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Health Macroeconomics
Studying the macroeconomic consequences of health shocks, insurance design, and medical spending for portfolio choice, inequality, and fiscal sustainability.
Research focus
The macroeconomics of health and insurance
Studying the macroeconomic consequences of health shocks, insurance design, and medical spending for portfolio choice, inequality, and fiscal sustainability.
The lab connects health economics and macroeconomics by modelling health status, medical spending, insurance design, and precautionary saving within lifecycle frameworks. This helps explain how health shocks shape portfolio choice and wealth accumulation.
The research also examines how public and private insurance arrangements affect economic security, inequality, and long-run fiscal pressures associated with ageing populations and rising medical expenditure.
Key question
How do health shocks and health uncertainty affect household portfolio choice, precautionary savings, and wealth inequality?
Key question
What is the optimal design of public health insurance in a lifecycle model with heterogeneous agents?
Key question
How does rising health expenditure in an ageing population affect fiscal sustainability and intergenerational redistribution?
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Social Health Insurance: A Quantitative Exploration
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