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Till Marco von WachterView profile

Professor

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)United Kingdom

Till Marco von Wachter is a Professor of Economics at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) , where he serves as Faculty Director of the California Policy Lab’s UCLA site , Associate Dean for Research in the Social Sciences Division, and Director of the Federal Statistical Research Data Center . His interdisciplinary research bridges labor economics, macroeconomic policy, and public health. Research Focus: Labor market dynamics during recessions Impact of unemployment and disability insurance Socioeconomic determinants of mortality Globalization and wage inequality Policy evaluation using administrative data Publications: His work appears in top journals like the American Economic Review , Quarterly Journal of Economics , and JAMA , analyzing topics such as job displacement, UI reforms, and long-term recession effects. Recent articles emphasize health disparities, firm-level inequality, and pandemic labor market policies. Scientific Awards: Best Paper Award, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2012) Contact: Email: tvwachter@econ.ucla.edu Phone: 310-825-5665

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Umut OguzogluView profile

Professor

University of ManitobaCanada

Umut Oguzoglu is a Professor of Economics at the University of Manitoba , with a longstanding affiliation as a Research Fellow at IZA . His research spans labour economics , health economics , economics of education , and applied microeconometric methods . PhD, Economics, University of Guelph MA, Economics, University of Guelph BA, Economics, Marmara University His methodological expertise includes panel data analysis , dynamic modeling , and instrumental variable techniques . Recent projects examine: Intergenerational health behavior transmission Physician relocation impacts on healthcare Sibling sex composition and STEM major choices COVID-19's effect on traffic accidents Gambling-community economic linkages Scientific awards include the 2020 Best Paper Prize from The Economic Record. He has supervised 3 PhD students, 13 MA/MSc students, and served on 16 thesis committees. Major grants include: SSHRC Partnership Grant (2020-2027) for poverty solutions CIHR grant (2020-2023) for lupus employment research Manitoba Gambling Research Program grant (2015)

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Erzo F.P. LuttmerView profile

Professor

Dartmouth CollegeUnited States

Erzo F.P. Luttmer is the Dartmouth Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). He earned his Propedeuse Degree from Delft University of Technology, M.A. from Erasmus University, and Ph.D. from Harvard University. His research focuses on understanding the drivers of redistribution and social insurance demand, emphasizing social effects and cognitive limitations in economic behavior. Key areas include behavioral economics, policy design, and welfare cultures. He has served as editor of the American Economic Review and collaborates with institutions like the Harvard School of Public Health. His articles explore topics such as annuity valuation, Medicaid’s value, and Social Security perception, with methodologies including field experiments and regression discontinuity designs. Notable contributions include analyzing peer-to-peer lending dynamics and the impact of health on consumption utility. Dr. Luttmer’s work bridges theoretical models with empirical evidence, addressing policy implications for taxation, insurance, and social welfare systems. His affiliations and editorial roles reflect his significant contributions to academic discourse in economics.

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Ching-To Albert MaView profile

Professor

Boston UniversityUnited States

Ching-To Albert Ma is a Professor at Boston University, specializing in Incentives and Contract Theory, Industrial Organization, and Health Economics. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics. His research explores topics such as moral hazard in disability insurance, physician agency, healthcare quality incentives, and competition dynamics between public and private sectors. He has lectured internationally on industrial organization and health economics in Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, and Switzerland. His work analyzes healthcare payment systems, technology adoption by physicians, and the impact of public policies on healthcare markets. Notable themes include the interplay between altruism and profit motives in healthcare, equity in healthcare access, and the design of efficient health insurance systems. His contributions span theoretical frameworks and empirical analyses of real-world healthcare systems. Ma has advised on healthcare governance reforms and has explored behavioral economics through experimental methods. His articles address issues ranging from antibiotic resistance economics to vaccination externalities, reflecting a commitment to bridging policy and academic research.

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Marcus DillenderView profile

Assistant Professor

University of ZurichSwitzerland

Dr. Marcus Dillender is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Vanderbilt University, a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and a Research Fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics. His research focuses on the intersection of health, labor, and public economics, with particular attention to occupational health, workers' compensation insurance, and healthcare labor markets. PhD in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin (2013) Prior affiliations: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health Dr. Dillender's recent work investigates gender disparities in medical evaluations and policy impacts on healthcare markets . He has also studied the effects of air pollution on workplace safety , computerization on employment , and public health funding efficacy . His research appears in journals such as the Journal of Health Economics and Journal of Public Economics. Office hours: Tuesdays, 3-5pm at Vanderbilt University.

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Han YeView profile

Assistant Professor

University of MannheimGermany

Prof. Han Ye is an Assistant Professor of Applied Public Economics at the University of Mannheim's Department of Economics since 2018. She holds affiliations with IZA, ZEW, Netspar, and the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center TR 224. Her research focuses on labor economics, public policy, and the economics of aging, particularly examining pension reforms, retirement policies, and their impacts on labor supply, savings, health, and family dynamics. Education: Ph.D. in Economics (Boston University, 2018). Affiliations: IZA Research Fellow, ZEW Research Associate, Netspar Fellow, CRC TR 224 Member. Current Visiting Position: ETH Zurich (2024/2025 academic year). Research Interests: Her work analyzes how pension policies affect retirement timing, unemployment insurance utilization, household savings, mortality, and intergenerational effects such as child outcomes. Recent projects include studying spillover effects of pensions on family labor supply and the relationship between delayed retirement and health outcomes. Key Contributions: Her research highlights behavioral responses to pension subsidies (e.g., retirement timing adjustments), mortality consequences of delayed retirement, and gender disparities in pension awareness. She has also examined how social pensions correlate with intimate partner violence among older women in Mexico. Awards: Program Chair Award at 2024 ASHEcon. Grants: 2024 Netspar Comparative Grant, Inter-American Development Bank GD Lab Grant.

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Mieke KoehoornView profile

Professor

University of British ColumbiaCanada

Mieke Koehoorn serves as Vice Dean, Academic Affairs, and Professor at the School of Population & Public Health within the University of British Columbia . Her academic oversight includes strategic planning, faculty development, and maintaining academic standards. She has held leadership roles such as UBC Vancouver Senator and Head of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Health. Research Interests : Dr. Koehoorn focuses on occupational health, gendered work environments, work disability, and data linkage for epidemiological studies. Her work addresses disparities in workers’ compensation, safety protocols, and health equity in digital health interventions. Article Trends : Recent publications emphasize work disability duration , gender and immigrant disparities , digital STI testing systems , and occupational hazard exposure , reflecting interdisciplinary approaches combining epidemiology, policy analysis, and social determinants of health. Awards : Canadian Institutes for Health Research Chair in Gender, Work and Health Michael Smith Health Research Scholar Award Senior Scholar Awards Administrative Contributions : She has served as Associate Director of Faculty Affairs and Research for the School of Population & Public Health and co-led the Partnership for Work, Health and Safety with WorkSafeBC.

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Leora FriedbergView profile

Associate Professor

University of VirginiaUnited States

Leora Friedberg is an Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Virginia's Department of Economics. She has been on faculty since 2000 and is affiliated with the Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center, the Retirement Income Institute, and the TIAA Institute. Education: PhD in Economics, MIT; BA in Economics, Johns Hopkins University. Her research spans Public Economics, Labor Economics, and Retirement Planning, with a focus on Social Security, annuities, housing wealth in retirement, long-term care insurance, and Medicaid. She also explores policy impacts on same-sex marriage, employment screening tools, and household bargaining dynamics. Recent publications highlight trends in retirement behavior, tax policy effects on same-sex couples, and financial risks in long-term care. Her work frequently intersects with public policy and behavioral economics, funded by NIH and SSA. Scientific Awards: None explicitly mentioned. Advising: No formal students listed. Grants: National Institutes of Health, U.S. Social Security Administration.

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Fabien Postel-VinayView profile

Professor

University College LondonUnited Kingdom

Fabien Postel-Vinay is a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, University College London (UCL), and concurrently serves as Research Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). His research focuses on labor market dynamics, unemployment, wage determination, and the interplay between economic policies and labor markets. He holds dual affiliations with UCL and IFS, contributing to both academic research and policy analysis. Postel-Vinay’s work emphasizes understanding labor mobility, wage posting mechanisms, and the impact of business cycles on employment. His recent studies address post-pandemic job opportunities, mental health effects on labor trajectories, and structural labor market analysis. He has extensively published on topics such as public versus private sector wage gaps, temporary employment dynamics, and employer-employee matching processes. His research often combines theoretical models with empirical data, focusing on macroeconomic implications of labor market policies. Key themes include the role of age in policy design during crises, the cyclical job ladder dynamics, and the measurement of employer-to-employer reallocation. Despite his prolific output, no scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. Postel-Vinay collaborates with institutions like IFS to inform policy through studies on labor market responses to economic shocks, such as the pandemic’s impact on employment structures. His work bridges theoretical microeconomics with applied policy analysis, addressing both academic and societal challenges in labor economics.

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Michael DworskyView profile

Professor

Pardee RAND Graduate SchoolUnited States

Michael Dworsky is a Senior Economist and Professor of Policy Analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. He specializes in health economics, labor economics, and public finance, with a focus on workers' compensation, health insurance, disability, and healthcare utilization. His work applies quasi-experimental methods to large administrative datasets, particularly in California's workers' compensation system. He leads studies on topics such as racial disparities in injury economic consequences, minimum wage impacts on employer-sponsored insurance, and Affordable Care Act effects on healthcare use. His research includes evaluations of Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) models, tradeoffs in insurance pricing using consumer data, and alternatives to workers' compensation mental health care for first responders. He has published in journals like the American Economic Review and Health Affairs. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University and is affiliated with the RAND Corporation, contributing to policy-relevant studies on healthcare, insurance, and labor markets. Recent projects include a NIOSH-funded study on injury disparities, analysis of hospital indemnity insurance for Medicare beneficiaries, and studies on nurse practitioner-led primary care under Medicaid pay parity. His work often addresses systemic challenges in healthcare access, cost management, and policy design.

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Stephanie RennaneView profile

Professor

Pardee RAND Graduate SchoolUnited States

Stephanie Rennane is a Senior Economist at RAND and Professor of Policy Analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. Her work bridges labor and health economics with a focus on disability policy, social insurance, and military compensation. She leads major research initiatives funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) and contributes to critical policy evaluations for the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Her research interests center on the economic and social impacts of disability programs, including Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), workers’ compensation, and Medicaid. She specializes in analyzing how these programs affect vulnerable populations, particularly children with special health care needs, low-SES families, and military personnel. Her work explores disparities in caregiver burden, insurance coverage, and access to workplace accommodations. The trends in her recent publications reveal a consistent focus on health and labor policy, with increasing attention to military compensation, food insecurity in military families, and systemic reform in disability evaluation. Her research combines rigorous econometric analysis with policy-relevant insights, often using administrative and survey data to assess program effectiveness and equity. Scientific Awards: None listed in the provided text. As a principal investigator on multiple NIMHD and DoD-related grants, Rennane plays a leading role in advising on public policy. Her research has informed congressional inquiries and federal program evaluations. She has not disclosed any formal students or advisees in the material provided. She is involved in research teams at RAND focused on disability policy, military health, and social safety nets. Her work often involves collaboration with interdisciplinary teams analyzing large-scale datasets and evaluating the cost and impact of public programs.

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Sebastian SeitzView profile

Lecturer

The University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom

Sebastian Seitz is Lecturer in Economics at the University of Manchester, focusing on labor economics and public finance. His research examines wage structures, social capital impacts, and policy evaluation using empirical methodologies. Research investigates pay transparency effects on gender wage gaps, social capital's role in pandemic spread, and mental health impacts of COVID-19 policies. Recent studies analyze childcare challenges during remote work transitions and disability insurance privatization. Publications demonstrate strong empirical focus on labor market inequalities and policy impacts. Methodological approaches include event studies, dispersion measures, and cross-country comparative analysis. Current projects explore workplace norms evolution and economic behavior during crises.

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Sean ArayasirikulView profile

Associate Professor

University of California, IrvineUnited States

Dr. Sean Arayasirikul (they/them) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health, Society, and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Program in Public Health. They serve as Associate Director of the UCI-affiliated University of California Global Health Initiative Center for Gender and Health Justice and hold leadership roles in the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Program. Doctorate in Sociology, University of California, San Francisco B.A. in Asian American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles Their research examines health inequities among sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) communities through community-engaged methodologies, with a focus on: Health disparities among trans women, BIPOC, and intersectionally marginalized groups Digital health interventions and implementation science Participatory surveillance approaches for health justice Recent publications emphasize digital HIV care navigation tools, structural barriers to STI/HIV prevention, and intersectional analyses of mental health risks. They have secured grants for structural racism studies and developed homegrown interventions within the House and Ballroom community. Scientific Awards Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Fellow (2021-2024) Inter-CFAR Implementation Science Fellow (2020-2021) AMA Minority Fellow (Cohort 38) NIAAA T32 Pre-Doctoral Fellow NIH Loan Repayment Program Awardee (2018-2021, 2022-2023) Dr. Arayasirikul's applied experience includes public health work with HIV-positive youth, STI testing programs, and federal-level health literacy initiatives. They advocate for data democratization and community-driven solutions to address systemic inequities.

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Jonathan ZiveyiView profile

Associate Professor

University of New South WalesAustralia

Associate Professor Jonathan Ziveyi is an academic at the UNSW Business School , where he serves as an Associate Head in the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies . He holds a PhD in Quantitative Finance from the University of Technology Sydney and has published extensively in journals like Insurance: Mathematics and Economics and Quantitative Finance . Education PhD in Finance, University of Technology Sydney Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching, UNSW Sydney BSc (Hons) in Applied Mathematics, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe His research focuses on longevity risk management , valuation of guarantees in variable annuities , and option pricing under stochastic volatility . Recent work includes pooled annuity smoothing, hybrid insurance-product designs, and mortality forecasting with stacked regression ensembles. His publications span affine mortality models , regime-switching frameworks , and machine learning applications in actuarial contexts. Key topics include guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits, longevity bonds, and tax implications in insurance contracts. Grants & Awards Australian Research Council Grant (2021–2023, AUD386,139) Society of Actuaries Grant (2017–2020, US$248,278) Multiple UNSW Business School linkage and research grants Vice Chancellor’s Prize for First-Class Degree (2005) International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (2007) He supervises PhD students including Samuel Thirurajah , Gayani Thalagoda , and Yawei Wang . His teaching includes courses on Asset-Liability Models and Financial Economics for Insurance .

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Ngee Choon ChiaView profile

Associate Professor

National University of SingaporeSingapore

Ngee Choon Chia is an Associate Professor of Economics at the National University of Singapore's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, with additional roles as Deputy Head (Teaching) and Co-Director of the Next Age Institute. Her research focuses on public finance, health economics, and aging population challenges. Chia specializes in retirement adequacy, long-term care financing, and pension policy analysis, particularly within Singapore's Central Provident Fund system. Her work examines intergenerational fiscal impacts, disability projections, and healthcare cost forecasting for aging societies. Methodologically, she employs actuarial models, stochastic health forecasting, and generational accounting frameworks. Key research contributions include analyses of Singapore's ElderShield and CareShield Life insurance schemes, examinations of housing-pension policy interactions, and projections of healthcare burdens in aging populations. She has developed innovative approaches to model healthcare demand using stochastic health state functions and Lee-Carter mortality models.

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