Research Projects


My main research line considers the determinants of health, with a particular emphasis on the role of public health policies. I am conducting several projects on the topic:

  • Global health inequality and the diffusion of sanitation since 1850 
    • This project is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. [link]
  • Global Epidemics in Historical Perspective
    • This project has been awarded by Emergent Ventures, organized by prof. Tyler Cowen. [link]
  • Global health inequality and the diffusion of the germ theory of disease since 1900 (with Pieter Woltjer).
    • See an early summary of this research at the Economic History Society website here.
  • Seasonal mortality and its drivers
    • See a summary of this research at the Economic History Society website here.

My second research line explores new ways to measure the evolution of historical well-being. Currently I am working on the following projects:

  • Special issue for the Journal of Economic Surveys on measuring well-being in the past: metrics, drivers and implications for development (with Michalis Moatsos).
  • Capital, Productivity and Human Welfare

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