working Papers
The Politics of Birth: How Local Representation Shapes Maternal–Infant Outcomes
Emtiaz Hritan and Tim A. Bruckner.
[Revise and Resubmit at American Journal of Health Economics] PDF · Replication files
Hospital Privatization Increased Some Adverse Perinatal Outcomes Among Medicaid Enrollees
Emtiaz Hritan and Tim A. Bruckner.
[Under review at Medical Care] PDF ·
Advanced Maternal Age, Socioeconomic Confounding, and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from California
Emtiaz Hritan, Brenda Bustos, and Tim A. Bruckner.
[Under review at Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology] PDF ·
Emergency Department Visits Among Hispanics in Los Angeles Following the June 6th Immigration Raids
Brenda Bustos, Shutong Huo, Emtiaz Hritan, and Tim A. Bruckner.
[Revise and Resubmit at American Journal of Public Health]
Fetal Deaths in the United States During the Initial COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Period: A Conception-Cohort Approach
Tim A. Bruckner, Brenda Bustos, Emtiaz Hritan, Dana Sarnak, Alison Gemmill, and Ralph Catalano.
Increased Infant Mortality Among Black Male Twins After the Obama Election: A Sequela of Selection In Utero
Ralph Catalano, Allison Stolte, Emtiaz Hritan, Hedwig Lee, Brenda Bustos, Alison Gemmill, Dana Sarnak, and Tim A. Bruckner.
[Revise and Resubmit at Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health]
Stillbirth, Neonatal Death, and Deference to Parental Preferences in the United States
Ralph Catalano, Emtiaz Hritan, Alison Gemmill, Simone Wien, Dana Sarnak, Brenda Bustos, and Tim A. Bruckner.
[Under review at Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]
Silencing the Rails: A Study of the Noise–Safety Trade-Off in Railway Quiet Zones
Works in Progress
Moving Beyond the Cross-Sectional: Changes in Structural Disadvantage and Fetal and Neonatal Death in the United States
Emtiaz Hritan, Tim A. Bruckner, Brenda Bustos, Dana Sarnak, Alison Gemmill, Joan A. Casey, and Ralph Catalano.
The Impact of Political Protests on Crime: A Crowding-Out Story
The Diffusion of Delayed Childbearing: Immigrant–Native Differences in Maternal Age and Birth Outcomes in Denmark (Joint with Tim Bruckner and Lars Højsgaard Andersen)
Impact of Advanced Maternal Age on ADHD: Evidence from Danish Data (Joint with Tim Bruckner and Lars Højsgaard Andersen)
Bridging the Political Divide: Economic Connectedness and COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake in U.S.\ Counties (Joint with Tim Bruckner) PDF ·
Ride or Die: Did Ridesharing Services Kill Active and Public Transit?
Emtiaz Hritan and Casey Wichman.
Beware of Dog: The Impact of Air Pollution on Dog Bites PDF
Crime Is in the Water: The Impact of Water Pollution on Crime PDF
Fighting Fire with Fire: The Effectiveness of Prescribed Burns in Mitigating Future Wildfires PDF
Burn to Move? The Effects of Prescribed Fire on Internal Population Migration in the U.S. PDF
The Impacts of Air Pollution on Traffic Accidents Across the United States
Emtiaz Hritan and Pruek Vanna-iampikul.
SSRN working paper