Silvia Balia

Biography

EDUCATION 2008: PhD in Economics. University of York, UK.   2006: Dottorato di ricerca in Economia. Università di Cagliari, Italia.   2003: MSc. in Economics and Institution (quantitative methods). Facoltà di Economia, Università di Roma‐ Tor Vergata, Italia.   2002: Laurea in Political Science (economics major). Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italia. POSTGRADUATE COURSES 2016: Summer School in Quantitative Economics – University of Cagliari (Italy), course on “Estimation of Dynamic Discrete‐Choice Models”, prof. Andrea Moro, Vanderbilt University (USA)

Research Interest

“Household consumption at retirement in elderly Europeans” (with M. Deidda); “Modelling the individual choice of distant hospital care” (with R. Brau and D. Moro); “Drinking and related hospitalizations: evidence from alcohol bans in Italy” (with R. Brau and D. Moro); “Labour Supply and Informal Care” (with G.Sulis); “TRIPS, pharmaceutical innovation and health outcomes in WTO countries” (with Silvana Robone); “The health consequences of retirement and the mediating effect of lifestyles”