Prof. Martin Karlsson, Ph.D.
Professor Karlsson ist seit April 2012 an der Universität Duisburg-Essen tätig. Bevor er die Leitung des Lehrstuhls für Gesundheitsökonomik übernahm, war er an der Technischen Universität Darmstadt (2009-2012), an der Universität Oslo (2009-2016), an der Universität Oxford (2006-2009) und an der Cass Business School in London (2005-2006) tätig. Am Europäischen Hochschulinstitut in Florenz hat Professor Karlsson im Jahr 2007 seinen Doktortitel erworben. Neben seiner Tätigkeit am Lehrstuhl für Gesundheitsökonomik ist Professor Karlsson Gastprofessor der Universität Göteborg; IZA Fellow und Geschäftsführer des gesundheitsökonomischen Forschungszentrums CINCH. Professor Karlsson organisiert regelmäßig internationale wissenschaftliche Tagungen zu aktuellen gesundheitsökonomischen Themen, und er ist an mehreren internationalen Forschungsprojekten beteiligt..
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Forschungsgebiete
Professor Karlsson hat eine breit gefächerte Forschungsagenda in der Gesundheitsökonomik. Seine frühere Arbeit hat sich vor allem mit den ökonomischen Aspekten der Alterspflege, mit den Effekten des Krankengeldes auf Fehlzeiten, sowie mit den Auswirkungen ökonomischer Ungleichheiten auf die Gesundheit auseinandergesetzt. Seine aktuellen Forschungsinteressen umfassen zudem die Analyse von Informationsasymmetrien in der privaten Krankenversicherung, Alterung und Alterspflege sowie die Auswirkungen von Gesundheitsinterventionen im frühen Lebensalter auf sozioökonomische und gesundheitliche Entwicklungen im weiteren Lebensverlauf. Professor Karlsson hat in führenden Fachzeitschriften publiziert wie zum Beispiel das Journal of the European Economic Association, das Journal of Health Economics, The Economic Journal, the Journal of Public Economics und the Journal of Applied Econometrics.
Publikationen
- Matrin Karlsson with Martin Fischer, Therese Nilsson; Nina Schwarz: The Long-Term Effects of Long Terms – Compulsory Schooling Reforms in Sweden. In:Conditionally accepted, Journal of the European Economic Association (2019).
- Martin Karlsson with Norman Bannenberg; Hendrik Schmitz: The Economics of Long-Term Care. In: Oxford Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance (forthcoming) (2019).
- Martin Karlsson; Nicolas Ziebarth: Population health effects and health-related costs of extreme temperatures: Comprehensive evidence for Germany. In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2018).
- Martin Karlsson with 27 co-authors from various countries: End-Of-Life Medical Spending in Last Twelve Months is Lower than Previously Reported. In: Health Affairs (2017).
- Martin Karlsson with Juan Pablo Atal, Hanming Fang; Nicolas Ziebarth: Exit, Voice or Loyalty? An Investigation into Mandated Portability of Front-Loaded Private Health Plans. In: Forthcoming article in Journal of Risk and Insurance (2017).
- "Infant Health and Longevity. Evidence from a Historical Trial in Sweden." With Bhalotra, S.R. and T. Nilsson (2017). In Journal of the European Economic Association.
- "Careful in the Crisis? Determinants of Older People’s Informal Care Receipt in Crisis-Struck European Countries." With Costa-i-Font, J. and Ø. Henning. Health Economics (2016), 25(S2), 25-42. DOI: 10.1002/hec.3385.
- "Skewed, Persistent and High before Death: Medical Spending in Germany." With Tobias Klein and Nicolas Ziebarth. Fiscal Studies (2016), Vol. 37, pp. 527-559. DOI:10.1111/j.1475-5890.2016.12108.
- "Growth in Earnings and Health: Nothing is as Practical as a Good Theory." With Daniel Avdic, Review of Income and Wealth (2016), DOI:10.1111/roiw.12243.
- “Demographic Consequences of HIV”. With Stefan Pichler, Journal of Population Economics (2015), 28(4), pp. 1097-1135.
- “The Impact of the 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic on Economic Performance in Sweden”. With Therese Nilsson and Stefan Pichler, Journal of Health Economics Vol. 36, 2014, pp. 1-19.
- “The Effects of Expanding the Generosity of the Statutory Sickness Insurance System” With Nicolas Ziebarth. Forthcoming, Journal of Applied Econometrics (2014), 29(2), pp. 208-30.
- “Testing the red herring hypothesis on an aggregated level: ageing, time-to-death and care costs for older people in Sweden.”. With Florian Klohn. The European Journal of Health Economics 07/2013.
- “The Impact of Financial Incentives on the Composition of Long-term Care in Norway”. With Henning Øien and Tor Iversen. Appl. Econ. Perspect. Pol. (2012), 34(2), pp. 258-274.
- “Scandinavian Long-Term Care Financing”. With Henning Øien and Tor Iversen, in Costa-Font and Courbage (eds, 2011), Financing Long-Term Care in Europe. Institutions, Markets and Models. Palgrave Macmillan.
- “Ageing, Health and Disability: An Economic Perspective”. With Florian Klohn, in Kunisch et al (eds, 2011), From Grey to Silver. Managing the Demographic Change Successfully. Springer.
- “A Natural Experiment on Sick Pay Cuts, Sickness Absence, and Labor Costs.” With Nicolas Ziebarth. Journal of Public Economics (2010), 94 (11-12), pp. 1108-22.
- “The Role of Private Finance in Paying for Long Term Care.” With Les Mayhew and Ben Rickayzen. The Economic Journal (2010), 120 (548) F478-F504.
- “Income Inequality and Health: Importance of a Cross-Country Perspective.” With Therese Nilsson, Carl Hampus Lyttkens and George Leeson. Social Science and Medicine 70 (2010), pp. 875-885.
- “Government size and growth: accounting for economic freedom and globalization.” With Andreas Bergh. Public Choice (2009), Volume: 142, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 195-213.
- “Time Deductibles as Screening Devices: Competitive Markets.” With Jaap Spreeuw. The Journal of Risk and Insurance (2009), Vol. 76, Issue 2, pp. 261-278.
- “Individualised life tables: investigating dynamics of health, work and cohabitation in the UK.” With Les Mayhew and Ben Rickayzen. The Journal of Population Ageing (2009), Vol. 1, pp. 153-91.
- “In Sickness and in Health? Dynamics of Health, Cohabitation in United Kingdom.” With Les Mayhew and Ben Rickayzen, in Sandra Dawson and Zoë Slote Morris (2008, ed.), Future Public Health: Burdens, Challenges and Opportunities, Cambridge: Palgrave Macmillan
- “Quality Incentives for General Practitioners in a Regulated Market”. Journal of Health Economics (2007), 26, pp. 699-720.
- “Long term care financing in 4 OECD countries: fiscal burden and distributive effects.” With Les Mayhew and Ben Rickayzen. Health Policy (2007) 80, pp. 107-34.
- “Future costs for long-term care: Cost projections for long-term care for older people in the United Kingdom.” With Les Mayhew, Ben Rickayzen and Robert Plumb. Health Policy (2006) 75 (2) 187-213
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Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insb. Gesundheitsökonomik
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