Joan Costa-Font’s Vita December 2017

CURRICULUM VITAE JOAN COSTA-FONT

Associate Professor (Reader) in Political Economy Room OLD.1.16 (Old Building) Department of Health Policy London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE, London, England, UK. Phone: (+44) (0)2079556484 j.costa-font@lse.ac.uk Twitter: @JoanCostaiFont https://joancostaifont.org/ PERSONAL Born: Barcelona, September 20th 1974 Citizenship: Dual British and Spanish Civil Status: Married with two children ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2012- 2013 Harkness Fellow

Harvard University Boston, MA, US

2016- Associate, International Inequalities Inst. London School of Economics (LSE)

London, UK

2011-2016 Associate CEP-Wellbeing London School of Economics (LSE)

London UK

2007-2013 Reader (2012), Senior Lecturer (tenured, 2010), Lecturer, Senior Research Fellow (2007-8), London School of Economics (LSE)

London, UK

2007- Associate, LSE Health London School of Economics (LSE)

London, UK

2005-2009 Director of the Centre for Economics & Social Policies (CAEPS) University of Barcelona (UB)

Barcelona, Spain

2002-2010 Associate Professor (on leave 2007-11) of Applied Economics (Promoted to Full Professor in 2010) University of Barcelona (UB)

Barcelona, Spain

2001-2003 Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Research Fellow London School of Economics (LSE)

London, UK

1998-2001 Teaching Fellow in Economics University of Barcelona (UB)

Barcelona, Spain

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EXTERNAL POSITIONS

2017 - present IZA Research Fellow Bonn, Germany 2008- present CESIfo Research Fellow Munich, Germany 2006, 2010 Consultant, The World Bank Washington DC 2016 Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank

(BID) Washington DC

HONOURS AND AWARDS

2012 Harkness - Commonwealth Fund Fellowship, Commonwealth Fund

New York

2017- Member of the Arrow Award Committee, International Health Economic Association (IHEA)

Toronto, Canada

2000 Brian Abel Smith Best MSc Student Prize, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics

London

2014-2016 Board member of the Research Panel National Institute for Health Research

London

2011- 14 Co-Editor, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

AAEA, US

2012-16 Associate Editor, Social Policy and Administration

Blackwell, UK

2006 Outstanding Paper published in the International Journal of Social Economics

Emerald UK

2003, 2011 Recurrent Recipient Bayer Health Economics Award, Health Economics Association (AES)

Barcelona

2015- Member of the Multidisciplinary Scientific Committee of the Brocher Foundation

Geneva

2008-12 Member of the Scientific Committee Atomium Culture for Economics

Brussels

2013-5 Faculty Member of the School Research Degrees Sub-Committee, London School of Economics (LSE)

London, UK

2017 Top 10% Health Economics, and Microeconomic-European Issues author, REPec

Connecticut, US

2018 Top 10% author in Downloads in Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

US

VISITING POSITIONS

2018 University Paris Dauphine Paris, France 2017-8 Catholic University – Rome Campus Milan, Italy 2017 Research Visitor, IZA Bonn Bonn, Germany 2016 Visiting Fellow, UCL Economics London, UK 2015 Visiting Fellow, IFN Stockholm, Sweden 2013 Visiting Fellow, IAE - CSIC- UAB Barcelona, Spain 2012- 2013 Visiting Fellow, CRR, Boston College Boston, US 2011-12 Visiting Fellow, Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona, Spain 2009-10 Visiting Fellow, Oxford University Oxford, UK 2008-9 Visiting Fellow, Centre of Economic Studies Munich, Germany 2003-2007 Visiting Research Associate, LSE Health London, UK

EDUCATION

2007-10 Postgraduate Cert. in Higher Education London School of Economics (LSE)

London, UK

2001-2003 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship London School of Economics (LSE)

London, UK

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1998-2001 PhD (Economics) University of Barcelona (UB)

Barcelona, Spain

1999-2000 MSc (Econ) IHP (with distinction) London School of Economics (LSE)

London, UK

1998-1999 MA Economics (Applied Economics) Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)

Barcelona, Spain

1992-1996 BSc (Licenciado) in Economics University of Barcelona (UB)

Barcelona, Spain

1993-2003 LLM – MPhil in Law University of Barcelona (UB)

Barcelona, Spain

2003-2005 BSc (Licenciado) in Political Science, UNED. Madrid, Spain

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health Economics, Political Economy, Economics of Ageing

PUBLICATIONS

P1”Access to Long Term Care After a Wealth Shock: Evidence from The Housing Bubble

and Burst” (with Frank, R and Swartz, K). Journal of Economics of Ageing, 2018,

P2“Does Long-Term Care Subsidisation Reduce Hospital Admissions? (with Jimenez-Martin, S and Vilaplana, C ). Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 58(1): 43–66

P3“Do you have to win it to fix it? A longitudinal study of lottery winners and their health care demand” (with Cheng, T and Powdthavee, N). American Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 4(1): 26-50.

P4"The ‘Healthy Worker Effect’: Do Healthy People Climb the Occupational Ladder?" (With Ljunge, M). Economics and Human Biology, 2018, 28 (1): 119-131.

P5“Regional health care decentralisation in unitary states: equal spending, equal satisfaction” (with Turati, G). Regional Studies, 2018, 52(7): 974-985.

P6“Long-Term Care Partnerships: Are they ‘Fit for Purpose’?,” (with Swartz, K and Bergquist, B). Journal of Economics of Ageing, 2018, 12: 151-158.

P7“A ‘Health Kuznets Curve’? Cross-section and Longitudinal Evidence on Concentration Indices” (with Hernandez, C and Sato, A). Social Indicators Research, 2018, 136 (2): 439-52.

P8“Institutionalisation Aversion and the Willingness to Pay for Home Health Care”. Journal of Housing Economics, 2017, 38: 62-69.

P9“Does the Expansion of Public Long-Term Care Funding Affect Savings Behaviour?”

(with Vilaplana, C). Fiscal Studies, 2017, 38(3): 417-443

P10”The National Health Service at a Critical Moment: when Brexit means Hectic” Journal of Social Policy, 2017, 46(4): 783-795.

P11"Partnership program for long-term care insurance: the right model for addressing

uncertainties with the future?” (with Swartz, K and Bergquist, S) Ageing and Society, 2016, 36(9): 1779-1793.

P12“Careful in the Crisis? Determinants of Older People’s Informal Care Receipt in Crisis-Struck European Countries” (with Karlsson, M and H Øien). Health Economics, 2016, 25(S2): 25-42.

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P13“Is Medicines Parallel Trade ‘Regulatory Arbitrage’?” International Journal of Health Economic and Management, 2016, 16(4): 321-336.

P14“'Globesity'? The Effects of Globalization on Obesity and Caloric Intake” (with Mas, N). Food Policy, 2016, 64(1): 121-132.

P15“Eliciting Health Care Priorities in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from Guatemala” (with Rovira, J and Sato, A). Health Policy and Planning, 2016, 31(1): 67-74.

P16“The Choice Agenda in European Health Systems: The Role of Middle Class Demands” (with Zigante, V). Public Money and Management, 2016, 36(6): 409-416.

P17“What is the impact of policy differences on nursing home utilization? The cases of Germany and the Netherlands” (with Alders, P, Frank, R and M de Klerk). Health Policy, 2015, 119(3): 814-820.

P18“Crowding Out of Long-Term Care Insurance: Evidence from European Expectations Data” (with Courbage, C). Health Economics, 2015, 24: S74–S88.

P19 “Financing Long Term Care: Ex-Ante, Ex-Post or Both? (with Swartz, K and Courbage,

C) Health Economics, 2015, 24: S45–S57. P20 “Regulation Effects on the Adoption of New Medicines” (with McGuire, A and Varol,

N). Empirical Economics, 2015, 49(3): 1101-1121.

P21“When does Inter-jurisdictional Competition engender a “Race to the Bottom?”A Meta-

Regression Analysis” (with Albuquerque, F and Doucouliagos, H). Economics & Politics, 2015, 27(3): 488-508.

P22“Social Identity and Redistributive Preferences: A Survey” (with Cowell, F). Journal of

Economic Surveys, 2015, 29(2): 357-74.

P23“Participatory Health System Priority Setting: Evidence from a Budget Experiment” (with Rovira, J and Sato, A). Social Science and Medicine, 2015, 146(1): 182-190.

P24 “Income Inequalities in Unhealthy Lifestyles in England and Spain” (with Hernandez-

Quevedo, C and Jiménez-Rubio, D). Economics and Human Biology, 2014, 13(1): 66-75.

P25“Do Jurisdictions Compete on Taxes? A Meta-Regression Analysis” (with C,

Doucouliagos and De-Albuquerque, F). Public Choice, 2014, 161(3-4), pp 451-470.

P26“Price Regulation and Relative Delays in Generic Drug Adoption” (with McGuire, A and Varol, N). Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 38, 1-9.

P27“Brand loyalty, patients and limited generic medicines uptake” (with Rudisill, C and

Tan, S). Health Policy, 2014, 116(2-3): 224–233.

P28“The hedonic procedural effect of traditional medicines” (with Sato, A). Journal of

Happiness Studies, 2014, 15(5):1061–1084. P29“Housing-related Wellbeing in Older people – the impact of environmental and

financial influences”. Urban Studies, 2013, 50(4): 657-673.

P30“Publication Selection in Health Policy Research: the Winner's course hypothesis” (with McGuire, A and Stanley, T). Health Policy, 2013, 109 (1): 78– 87.

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P31“Anorexia, Body Image and Peer Effects: Evidence from a Sample of European Women” (with Jofre-Bonet, M). Economica, 2013, 44(317): 44-64.

P32“Not All Incentives Wash out the Warm Glow: The Case of Blood Donation Revisited” (with Jofre-Bonet, M and Yen, S). Kyklos, 2013, 66(4): 521-543

P33“Intergenerational and Socioeconomic Gradients of Child Obesity” (with Gil, J). Social Science Medicine, 2013, 93(1): 29-37.

P34“Measuring health inequality with categorical data: some regional patterns” (with

Cowell, F). Research in Economic Inequality, 2013, 21: 53-76.

P35“Behavioural adjustment to avian flu in Europe during spring 2006: the roles of

knowledge and proximity” (with Rudisill, C and Mossialos, E). Social Science and Medicine, 2012, 75(8): 1362-1371.

P36“Measuring Inequalities in Health: What do we Know? What do we need to Know?” (with Hernandez-Quevedo, C). Health Policy, 2012, 106(2): 195-206.

P37“Health Systems Futures: The Challenges of Technology, Prevention and Insurance” (with Sato, A). Futures, 2012, 44: 696–703.

P38“The "Weisbrod Quadrilemma" revisited: insurance incentives on new health

technologies” (with McGuire, A and Serra, V). Geneva Papers of Risk and Insurance, 2012, 37(4): 678-95.

P39“Persistence despite Action" Health Inequalities in England, 1997-2007” (with McGuire, A and Hernandez, C). Health Policy, 2011, 103(2-3), 149– 159.

P40 “Does Cost Sharing really reduce Inappropriate Prescriptions among the Elderly?” (with M Gemmill-Toyama). Health Policy, 2011, 101 (2): 195-208.

P41 “Optimistic Old Age Disability and Longevity Expectations? “(with Costa-Font, M).

Social Indicators Research, 2011, 104(3): 533–544.

P42“Tackling Neglect and Mental Health Care Reform in a Devolved System of Welfare Governance” (with L Salvador, J Cabases, J Alonso and D McDaid). Journal of Social Policy, 2011, 40(2): 295-312.

P43 “Biases in the Health Care Luxury Good Hypothesis? A Meta-Regression Analysis”

(with M Gemmill-Toyama and G Rubert). Journal of the Royal Statistical Society – Series A, 2011, 174(1), 95–107.

P44“Family Ties and the Crowding Out of Long Term Care Insurance”. Oxford Review of

Economic Policy, 2010, 26(4): 691-712.

P45“Decomposing cross-country differences in levels of obesity and overweight: does the social environment matter?” (with J Gil, J and D Fabbri), Social Science and Medicine, 2010, 70(8): 1185–1193.

P46“Devolution, Diversity and Welfare Reform: Long-Term Care in the ‘Latin Rim’”. Social Policy and Administration, 2010, 44 (4): 481-494.

P47“Does Devolution lead to Regional Inequalities in Welfare Activity? Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2010, 28(3) 435–449.

P48“Ageing, health, and health care" (with Breyer, F and Felder, S). Oxford Review of

Economic Policy, 2010, 26(4): 674-90.

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P49“Evaluating Mental Health Care and Policy in Spain” (with Luis Salvador-Carulla, J Cabases, David McDaid, J Alonso). Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 2010, 13(2): 73-86.

P50“Ageing in Place’? An Examination of Elderly people housing preferences in Spain,”

(with O Mascarilla and D Elvira). Urban Studies, 2009, 46(2): 295–316.

P51“Exploring the pathways of inequality in health access and financing in decentralised Spain,” (with J Gil). Journal of European Social Policy, 2009, 19 (5): 446-458.

P52“Optimism and the perceptions of new risks,” (with C Rudisill and E Mossialos).

Journal of Risk Research, 2009, 12(1): 27-41. P53“Decomposing Body Mass Index Gaps Between Mediterranean Countries: A

Counterfactual Quantile Regression Analysis” (with D Fabbri and J Gil). Economics and Human Biology 2009, 7(3): 351–365.

P54 “The Impact of Decentralization and Inter-Territorial Interactions on Spanish Health Expenditure,” (with F Moscone) Empirical Economics, 2008, 34 (1): 167-184. (Republished in Spatial Econometrics: Methods and Applications. Arabia, G and Baltagi, B (eds), 2009, Springer).

P55The Secession of the Wealthy: Demand for Private Health Insurance and Support for the National Health System,” (with M Jofre-Bonet). Bulletin of Economic Research, 2008, 60(3): 265-285.

P56“Compulsory Language Educational Policies and Identity Formation” (with I Clots, O Aspachs and P Masella), Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6(2-3): 434-444.

P57 “Competition in off-patent drug markets: Issues, regulation and evidence,” (with P

Kanavos and L Sheeley). Economic Policy, 2008, 23(55):497–538.

P58 “Generational Effects and Gender Height Dimorphism in Contemporary Spain,” (with J Gil). Economics and Human Biology, 2008, 6(1): 1–18.

P59“Attitudes as an expression of knowledge and 'political anchoring': the case of nuclear

power in the United Kingdom” (with C Rudisill and E Mossialos). Risk Analysis, 2008, 28(5): 1273-1283.

P60“Would Socio-Economic Inequalities in Depression fade away with Income Transfers?”

(with J Gil). Journal of Happiness Studies, 2008, 9(4): 539-558.

P61“Who is willing to pay for long-term care insurance?” (with J Rovira). Health Policy, 2008, 86(1): 72–84.

P62“Housing assets and the socio-economic determinants of health and disability in old

age”. Health and Place, 2008, 14(3):478-491.

P63 “Does organ donation legislation affect individuals' willingness to donate their own or

their relative's organs? Evidence from European Union survey data”. BMC health services research, 2008, 8(48) (with Mossialos, E and Rudisill, C).

P64“Projecting long-term care expenditure in four European Union member states: the

influence of demographic scenarios” (with R Wittenberg, C Patxot, A Comas-Herrera, C Gori, L Pickard H Rothgang). Social Indicators Research, 2008, 86(2): 303-321.

P65“What lies behind socio-economic inequalities in obesity in Spain? A decomposition

approach,” (with J Gil). Food Policy, 2008, 33(1): 61-73.

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P66“Are Perceptions of Risk and Benefits of Genetically Modified Food Independent?”

(with E Mossialos). Food Quality and Preference, 2007, 18(2): 173-182.

P67“Modelling an entitlement to long-term care services for older people in Europe: projections for long-term care expenditure to 2050” (with R Wittenberg, C Patxot, A Comas-Herrera, C Gori, L Pickard H Rothgang). Journal of European Social Policy, 2007, 17 (1): 33-48.

P68 “In Search of a Corrected Prescription Drug Elasticity Estimate: A Meta-Regression

Approach,” (with M Gemmill and A McGuire). Health Economics, 2007, 16(6): 627-643.

P69“Public Health Expenditure and Spatial Interactions in a Decentralized National Health

System,” (with J Pons) Health Economics, 2007, 16(3): 291 – 306.

P70“Vertical Competition in the Spanish National Health System (NHS),” (with A Rico) Public Choice, 2006, 128(3-4): 477-498.

P71“Path dependency and the allocation of public investment in Mexico” (with E

Rodriguez) Environment and planning C: government and policy, 2006, 24(2): 297-311.

P72“Devolution and the Inter-Regional Inequalities in Health and Health Care in Spain,” (with A Rico). Regional Studies, 2006, 40(8): 875–887.

P73“Revisiting the fat and jolly hypothesis: obesity and depression’” (with J Gil). Socio-Economic Review, 2006, 4(3): 513-542.

P74“Future long-term care expenditure in Germany, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom,” (with R Wittenberg, C Patxot, A Comas-Herrera, C Gori, L Pickard H Rothgang). Ageing & Society, 2006, 26(1): 285-302.

P75“Ambivalent’ individual preferences towards biotechnology in the European Union: products or processes?” (with E Mossialos). Journal of Risk Research, 2005, 8(4):341-354.

P76Power rather than path dependency? The dynamics of institutional change under health

care federalism” (with A Rico). Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 2005, 30(1): 231-252.

P77Diversity and regional inequalities: assessing the outcomes of the Spanish 'system of

health care services’, (with G López-Casasnovas and I Planas). Health Economics, 2005, 14(S): S221–S235.

P78“Pharmaceutical Parallel Trade in Europe: Impact on Stakeholders and Competition Effects,” (with P Kanavos). Economic Policy, 2005, 20(44): 753-798.

P79“Obesity and the incidence of chronic diseases: a seemingly unrelated probit approach (with J Gil). Economics and Human Biology, 2005, 3(2):188-214.

P80“Is the impact of public investment neutral across the regional income distribution? Evidence from Mexico,” (with E Rodriguez). Economic Geography, 2005, 81(3): 305-322.

P81 “The intergenerational impact of long-term care financing alternatives in Spain,” (with

C Patxot). Geneva Papers of Risk and Insurance, 2004, 29(4):599-62

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P82“National Health Service use, captive preferences and the demand for private health insurance in Spain”, (with M Font Vilalta). Geneva Papers of Risk and Insurance, 2004, 29(4): 706-719.

P83 “Demand for Private Health Insurance: How Important is the Quality Gap?” (with J Garcia). Health Economics, 2003, 12(7): 587-599.

P84“Political Competition and Pork-barrel Politics in the Allocation of Public Investment in

Mexico,” (with D Luna-Pla and E Rodriguez). Public Choice, 2003, 116(1-2): 185-204.

P85“Smoking risks in Spain (part II): Perceptions of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Externalities,” (with J Rovira, Kip Viscusi, F Antoñanzas, and I Carvalho). Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2000, 21(2-3): 187-212.

EDITORIALS AND NOTES

Ed1 “The Challenges of Public Financing and Organisation of Long Term Care” (with

Norton, E and Siciliani, L). Fiscal Studies, 38(3): 365-68.

Ed2“Deregulation and Access to Medicines: the Peruvian Experience” Journal of International Development, 2016, 28(6): 997–1005.

Ed3“Transitioning between ‘the Old’ and ‘the New’ Long Term Care Systems” (with Swartz, K and Fernandez, JL) Health Economics, 2015, 24, 1-3.

Ed4“Nudging Ourselves? The Limits of Incentivizing “Good Behaviour” Applied economic

perspectives and policy 2014, 36 (1): 1-5 Ed5"Understanding Healthy Lifestyles: The Role of Choice and the Environment" (with

Hernandez-Quevedo, C, McDonald, T and Variyam, J.N), Applied economic perspectives and policy 2013, 35(1): 1-6.

Ed6“Redesigning Long-term Care finance and delivery” (with Karlsson, M and van den

Berg, B). Applied economic perspectives and policy, 2012, 34 (2): 215-219.

Ed7“Myths about Health Care Decentralisation”. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 2012, 17 (4), 252–253.

Ed8“Behavioural Welfare Economics: Does “behavioural optimality matter?” CESifo

Economic Studies, 2011, 57(4): 551-559.

Ed9“Long term Care in Europe: searching for almost ideal organisational models and

feasible financing schemes”. Social Policy & Administration, 2010, 44(4): 357–358

Ed10“Innovation and health: pathways to new technologies” (with C Courbage and Andrea Mina). Economics of Innovation and New Technologies, 2009, 18(5) : 403 – 406.

Ed11Social capital and the social formation of health-related preferences and behaviours," (with Mladovsky, P). Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2009, 3(4): 413-427.

Ed12On Health, Ageing and Insurance”, (with C Courbage). Geneva Papers Risk and

Insurance, 2006, 31(4): 551-556.

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BOOK CHAPTERS [Solicited book chapters for major publishers]

ChP1.”Social Economics: Current and New Avenue (with Macis, M)”. In Social Economics:

Current and Emerging Avenues (Costa-Font, J and Macis, M eds). MIT Pres, 2017, pp 1-12. [PE]

ChP2.”Cultural Attitudes and the Traditional Medicines Paradox” (with Sato, A). In Social

Economics: Current and Emerging Avenues (Costa-Font, J and Macis, M eds). MIT Pres, 2016, pp 245-260.

ChP3.”Changing Culture to Change Society?” (with Borrell, M and Sato, A). In Social

Economics: Current and Emerging Avenues (Costa-Font, J and Macis,M eds), MIT Press, 2016, pp 261-282.

ChP4.“Spain” In Siciliani, L., M. Borowitz and V. Moran (eds.) (2013), Waiting Time Policies

in the Health Sector: What Works? (with Garcia-Goñi, M), OECD Health Policy Studies, OECD Publishing.

ChP5.“Health system federalism and decentralization: What is it, why does it happen, and

what does it do?” (with Greer, S) . In Federalism and Decentralisation in Health and Social Care” (Costa-Font, J and Greer, S, eds), Palgrave McMillan, 2012.

ChP6.“Territory and health: Perspectives from Economics and Political Science” (with Greer, S). In Federalism and Decentralisation in Health and Social Care” (Costa-Font, J and Greer, S, eds), Palgrave McMillan, 2012.

ChP7.“Decentralisation and the Spanish health system: Soft-budget-constraint-modernisation?”. In Federalism and Decentralisation in Health and Social Care” (Costa-Font, J and Greer, S, eds), Palgrave McMillan, 2012.

ChP8.“Conclusion” (with Greer, S). In Federalism and Decentralisation in Health and

Social Care” (Costa-Font, J and Greer, S, eds), Palgrave McMillan, 2012. [HE] [PE]

ChP9.“Choice in health care: drivers and consequences” (with Cooper, Z and Zigante, V). In

LSE Companion to Health Policy, Elgar Edward Companions (Costa-Font, J and McGuire A, eds), Elgar Edward, 2012.

ChP10.“Do International Launch Strategies of Pharmaceutical Corporations Respond to Changes in the Regulatory Environment” (with Varol, N and McGuire, A) In LSE Companion to Health Policy, Elgar Edward Companions (Costa-Font, J and McGuire A, ed), Elgar Edward, 2012.

ChP11.“Inequalities in Health: Why do we care? how do we care? What can we do about them?” (with Cristina Hernandez). In LSE Companion to Health Policy, Elgar Edward Companions (with McGuire A), Elgar Edward, 2012.

ChP12.“Long Term Care: Partnership or Crowding Out?” (with Courbage, C). In Long Term

Care Financing in Europe: Institutions, Markets and Models (Costa-Font, J and Courbage, C eds). Palgrave, 2011.

ChP13.“Financing and Provision of Long Term Care in South West Europe” (with S. Santana

and Gori, C). In Long Term Care Financing in Europe: Institutions, Markets and Models (Costa-Font, J and Courbage, C eds). Pagrave, 2011.

ChP14.“Housing markets, Wealth and Self-Insurance in Spain” (with Joan Gil and Oscar

Mascarilla). In Smith, S.J and Searle, B (eds). The Blackwell Companion to the Economics of Housing. Blackwell publishing, 2009.

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ChP15.“Knowledge, technology and demand for online health information” (with Caroline Rudisill and Elias Mossialos). In Costa-Font, J, Courbage, C and McGuire, A (eds). pp 109-124.The Economics of New Health Technologies. Oxford University Press, 2009.

ChP16.“Health Insurance and the uptake of new drugs in the United States” (with Victoria

Serra and Marin Gemmill). In Costa-Font, J, Courbage, C and McGuire, A (eds). pp 259-274. The Economics of New Health Technologies. Oxford University Press, 2009.

ChP17.“Which Policies enable Smoking Cessation” (with E Mossialos). In Cholewka, P and

Motlagh, M(eds). Health Capital and Sustainable Socioeconomic Development. pp 379-404, Taylor & Francis, 2008.

ChP18.“Dealing with Health care Security” (with M Costa, J Rovira, R Rodríguez and P

Sandiford). In Cholewka, P and Motlagh, M(eds). Health Capital and Sustainable Socioeconomic Development, pp 405-418, Taylor & Francis, 2008.

ChP19.“Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Spain: Current and Future Trends” In Garau,

M and Mestre, J (ed) European Medicines Pricing and Reimbursement. Now and the future. Radcliffe, London, 2006.

ChP20.“Public perceptions, ambivalence and the endogenous regulation of biotechnology in

the UK” (with E Mossialos). In C. Sausman and S. Dawson (eds) Future of Health Organizations, Palgrave, MacMillan, 2006.

BOOKS

(*) Written significant number of chapters)

eb1. “Social Economics: Current and Emerging Avenues” (with Macis, M). MIT Press,

2017. [PE] (*) eb2. “Federalism and Decentralisation in Health and Social Care” (with Greer, S).

Palgrave, 2012. [HE] [PE] (*) eb3. “LSE Companion to Health Policy “(with McGuire A), Elgar Edward, 2012. [HE] eb4. “Europe and the Mediterranean Economy”. Routledge, 2012. [PE] eb5. Long Term Care Financing in Europe: Institutions, Markets and Models” (with

Courbage, C). Palgrave, 2011. [HE] (*) eb6. “Reforming Long-Term Care in Europe”. Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy,

Wiley -Blackwell, 2011. [SP] eb7. “The Economics of New Health Technologies. Incentives, organisation and

Financing”, Oxford University Press, 2009 (co-editor Courbage, C and McGuire, A). [HE] (*)

BOOK REVIEWS

br1.” Behavioural Economics and Health Behaviours” by Hanoch, Y et al Routledge. LSE

Review of Books, 2018. br2. “The Conquest of Health. Mortality and Modernisation in Contemporary Spain” by

Sanz et al. Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 23: 134-135. br3. “The State and Healthcare: Comparing OECD Countries” West European Politics,

2012, 35 (2): 439-440. br4. “Principles in Health Economics and Policy”. International Journal of Health

Planning and Management, 2011, 26(3), 334-35. br5. “Territory, Democracy and Justice”, Regional Studies, 2010, 44(1): 135-135. br6. “The Politics of European Union Health Policies”, Journal of European Social Policy,

2010, 20(2). br7. "Scaling up health service delivery", International Journal of Health Planning and

Management, 2009, 24(4): 366-7.

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AWARDS 2012-14: “Student Led Teaching Excellence Award Nominee”, LSE Students Union “Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy & Practice” 2012-2013. Commonwealth Fund, 2012. 208-11: “Bayer Health Economics Award, Health Economics Association (AES)”, June 2011, 2003, “La Caixa Social Science Award, Premi Rogeli Duacastella”, Barcelona, June 2008. 2003-7: “Edad & Vida Award for Research on Aging”, March 2007, “Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence”, 2007, Outstanding Paper published in 2006 in the International Journal of Social Economics. “Bayer Health Economics Award, Health Economics Association (AES)”, 1997-2000: “Brian Abel Smith Student Prize”, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics, London, 2000. “Brian Abel Smith Student Prize”, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics, London, 2000. Before 2000: “PhD award to complete a PhD Thesis”,Fundació Jaume Bofill, Barcelona, 1999 , “European Studies Research Award” Instituto de Estudios Europeos, Valladolid, 1997. FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS 2018: “Disadvantage of Premature Birth”, STICERD, LSE (4890), 2018. Explaining Health Behaviours and Outcomes in some MENA countries LSE Middle Eastern Centre, 2018 (67,500£). 2012-7: “Income- and Health-Inequality Aversion: Space, Stability and Determinants”, (9978£) International Inequality Institute Grant, LSE, 2015. “Distribution of health outcomes in countries without universal health insurance: A comparison of United States and China” (4386£) STICERD, LSE, 2015. “International Comparison of Wellbeing Using Categorical data” (with Frank Cowell) (4963£), STICERD, LSE, 2012. 2009-10: “Inequalities in Health Prevention in Spain and the UK” Institute of Fiscal Studies, Madrid (with Hernandez, C and Jimenez, D) (9,000€), 2010 “Inequalities in Health in England 1997-2007” (with A McGuire and Hernandez, C) National Audit Office (20,000£) 2010. “EMP Role in FDI Promotion Trade Liberalization of Services: Failures and Causes” FEMISE. (40,000€) 2010. “LSE Catalan Observatory” at LSE (with P Preston), (186,000€) 2009 “Social Identity and the formation of preferences towards inequality and social justice” STICERD 2009 Research Fund (3750£), “LSE Santander Research Fund”, 2009 (2500£) 2007-8: “Reverse Mortgages: housing wealth and self-insurance” Social Science Award, Fundació Obra Social La Caixa, Barcelona February 2008. (18,000€) Reconstructing democracy in Europe” (Leading researcher: ARENA Oslo “An empirical analysis of economic centralisation and concentration in Spain” Catalan Department of Trade, Universities and Enterprise, 2008(30,000 €). “An Evaluation of the Spanish Pharmaceutical Policy 2004-2007”. Spanish Minister of Health and Consumption, 2007(12,000€)).“Economics of Catalan Identity” Catalan Department of Trade, Universities and Enterprise, 2007. (30,000 €), “Self-Insurance, Housing Assets and Long-term Care” Award on Ageing Reseach, Edad & Vida Foundation, Barcelona, 2007(30,000€) 2001-6: “Technology, Innovation and change in health and health care”, Brocher Foundation Scientific Programme, 2006. (30,000 €). “Intra-Regional Inequalities in Spanish Region State’s”, Ministry of Health and Consumption, Spanish State, 2004(30,000 €, Spanish Ministry of Health. “Long Term Care Financing: Spanish social and health care model” Agrupació- Mutua Foundation, 2001. (12,000 €, Agrupació- Mútua).

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CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOPS 2018: European Society of Population Economics (ESPE), Antwerp 2018. Royal Economic Society, Brighton 2018, LSE Behavioural Public Policy, February 2018. ESRC Economics of Health Behaviour, March 2018. 2017: European Society of Population Economics (ESPE), Glasgow 2017, CESIfo Employment and Social Protection Munch, 2017, Royal Economic Society Bristol, 2017, Europe@LSE 2017, 2016: European Society of Population Economics (ESPE), Berlin 2016, American Society of Public Policy and Management (APPAM), LSE, London June,2016, Design and Evaluation of LTC Policies on April 28-29, CIRANO, Montreal CESIfo Employment and Social Protection Conference, Munich, April 8-9, 2016 ‘Economics and Politics of Taxation and Social Protection’, UNU-WIDER, Mexico, February 2016. 2015-4: Public Financing of Long Term Care, LSE, August 2015. European Public Choice Society, Cambridge, UK April 2014, Social Economics Conference, CESIfo, Munich 2014 2013: NBER Summer Institute – Economics of Aging, Cambridge MA, July 22-26 2013 2009-11: Meta-Analysis of Economic Research Colloquium, Cambridge, September, 2011 - International Health Economics Association, Toronto, July, 2011 CESifo Conference “Behavioural Welfare Economics”, Venice, July, 2010, Scottish Policy Innovation Forum and University of Aberdeen and Royal Society of Edinburgh, January 2010.Fifth Transatlantic Dialogue - George Washington, George Mason and Rutgers Universities, June 2009, Welfare Directions, St Catherin’s College, Oxford University, Oxford, July 2009 2007-8: Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society, Jena, March, 2008.Regional Studies Annual Conference, Prague, March, 2008. European Economic Association Meeting, Budapest, August 2007. Royal Statistical Society Conference, 2007, York July, 2007.International Health Economics Congress, Copenhagen, July 2007 First World Meeting of the Public Choice Society, Amsterdam, March, 2007. 2005-6: First Conference on Spatial Statistics and Econometrics, Rome May 2006. European Health Economics Conference, Budapest, July 2006 European Urban and Regional Studies Conference, Copenhagen, September, 2006. International Health Economics Association Conference, Barcelona, July 2005. 2003-4: Conference of the Association for Health Services and Policy Research, Montreal, May 2004.International Health Economics Association Meeting, San Francisco, July 2003, Annual Conference, Regional Studies Association, London, November 2003. 2000-1: Economic Science Association Meeting, Barcelona, 2001. Health Economics Study Group, London City University, 2001. International Health Economics Association Meeting, York, 2001. European Regional Science Association Meeting, Zagreb, August 2001. Health Economics Study Group, Oxford University, 2000 1999-1998: European Regional Science Association Meeting, Dublin August 1999.Health Economics Study Group, Aberdeen, 1999, European Regional Science Association, Vienna, August 1998. Jerusalem Health Policy Conference, Jerusalem, December, 1998.International Health Economics Association Meeting, Rotterdam, July, 1998.Economic Science Association Meeting, Manheim, 1998.Health Economics Study Group, Birmingham, 1998.

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CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION 2015-17: Organiser of the “Public Financing of Long Term Care” with Siciliani, L and Norton E. London, Fiscal Studies, August 2015. Member of the Honorary Scientific Committee, Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, 25-27th June 2015, St Hugh’s College, Oxford University, Oxford. 2013-14: Co-organiser CESIfo Conference on Social Economics, Munich, March 2014Co-Organiser Foundation Brocher Conference on the Economics of Long Term Care, Geneva, December, 2013. 2010-12: Member of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Health Economics Association Conference, Bilbao, 2012. Member of the Scientific Committee of the 8th International Health Economics Association (IHEA) Conference, Toronto, July 2011.Co-organiser of the II Workshop on the Economics of the Mediterranean and the Euromediterranian Process” Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona June 21-22ly, 2011. Co-organiser of the CESifo Venice Summer Institute on Behavioural Welfare Economics, 21 -22 July, 2010 Venice. Co-organiser of the Workshop “Ist Economics of the Mediterranean and the Euro-Mediterranean Process” Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona July 16th -17th, 2010. 2007-9: Co-organiser of the Worksop on Health Care Financing and Access, University of Barcelona & LSE Santander Fund, April 2009 Co-organizer of the Symposium on “Innovation and Technology Change in Health and Health Care”, October 18-19 2007, Geneva. Organizer of the Preference Elicitation Meeting 2007 in Barcelona “Risk, Attitudes and Behaviour”, May 11th, 2007. Member of the Scientific Committee of the 6th International Health Economics Association (IHEA) Conference, Copenhagen, July 2007. 2004-6: Member of the Local Organization Committee of the 5th International Health Economics Association (IHEA) Conference, Barcelona, July 2005. Workshop on Politics and Health Policy”, University of Oxford, December, 2005 Member of the Local Organization Committee of the 5th European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE), London, September 2004 KEYNOTE LECTURES 2017-18: Keynote speaker PhD Conference in Applied Economics, University of Pavia and Bergamo, June 2018, Health Society - Cercle de Salut, Barcelona, February, 2018. 2015-6: UCL Social Determinants of Health Summer School, London. Alternative Models of Long Term Care Services Provision, Inter-American Development Bank (BID), Washington DC, US, 2016. AGE Platform Europe Conference, AGE UK, London October 2015 2013-4: 15th Annual Conference of the Italian Health Economics Association (AIES), Venice, and October 2014, NHS Group Summer School, NHS Strategy and Delivery Team, Whitehall London, September 2014, First Conference of Health and Personal Insurance, organised by the Spanish Association of Insurers (ICEA), June 2014, Toulouse School of Economics, TIGER Forum 2014 on Aging: The Economics of Long Term Care held in Toulouse, June 2014, Spanish Health Economics Association Conference (Journadas de Economia de la Salud), Pamplona, May 2014. Association of British Insurers (ABI) Social Care Submit, London, January, 2014. American Association for Retired Persons AARP National Policy Council Annual Meeting”, Las Vegas, May 2013.

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2010-12: "Insurance, Inequality and Health Conference", Darmstadt University, June 2011. “Future of the Welfare State after the Economics Downturn”. II Forum for Social Services, Barcelona Provincial Government, Diputacio de Barcelona, March 2011."European health Systems, Workshop” Seminar” WHO-European Office, Madrid, October 2010. Kings College and Spanish Presidency of the European Union Conference, London 2010. 2008-9: Annual Academic Conference on Trade and Healthcare, Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, December 2009.Keynote Lecture on risk for the “Thinking like a Social Scientist” series, Hong Kong Theatre, London School of Economics, and October 2009, Monitoring the Impact of IP Protection on Public Health. WHO, ICTSD, World Bank Institute, May, 2008. 2001-6: Annual Conference on Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy organised by the Office of Health Economics, London, and 30th November 2005. British Public Health Association Conference, (Brighton, April 2004). Spanish Health Economics Association, Young Health Economists Doctorate Session, Cadiz, June 2003.ESADE Keynote Lecture on Long Term Care Insurance, ESADE, Barcelona, 2001 INVITED SEMINARS 2017-8: Manchester University, May 2018, University Paris Dauphine, Apil, 2008. ESRC Economic of Health Behaviours, London, March 2018, Catholic University Milan December 2017, CHE- University of York, September 2017, IZA- University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany May 2017, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy, May 2017, Lancaster University, April 2017, International Inequalities Institute, LSE, April, 2017. 2015-6: Bocconi University CERGAS, Milan December, Italy, 2016, Management School, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, May 2016, University of Zaragoza, Economics Department Seminar, May 2016, Centre for Health Economics - Economics Department, Pompeu Fabra Univesity, March 2016, Centre for Health Economics - Economics Department, University of Southern Denmark, March 2016. Institute for Industrial Economics, (IFN), Stockholm, May 2015. Essen University, Germany, April, Food Economics and Policy Seminar, Toulouse School of Economics, April 2015. 2013-4: Wellbeing Group Seminar -Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), LSE, November 2013, Centre for Retirement Research (CRR), Boston College, Boston, May 2013. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, March, Boston, March 2013". 2011-12: “Health Economics Research Unit (HERU), Brunel University, London, July, 2012”“Department of Economics at the University of Salerno, 2011, “Department of Food Economics and Marketing”, School of Agriculture Policy and Development University of Reading, March 2011, Social Policy Seminar, Department of Social Policy, LSE, 2011 2007-10: “Institute of Aging Seminar Series” Oxford University, 2010. FEDEA Health Economics Workshop, Barcelona, May 2008, “FEDEA Health Economics Workshop”, FEDEA, Madrid, November 2007, "Economics Department Seminar, Inter- American University, Mexico DF, September 2007".

EDITORIAL DUTIES

Editor: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy journal, 2011-15 Guest editor: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation (2018), Geneva Papers of Risk and Insurance (2018), Fiscal Studies (2016). Health Economics (2014), CESIfo Economic Studies, (2011). Oxford Review of Economic Policy, (2010), Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy, (2010), Social Policy & Administration, (2009),

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Economics of Innovation and New Technologies, December, (2009), Risk Management, July (2008), Geneva papers of Risk and Insurance, October (2006). Editorial Board: Social Policy and Administration Journal (2012- 17), Economics and Business Letters, (2013-). ACADEMIC REFEREEING FOR ACADEMIC JOURNALS

Economics and political economy journals: Journal of Public Economics - Economic Journal- Journal of Health Economics - Health Economics - Economica - Oxford Economic Papers- Economics and Human Biology – Social Choice & Welfare - Kyklos -Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A - Public Choice - European Journal of Political Economy - Regional Science and Urban Economics - Economics of Education Review - Canadian Journal of Economics - Oxford Review of Economic Policy - Southern Economic Journal - Empirical Economics - Journal of Economic Surveys - Economics of Transition -Economics of Governance. Social science and other journals: Journal of Applied Statistics - Social-Science and Medicine - Milbank Quarterly - Health Affairs - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine - Health & Place - Food Policy –Urban Studies - Health Policy - Health Policy & Planning- Social Policy & Administration -Journal of Social Policy - Journal of European Social Policy - Social Science Research - Risk Analysis - Publius: The Journal of Federalism -World Development - Aging & Society Governance - Journal of Public Policy - Population and Development Review European Journal of Political Research - International Regional Science Review - Regional Studies- PLOS One -Journal of Gerontology B: Social Sciences. FOR RESEARCH AGENCIES AND BODIES

Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC, National Institute for Health Research, New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment, Belgian Science Policy Office, Flemish Research Foundation (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Welcome Trust, UK, Swiss National Science Foundation, Polish National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki)- Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva, BBVA Foundation Agencia d’Avaluació de Technologies Sanitàries i Recerca Mèdiques, Atomium Culture, Foundation Brocher, Institut d’Estudis Autonomics, Generalitat de Catalunya. FOR ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS

Oxford University Press, Palgrave, Blackwell, Routledge, Taylor & Francis, Policy Press PUBLIC SERVICE DUTIES 2016-17: Inter-American Development Bank,” Long Term Care Delivery and Arrangements” Advisor to the Health and Social Protection Section, Washington DC. Public Health England. UK. “Monitoring Child Outcomes with the Millennium Cohort Study” [with Lucinda Platt, Chiara Orsini, Berkay Ozcan, Mireia Borrell-Porta] February. World Health Organisation – European Observatory of Health Systems and Policies “Voluntary Health Insurance in Europe” [ed Sagan, A and Thomson], S, 2016. 2013-15: Social Inclusion Monitor Europe (SIM) – Reform Barometer Chapter on ‘Health’ “Social Policy Reforms in the EU: A Cross-national Comparison, 2015.

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National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) – Member of the Research Funding Committee 2013-5 London, UK. American Association for Retired Persons (AARP),“Sharing Lessons from Europe in Financing and Delivery of Long Term Support Services”. ‘National Policy Council, Las Vegas, 2013. OECD, ‘Waiting Time Policies in the Health Sector – Spain‘, OECD Paris, 2013. 2010-12: Welsh Government – Commission on Devolution in Wales – Cafodd y Comisiwn ar Ddatganoli yng Nghymru, ‘Health Care Devolution in Europe’ Cardiff UK, 2012. House of Lords, Written evidence to the ‘Public service and demographic change Committee‘, 2012. European Commission –Report on social services of general interest. Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs, 2012. National Audit Office – Health Inequalities in England, 2011 (with McGuire, A and Hernandez, C). House of Lords, Written evidence to ‘Science and Technology Committee-Behaviour Change‘, 2010. World Bank – Report on “Interaction of Tax and Social Health Insurance in Middle-Income Countries”. Health, Nutrition & Population Section, 2010. European Observatory of Health Systems – New and old challenges in the reform of mental health systems in Spain (with McDaid, D: Alono, J; Cabases, J and Salvador-Carulla, L), 2010. 2007-10: Catalan Government– Member of the ‘Committee of Experts on Health Financing’, Catalan Department of Health, Catalan Government, 2008. Spanish Government – Report an ‘Evaluation of the Pharmaceutical Policy in Spain 2004-2007‘, Ministry of Health & Social Policy, Spanish Government 2007. European Observatory of Health Systems –Long-term care reform in Spain (With Gonzalez, A). 2003-6: World Bank– Report on “The State of Pharmaceutical Sector and Drug Prices in Peru “, World Bank Health, Nutrition & Population Section, 2006. Government of Turkey – Report on “The Financing and Reimbursement of Pharmaceuticals in Turkey”, LSE and Government of Turkey” [with Kanavos, P, Iustel, I], 2005. Spanish Government– Report to the Spanish Ministry of Health “Interregional Inequalities in Health in Spain” (with Joan Gil). Ministry of Health & Social Policy, 2005. Johnson&Johnson– Report on “The Economic Impact of Pharmaceutical Parallel Trade in European Union Member States: A Stakeholder Analysis” [with Kanavos, P, Gemill,

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M and Mercur, S]. LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science, January 2004. European Commission –Report on the “European Study of Long-Term Care Expenditure” [with L Pickard, A Comas-Herrera, Gori, A Di Maio, C Patxot, A Pozzi, H Rothgang and R Wittenberg]. European Commission of Employment and Social Affairs, 2003. TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES (*Convenor) CURRENT

HP 429 – Behavioural Incentives in Health and Health Care, 2018-

HP500 - Advanced Health Policy and Health Economics, 2018- EU 439 – Polit. and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU, 2007-* OLDER

HP 420 – Health Economics 2017-8 SA 4F7 - Economics of European Social Policy, 2009-17* SA 104 – Social Economics & Policy, 2016-8 SA4X6 - Welfare Analysis and Measurement, 2011- 12* MG 207 - Health Policy, Management and Economics, 2010-12 * EU 429 - Political Economy of the Mediterranean, 2007-12* UB -Health Economics, 2000-2005 * EU455 - Concepts of Political Economy, 2010-11* UB -Economic Theory of the Firm and Industry,2003-2007* UB -Microeconomics III, 2003-7* SA408-Health Economics, 2001-3, 2010-12 SA4Kp -Advanced Health Economics 2011-12, 2016 DOCTORAL STUDENTS (DATE, INSTITUTION) – EMPLOYMENT (*Main supervisor)

Eduardo Rodriguez-Oreggia (2006, UB)– Prof. Monterrey Tech *ϯ Caroline Rudisill (2008, LSE) – Associate Professor, LSE Charitini Stavropoulou (2008, LSE)- Lecturer, City University Nebibe Varol (2010, LSE) – Research Scientist HTA, Ely Lilly * Azuza Sato (2012, LSE) – ODI Fellow, Asian Development Bank* Valentina Zigante (2013, LSE) – PSSRU Research Officer, LSE* Lucia Kossarova (2014, LSE) – Nuffield Trust, Senior Research Analyst Laurence Lannes, (2014, LSE) –Economist, African Development Bank* Mireia Borrell, (2015, LSE) – Research Fellow, Oxford University* Christina Novinskey (2015, LSE) – Inter-American Development Bank* Sarah Watters (Due 2016, LSE) – Consultancy San Francisco Bay. Belén Saenz-De-Miera (2017, LSE) – University Baja California, Mexico* DOCTORAL STUDENTS UNDER SUPERVISION (*Main supervisor)

Julia Philipp (Due 2019, LSE) Antonella Bancallari (Due 2020, LSE)* Mario Gyori (Due 2020, LSE)* Arthika Shripathy (2021, LSE) Sangjune Kim (2021, LSE) Mackenzie Mills (2021, LSE) DOCTORAL PANEL MEMBERSHIP Roxanne Kovacs (LSHTM, 2018) Jerome Schoenmaeckers (University of Liege, 2018)

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Marco di Cataldo (2017, LSE) Cristina Belles (2017, Universitat Pompeu Fabra- UPF/ BGSE) Sandrine Juin (2016, Paris- Est University) David Lugo Palacios (2016, LSHTM) Luke Harman (2015, SOAS) Claudia Niza (2014, LSE) Wei Yang (2014, LSE) Jihyung Hong (2012, LSE) Ireni Papanicolaou (2011, LSE) Jacopo Signorile (2010, LSE) Silvana Robone (2008, University of York) Farkas Hamar (2003, Budapest University of Economics Sciences) Carmen Ayala, (2001, University of Liverpool). ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES Deputy-director PhD program in Health Economics and Health Policy, 2017- Director Global Health MSc – January 2018-September 2018 Director MRes European Studies – January 2018- Seminar Series Co-Organiser LSE Health/PSSRU Seminar, 2017- Member of the Research Degrees Sub-Committee, London School of Economics, 2013-16 Chair of the MPhil/PhD Staff Student Liaison Committee, LSE European Institute, 2013-16 Member of the Doctoral Program Committee, LSE European Institute, 2013-16 Program Director BSc Social Policy and Economics, LSE 2011-12 Member of the Research Committee of the European Institute, LSE 2011-12 Stream Convenor MPA (Social and Public Policy), LSE, 2010-12 External Examiner, MSc Health Economics, City Univ, London, 2008-12 Tenure Review Panel, University of Massachusetts (Health Policy), 2010. Chair Teaching and Learning Committee, European Institute, LSE, 2009-11 Director of the LSE Catalan Observatory, 2008-10. Member of the School’s Academic Nominations Committee LSE 2009- Co-editor EI Discussion Paper Series (LEQS), 2008-12 Deputy Director, Cañada Blanch Centre LSE, 2007-10 Member of the Doctoral Committee, European Institute, LSE, 2007-9 MPhil/PhD Selector, European Institute, LSE, October 2007-9. Member of the LSE - Caixa Catalunya Scholarships Committee, 2007-2010. Academic Director of the Centre for the Economics Analysis and Social Policies (CAEPS), 2007-8, University of Barcelona (UB) Elected member of the teaching committee, Economics section 2007, UB SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP Royal Economic Society (RES) Public Choice Society (PCS) Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) European Society for Population Economics (ESPE) European Association of Health Economics (EUHEA) American Society for Health Economics (ASHEcon) International Health Economics Association (IHEA) PRESS AND MEDIA Radio - BBC World Service, BBC Business, BBC Europe Today, Bloomberg Radio. TV - BBC World, BBC -2, Al Jazeera (English), Bloomberg TV, Arte TV Press – Guardian, Economist, Independent, El Pais. Blogs and Columns – Vox.eu, LSE blogs, Conversation UK, New America