Daniel I. Rees

Daniel I. Rees is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and a Research Associate at ZEW's Labour Markets and Social Insurance unit. He also serves as an IZA Research Fellow and holds editorial roles at the American Journal of Health Economics and European Economic Review.

• B.A. from Oberlin College (1986)
• M.S. from University of Wisconsin-Madison (1988)
• Ph.D. from Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (1992)

His research spans public health economics, social policy, and health disparities, focusing on historical mortality transitions, health consequences of social policies, and behavioral health economics. Recent work examines hospital desegregation impacts, smoking effects, and 20th-century health campaigns.

Publications show expertise in health policy evaluation, economic history, and conflict health impacts, with empirical studies on topics ranging from water purification's role in reducing racial mortality gaps to occupational licensing effects on maternal health. His work appears in top journals like American Economic Journal: Applied Economics and Journal of Political Economy.

Scientific Distinctions
• IZA Research Fellow
• Coeditor, American Journal of Health Economics
• Associate Editor, European Economic Review

He teaches The Economics of Health Behaviors (graduate) and Global Health (undergraduate) courses, integrating his research on adolescent risk behaviors and prenatal stress effects.