Katherine Theiss

Bio:

Katherine Theiss is a PhD candidate in Economics at Fordham University, specializing in development economics and applied microeconomics. Her research agenda focuses on using econometric techniques to answer important policy questions in the areas of gender and health. She joined the Disability Data Initiative in 2022, and has made various data-driven contributions to the 2022 and 2023 Disability Data Reports as well as the Disability Statistics Database (DS-E).

Publications and Forthcoming Papers:

“Are women with disabilities more at risk of intimate partner violence?” with Sophie Mitra and Justine Hervé – Accepted for publication in Social Forces 

Carpenter, B., Kamalakannan, S., Patchaiappan, K., Theiss, K., Yap, J., Hanass-Hancock, J., Murthy, G., Pinilla-Roncancio, M., Rivas Velarde, M. & Mitra, S. (2024). Data Resource Profile: The Disability Statistics - Estimates Database (DS-E Database). An innovative database of internationally comparable statistics on disability inequalities, International Journal of Population Data Science, 8(6).