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Viola Angelini is a Full Professor and holder of the Aletta Jacobs Chair in the Economics of Household Behaviour at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Economics and Business. She also serves as Research Director in the Department of Economics, Econometrics & Finance. Her research spans Health Economics, Applied Microeconometrics, and the socioeconomic determinants of household decisions across the life cycle. Angelini is affiliated with the Value, Affordability and Sustainability (VALUE) group in the Faculty of Medical Sciences/UMCG, and holds research fellowships with IZA, CeRP, HEDG, GLO, and NIDI. She actively participates in interdisciplinary projects, such as the Lifelines COVID-19 Cohort Study and the multinational ENTWINE-iCohort Study on informal care.
Education: She earned a PhD in Economics (2008) from the University of York and University of Padua, with a thesis on life-cycle frameworks. Her MSc in Statistics and Economics (summa cum laude, 2002) is also from the University of Padua.
Research Interests: Angelini focuses on how early-life economic conditions influence late-life health outcomes, intergenerational transfers, and household savings behaviors. She employs advanced econometric techniques to analyze large datasets like SHARE, CHARLS, and Lifelines. Recent work explores cross-border health disparities in the EU, the mental health impacts of parental unemployment, and the socioeconomic determinants of diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
Professional Awards: She has won the Lecturer of the Year Award twice (2013 and 2015) at the University of Groningen, reflecting her excellence in teaching. Her advisory roles include membership in the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy (2020–2025) and the Supervisory Board of ODISSEI (2022–present).
Grants & Supervision: Angelini leads interdisciplinary grants such as the 2022 'Smoking during pregnancy' project (€290k) and the 2022 cross-border health comparison initiative (€250k WP leader). She supervises 13 PhD students, including 6 completed theses (e.g., Ya Gao, Jiyuan Wang). Her grants also support externally funded doctoral research, with past projects on unilateral divorce laws (€50k) and economic downturns’ effects on health (€10k).
Labs/Teams: She contributes to the Ageing and Health Incentives Lab at the London School of Economics (2021–present) and collaborates with the Lifelines Cohort Study. Her work integrates medical and economic perspectives through affiliations with VALUE and the Faculty of Medical Sciences.
