He also is a joint faculty member in the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at University of Kentucky, and an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute. Dr. Yelowitz received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1994, and has previously worked at UCLA as an assistant professor. He has published articles in the Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Economic Inquiry, Southern Economic Journal, Real Estate Economics, Cityscape, Economics Letters, Economic Development Quarterly and Pediatric Neurology. He has taught graduate classes on public economics and health economics, and undergraduate classes on labor economics, public economics, housing economics and poverty and welfare programs.