Yasemin Karamik

Yasemin Karamik serves as a Researcher in ZEW’s Research Group 'Health Care Markets and Health Policy' and as an Advisor to the President of ZEW (Professor Achim Wambach). She is concurrently a doctoral student at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) since January 2023. Her primary affiliations include ZEW’s Strategic Planning Unit and the Health Care Markets research group.

Education:

• Bachelor’s in International Economics and East Asian Studies (University of Tübingen and Tongji University, Shanghai)
• Master’s in Economics (University of Mannheim), with a thesis analyzing the impact of air pollution on crime in Germany.

Research focuses on health care markets, environmental economics, and the intersection of pollution and socio-economic phenomena like crime. She also engages with international economics through her cross-cultural academic background.

Notable recognitions include the Best Paper Award (2022) and participation in the Augustin Cournot Doctoral Days (University of Strasbourg, France).

Advisory role involves strategic planning at ZEW, complementing her doctoral research. No specific grants are mentioned, but her work aligns with ZEW’s economic research initiatives.

Her involvement in the Health Care Markets group positions her at the forefront of policy-relevant economic research.