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Michael Gerfinمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Health Economics
• Labor Economics
• Public Policy
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Michael Gerfin is a Professor of Public Economics at the University of Bern, affiliated with the Center for Regional Economic Development (CRED). His research focuses on health economics, labor economics, and tax-benefit models. He holds an office at A315 and can be reached via email. His work examines topics such as healthcare demand, physician incentives, and policy design, with recent contributions analyzing drug pricing, pandemic response strategies, and educational interventions in developing countries. Key themes in his publications include understanding how financial mechanisms influence provider behavior and designing effective social policies. Gerfin's research spans empirical studies on healthcare utilization, wage dynamics, and household decision-making. His analysis often integrates microsimulation techniques to evaluate policy impacts, such as in-work benefits and active labor market policies. Collaborations with Swiss statistical agencies highlight his engagement with real-world data, such as studies on adverse healthcare events and nursing staff ratios. His work bridges theoretical economic models with practical policy applications, emphasizing evidence-based solutions for public welfare challenges. Labs/Teams: Core member of the Center for Regional Economic Development (CRED), contributing to interdisciplinary projects on regional economic trends and public policy evaluation.

Antonio Felix De Amores Hernándezمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Input-Output Analysis
• Economic Modeling
• Distributional Analysis
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Antonio Felix De Amores Hernández serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Quantitative Methods and Economic History at Pablo de Olavide University, Spain. His research integrates advanced quantitative methodologies with policy analysis for European economic institutions, particularly the European Commission's Joint Research Centre and EUROMOD project. Education: Doctorate from Pablo de Olavide University (2011) with thesis "Essays in efficiency and stochastic input-output analysis" supervised by Dr. Thijs ten Raa and Dr. José Manuel Rueda-Cantuche Research Interests: De Amores Hernández specializes in Input-Output Analysis and Distributional Economics , with expertise in stochastic modeling, fiscal policy evaluation, and environmental-economic linkages. His work bridges theoretical econometrics with real-world policy applications, focusing on household welfare impacts across the European Union. Publication Trends: Recent work (2022-2025) reveals concentrated focus on inflation dynamics, energy price policies, and carbon taxation distributional effects. His input-output methodology innovations support EU policy frameworks like EUROMOD, while empirical studies on VAT cuts, price comparison tools, and Romania's cost-of-living response demonstrate applied microsimulation expertise. Scientific Awards: No scientific awards documented in source materials Advising & Grants: Actively involved in Pablo de Olavide's Doctoral Program in Economic Analysis and Business Management. Source materials indicate EU-funded research collaboration through the Joint Research Centre but omit specific grant details or student supervision records. Research Infrastructure: Core member of the "Quantitative Methods in Business and Economics" research group, contributing to EU-wide databases including input-output tables and environmental accounts for policy modeling.

Ashwin Kumarمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Income analysis
• Poverty measurement
• Labour market economics
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Ashwin Kumar is Professor of Social Policy at Manchester Metropolitan University's Policy Evaluation Research Unit (PERU), working part-time while simultaneously serving as Director of Research and Policy at the Institute for Public Policy Research. An economist with over 20 years of social policy expertise, his work focuses on incomes, poverty, and labour market analysis through microsimulation modelling. He maintains the IPPR Tax-Benefit Model used by major UK research organizations and leads projects including economic evaluations of basic income in Scotland and the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter. His research informs policy debates around work incentives, housing costs, and child poverty targets. Dr. Kumar teaches in the Master of Public Administration program, focusing on public service economics, governance, and performance management.

• Public Economics
• Political Economy
• Labor Economics
• +۱ مورد دیگر

Emanuel Hansen is an Associate Professor of Economics at LMU Munich, holding the Chair of Public Economics. He serves as Research Director and Program Director at the Center for Economic Studies (CES) and is a Principal Investigator of the CRC TRR 190 "Rationality & Competition". His research appears in leading journals including Econometrica and the American Economic Journal. Hansen's research spans public economics, political economy, labor economics, and economic theory. He investigates tax policy (particularly Earned Income Tax Credits), welfare program design, political competition mechanisms, and multi-margin labor supply responses. His work combines theoretical modeling with empirical analysis to evaluate Pareto-improving reforms and policy interactions in social security systems. Recent publications reveal strong emphasis on German and French tax-transfer systems, with growing focus on gender inequality dynamics and family policy impacts. His political economy work explores endogenous party formation and optimal power concentration. This research directly informs welfare reform design, particularly regarding transfer withdrawal rates and work incentive structures across European contexts. As Research Director of CES, Hansen leads interdisciplinary teams within LMU's economic research ecosystem. The CRC TRR 190 collaboration under the German Research Foundation provides infrastructure for his ongoing work on rationality frameworks and competitive market analysis.

Amílcar Moreiraمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Comparative Social Policy
• Ageing and Pensions
• Welfare-to-Work Policies
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Amílcar Moreira serves as an Assistant Professor at the Lisbon School of Economics & Management (ISEG), University of Lisbon, where he teaches quantitative methods and sociology. He concurrently holds research roles as a Board Member of SOCIUS (Research Centre in Economic and Organizational Sociology) and contributor to EUROMOD-Portugal. Previously, he held academic appointments at Trinity College Dublin and OsloMet. His educational background includes a PhD in Social and Policy Sciences (specializing in Social Policy) from the University of Bath (2006), a Master in Economic Sociology from ISEG (2000), and a BA in Social Sciences from Universidade da Beira Interior (1998). Moreira's research centers on comparative social policy frameworks, demographic ageing impacts on pension systems, welfare-to-work policy design, and microsimulation modeling. His work examines political economy dynamics in social policy development, with particular focus on Southern European welfare states. Recent investigations analyze crisis responses to the Great Recession, COVID-19 pandemic, and inflationary pressures through rigorous policy evaluation frameworks. His publication record demonstrates consistent engagement with evolving social policy challenges, particularly the inflation-social policy nexus, gendered pension disparities, and cross-national care responsibility impacts. Methodologically, he specializes in dynamic microsimulation techniques through the EUROMOD platform to model policy effects on income distribution and poverty. Moreira actively supervises Master's students at ISEG, guiding research on topics including robot taxation impacts, public sector employee wellbeing, gendered work-life balance, multicultural leadership, and child poverty interventions. He contributes to SOCIUS research initiatives and EUROMOD-Portugal's national policy analysis, supporting evidence-based social security reforms through advanced modeling of demographic and economic trends.

• public finance
• behavioral economics
• public goods provision
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Enrico Longo is a Research Fellow (PostDoc) at the Department of Economics, University of Hamburg's Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences since November 2022. He holds a PhD in Economics from Ca'Foscari University of Venice (2022) and completed an 8-month visiting period at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien during his doctoral studies. Academic Affiliation: University of Hamburg Education: PhD Economics (Ca'Foscari University of Venice) His research spans public finance, behavioral economics, and experimental game theory, focusing on: Public goods provision mechanisms Wealth inequality and fairness perception Policy evaluation through microsimulation Distributive justice in collective action Recent work analyzes pro-rich policy biases, tax-benefit reform impacts, and fairness dynamics in public goods experiments. Contact: enrico.longo@uni-hamburg.de

Kwabena Adu-Ababioمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Economics
• Tax Administration
• Social Assistance
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Kwabena Adu-Ababio is a grant-funded researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, specializing in economics. His work focuses on tax administration, social protection, and economic resilience in developing economies, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Research Areas: Tax gaps, microsimulation modeling, climate shocks, policy evaluation. Collaborations: Recent partnerships with UNU-WIDER, South African researchers, and teams in Zambia. His research integrates data-driven methodologies with policy analysis to address poverty, inequality, and fiscal governance challenges. Key outputs include software tools for tax gap estimation and microsimulation models for Ghana and Zambia. Notable trends in his publications involve examining the intersection of tax policy, social assistance, and crisis response, with co-authored works on VAT interventions and benefit systems during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Carlos Farinha Rodriguesمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Income Distribution
• Inequality
• Poverty
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Carlos Farinha Rodrigues is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management (ISEG/UL) and a senior researcher at CEMAPRE. He serves as Vice-President of the Institute of Public Policy Thomas Jefferson – Correia da Serra and acts as a consultant for Statistics Portugal (INE) . From 2013 to 2023, he coordinated the Master’s Program in Economy and Public Policies at ISEG/UL and contributed to the National Anti-Poverty Strategy for Portugal (2019–2021). He also leads the Portuguese component of EUROMOD , a tax-benefit microsimulation model for the EU. PhD in Economics (2005), ISEG/UL MSc in Economics (1988), ISEG/UL BSc in Economics (1984), ISEG/UL His research focuses on income distribution, inequality, poverty, and the redistributive efficacy of social policies , with a particular emphasis on tax-benefit systems and microsimulation modeling . He has collaborated with the OECD and Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos , producing influential works like "Income Inequality and Poverty in Portugal" (2013) and "The Legacy of Manuela Silva" (2022). His recent articles and book chapters highlight energy poverty , regional inequality , and policy design for social inclusion , reflecting his commitment to applied economics and public policy. Carlos actively mentors Master’s students , including notable theses on topics like "Minimum Income Policies" and "Poverty and Social Exclusion" . He contributes to technical reports for institutions like the OECD and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian , ensuring his research informs national and international policy frameworks.

Mike Brewerمشاهده پروفایل

استاد مهمان

• Income Inequality
• Wealth Inequality
• Labor Market Policies
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Mike Brewer is Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Economist at the Resolution Foundation and a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics. Between 2011–2020, he held a Professor of Economics position at the University of Essex. His career also includes roles at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and HM Treasury, demonstrating his deep engagement with public policy and economic analysis. Education: PhD in Economics from the University of Essex Research Interests: Focuses on income and wealth inequality, labor market dynamics, tax-benefit systems, and microsimulation modeling. His work evaluates policy impacts on marginalized groups, with recent publications analyzing disability benefit reforms, fiscal sustainability, and household support mechanisms. His 2019 book What Do We Know And What Should We Do About Inequality? underscores his commitment to bridging academic research and practical policy solutions. Articles Trends: Recent work emphasizes welfare system reform and fiscal policy trade-offs, particularly around disability benefits and Universal Credit adjustments. His analysis highlights acute income disparities among low-to-middle households and disabled populations, warning of potential shocks from proposed cuts. Scientific Awards: None explicitly mentioned in the provided texts. Advising & Grants: Advised on major policy initiatives like the Pathways to Work Green Paper and contributed to the Economy 2030 Inquiry. His research has received support from institutions including JPMorgan Chase (Unsung Britain project). Grants and funding details are not elaborated in the text. Labs/Teams: Associated with Resolution Foundation’s research teams and the LSE Department of Social Policy. Collaborates closely with economists like Alex Clegg, Tom Clark, and Louise Murphy on fiscal and welfare policy analyses.

Graham Starkمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Microsimulation
• Public Policy
• Tax-Benefit Systems
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Graham Stark is a Senior Research Fellow at Northumbria University within the Social Work, Education & Community Wellbeing school. His research focuses on economic analysis, microsimulation, and public policy, particularly examining the health case for basic income and developing the TriplePC (Public Policy Preference Calculator) to assess welfare scheme impacts. He is the creator of TAXBEN—the UK government's leading tax-benefit microsimulation model—and founder of the consultancy Virtual Worlds. His academic qualifications include: PhD in Economics (by Publication), Northumbria University (awarded July 2024) MSc in Economics, University of York (1982) MA (Hons) in Economics, University of Aberdeen (1980) Stark's research spans four interconnected themes: means testing methodologies, distributional impacts of tax-welfare reforms, microsimulation model development, and austerity-era poverty interventions. His work leverages big data analysis to evaluate policy impacts across the UK, US, Africa, and Europe, with particular emphasis on income inequality, social care costs, and health-economic linkages. Recent projects examine universal basic income pilots and pandemic policy responses. His publication trends reveal consistent methodological innovation in microsimulation applied to evolving policy challenges—from 1980s tax reforms to contemporary basic income analysis. Recent 2025 articles address climate policy framing, UK 'red wall' voting behavior, and longitudinal health-income relationships, demonstrating interdisciplinary reach across economics, political science, and public health. No scientific awards are documented in the provided materials. Stark actively supervises PhD students and has secured over £500,000 in research funding from Scottish/Welsh governments, the United Nations, and third-sector bodies. His consultancy Virtual Worlds and IFS tenure generated policy-impacting reports for DSS/DWP and rapid budget analysis for media outlets. Major funders: Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly, United Nations Key projects: Basic income pilots, long-term care funding models, child poverty forecasting He leads the TriplePC development team at Northumbria and previously directed Virtual Worlds—a specialized microsimulation consultancy. His work integrates academic research with real-world policy design, notably through collaborations with Action for Children, Common Sense Policy Group, and UBI Lab Network.

Max Löfflerمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Public Economics
• Urban Economics
• Taxation
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Max Löffler is an Assistant Professor at Maastricht University's Department of Microeconomics and Public Economics within the School of Business and Economics. He holds dual affiliations with Maastricht University and the University of Cologne, where he participates in the ERC HIPPO project. His academic network includes CESifo, ECONtribute, IZA, and ZEW research institutions. His research focuses on public and urban economics, particularly taxation effects, inequality dynamics, housing markets, and climate change economics. Löffler employs advanced econometric methods to analyze fiscal policies, labor supply responses, and the socioeconomic impacts of events like natural disasters. His work bridges theoretical economics with practical policy applications, often involving large-scale microdata analysis. His publication record shows strong emphasis on tax policy (corporate, property, local), inequality measurement, and climate vulnerability. Recent work demonstrates increasing focus on housing markets and climate economics, while maintaining core expertise in fiscal policy analysis. Key methodological approaches include quasi-experimental designs, structural modeling, and microsimulation techniques. Veni grant 'Housing Markets and Inequality' (NWO) Dutch Ministry Starter Grant (2025) University Teaching Qualification (BKO, 2024) ERC Starting Grant HIPPO project member Junior Start-Up Grant 'Housing Booms and Segregation' Löffler actively supervises PhD students as co-promoter and oversees numerous bachelor/master theses annually. His research is supported by multiple competitive grants including NWO Veni and Dutch Ministry funding. He contributes to policy consulting through ZEW and IZA, with reports available via Maastricht University's research portal. Current projects examine housing inequality, climate vulnerability, and fiscal consolidation effects. He leads research teams within the Department of Microeconomics and Public Economics and collaborates extensively with German research institutions. The Veni-funded project on housing markets represents his primary current research thrust, while ongoing work with the HIPPO team explores broader urban economic dynamics.

• Public Economics
• Taxation and Redistribution
• Income Inequality
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Andreas Peichl is Director of the ifo Center for Macroeconomics and Surveys and Professor of Macroeconomics and Public Finance at the Faculty of Economics, University of Munich. Previously, he served as Head of the Research Group 'International Distribution and Redistribution' at ZEW Mannheim and as Professor of Empirical Public Economics at the University of Mannheim. His academic career includes positions as Senior Research Associate at IZA Bonn and PhD studies at the University of Cologne's Center for Public Economics. Peichl's research spans multiple domains of public economics with particular emphasis on taxation, income distribution, and inequality. His work combines theoretical frameworks with empirical analysis, often employing microsimulation models to evaluate policy impacts. He has made significant contributions to understanding tax incidence, labor supply responses, and the design of optimal tax-benefit systems. His recent work explores behavioral aspects of economic decision-making, including how linguistic framing influences attitudes toward debt and borrowing. Analysis of Peichl's recent publications reveals a strong focus on contemporary economic challenges including income inequality, tax reform, social transfer systems, and the economic impacts of the pandemic. His work consistently bridges academic research with policy relevance, providing evidence-based insights for policymakers. The interdisciplinary nature of his research connects public finance with labor economics, behavioral economics, and macroeconomics, demonstrating how these fields intersect in addressing real-world economic problems. Peichl leads the ifo Center for Macroeconomics and Surveys, directing research on macroeconomic policy, public finance, and social security systems. His team conducts rigorous empirical analyses using microsimulation models to evaluate the distributional and fiscal effects of policy reforms. The center serves as a hub for collaborative research involving economists from across Europe and maintains strong connections with policy institutions.

Susan Stratton Sayreمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Environmental Economics
• Resource Economics
• Climate Policy
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Susan Stratton Sayre is an Associate Professor of Economics at Smith College and Co-Director of the Environmental Concentration program. Her work bridges economic theory with environmental policy, focusing on water and climate policy through numerical simulation and dynamic optimization techniques. Contact: ssayre@smith.edu Office: Pierce Hall 209, Smith College Office Hours (Spring 2025): Tuesdays 9–10 a.m., Wednesdays 3:30–4:30 p.m. Sayre’s research explores critical environmental challenges, including: Climate change downside risks in California agriculture Groundwater management and well deepening economics in India Optimal payments for hydrological ecosystem services under improved information Negotiation dynamics in water policy under uncertainty Carbon pricing frameworks for higher education institutions She actively contributes to interdisciplinary programs at Smith, including the Environmental Science & Policy major and the Climate Change Concentration , where she teaches courses on environmental economics, mathematical modeling, and science communication. Selected Research Trends: Her publications highlight a focus on computational modeling for environmental policy, with recurring themes in water governance, climate risk mitigation, and the intersection of economic incentives with ecological sustainability. Methodologies include dynamic optimization, spatial microsimulation, and stakeholder negotiation frameworks.

Tim Higginsمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Income Contingent Loan Theory
• Panel Data Econometrics
• Microsimulation Modelling
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Associate Professor Tim Higgins serves as Associate Dean (Research) at the College of Business and Economics , Australian National University. He holds his academic position in the Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies & Statistics with a focus on actuarial studies. Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia ORCID Profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2936-257X Contact: tim.higgins@anu.edu.au Tim's research spans multiple domains including: Income Contingent Loan Theory with applications to education, parental leave, and training Panel Data Econometrics for financial and demographic analysis Microsimulation Modelling of policy impacts Superannuation Policy and retirement income frameworks Stochastic Earnings Dynamics for long-term financial planning Demographic Modelling of workforce patterns His 15 most recent publications (2014-2024) focus on income contingent loan structures, financial policy, and econometric analyses across education, social policy, and agricultural economics. Key journals include Economics of Education Review , PLoS ONE , and Risk Management and Insurance Review . Scientific awards include: ANU Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Public Policy and Outreach (2014) ANU Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (2005) Tim has received research funding through: Australian Research Council Linkage Projects (multiple) Academies Linkage Grant (Academy of Social Sciences of Australia) His research teams have developed: Innovative evolutionary kernel-based subset time-series models Bootstrap methods for investment approach improvements Comprehensive frameworks for household electrification financing

Laura Abramovskyمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Tax policy
• Development economics
• Public finance
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dr. Laura Abramovsky is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), focusing on policy analysis in low- and middle-income countries . Her work bridges public finance and development economics , with particular emphasis on tax policy , sanitation interventions , and social inclusion programs . Her research highlights include: Designing equitable VAT and wealth taxation systems Evaluating WASH (water, sanitation, hygiene) initiatives in Nigeria Advancing tax-benefit microsimulation models for gender and income inequality analysis Key findings from her publications reveal: Tax systems in developing countries often fail pro-poor targeting Complementarities between sanitation and nutrition in child health outcomes Geographic proximity between firms and universities enhances knowledge transfer