Research Seminar with Hannes Schwandt, PhD

Co-hosted with the Department of Health Care Management.

Please note: In-person attendance at this event is preferred. Virtual access will be provided to registrants who are unable to be on campus.

Speaker

Hannes Schwandt, PhD

Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University

Hannes Schwandt, PhD’s research agenda lies at the intersection of health economics, labor economics, and economic demography and focuses on the role of health in determining economic inequality. As an economic input to education, productivity, and wellbeing, health is an important determinant of inequality. At the same time, health is an output of an individual’s economic situation, the environment, and macroeconomic conditions—factors that can be addressed by public policy. In one line of research, Schwandt looks at macroeconomic shocks, such as stock market fluctuations, unemployment, and trade shocks, and explores their impact on health, human capital, and fertility. In a second branch of research, he focuses on the first years of life, including in utero. In particular, he investigates how environmental and institutional factors impair the health trajectories of children, and how they can be addressed by policies.