Events

What Happens to Population Health When the Doctors Leave? Evidence from the Exit of Cuban Doctors in Brazil
Research Seminar with Dr. Stefan Sliwa Ruiz (Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin)

Dr. Stefan Sliwa Ruiz from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg is conducting a study investigating the impact of a large-scale exodus of migrant doctors in Brazil on public...

Brownbag Seminar: Pension Schemes, Healthcare Use and Health
mit Zeen He - PhD student at department of economics, Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), UK

Using CHARLS data, this study examines pension receipt (public and private) on health outcomes and service use in urban/rural China.

Lecture in English.

Owen O'Donnell is Professor of Applied Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics and the Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, and a Research Fellow of the Tinbergen Institute. His work focuses on health economics, especially health inequality, insurance, and prevention. He has published in leading journals such as the Journal of Health Economics, The Lancet, and PLOS Medicine, and is...

Abortion Access and Long-Run Household Outcomes: Evidence from Population-Wide Administrative Data
Research Seminar with Dr. Gregor Pfeifer (University of Sydney)

Dr. Gregor Pfeifer from the University of Sydney analyzes the long-term effects of including the abortion pill in Australian health insurance coverage. There has been a significant reduction in the birth rate and positive, lasting...

Miriam Wüst is an associate professor at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, and CEBI - The  Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality. She is affiliated with The Danish Center for Social Science Research. And: She is an associate editor at the Journal of Health Economics (July 2020-). Her research focuses on health and family economics, and she is particularly interested in...

The Causal Impact of an Anti-Bullying Intervention on Children’s Development
Research Seminar with Prof. Dr. Ana Costa-Ramón (University of Zurich)

Prof. Ana Costa-Ramón von der University of Zurich studies the long-run effects of KiVa, a large-scale anti-bullying program first implemented in Finnish schools. Linking survey data from the original RCT with administrative records, she finds that...

Price Setting for Public Hospital Care: A Comparative Analysis Across Several Central and Eastern European Countries
Research Seminar with Prof. Dr. Katarzyna Dubas-Jakóbczyk (Jagiellonian University Krakow) 

In Central and Eastern European countries, public hospital care predominates – both in terms of ownership and funding sources. However, the regulatory framework for pricing varies...

Platform Design and Market Power
Research Seminar with Prof. Dr. Heiner Schumacher (University of Innsbruck)

Prof. Heiner Schumacher from the University of Innsbruck is investigating how the design of an online trading platform—the complexity of price comparisons or the existence of a buy box—affects the market power of sellers competing on that platform. He examines the influence of platform...

Is Physician Cost-Sharing an Alternative to Patient Cost-Sharing?
Research Seminar with Prof. Dr. Tobias Klein (Tilburg Universität)

Can financial incentives for general practitioners, which regulate access to specialist care within a gatekeeper system, replace patient cost-sharing? Prof. Tobias Klein from Tilburg University shows in his study from the Netherlands: General practitioners care...