Matthew Robson

Dr. Matthew Robson is a Researcher in the Department of Health Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam. His work spans health economics, welfare economics, and poverty studies with a focus on inequality measurement and policy evaluation.

His research interests prominently feature health inequality aversion, multidimensional poverty analysis, and social welfare function calibration. Key contributions include developing frameworks for measuring income-caused health inequality and evaluating cash transfer impacts on refugee poverty. His fingerprint reveals deep engagement with causality analysis, distributional effects, and developing country applications.

Analysis of his publication trends shows consistent focus on methodological innovation in health inequality measurement (64 Scopus citations for 2017 England study) and policy-relevant poverty analysis (notably Turkey refugee cash transfers). His work bridges theoretical welfare economics with empirical development applications, frequently employing regression discontinuity designs and multidimensional poverty indices.

His research has gained significant traction with 1 clinical guideline reference, blog mentions, and substantial social media engagement (32 X posts, 2 Facebook pages). Notable impact includes policy citations for health inequality aversion studies and real-world applications in refugee support systems.