Joan Costa Font web page
 



Welcome to:

Joan Costa i Font 's web page

I am a Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
My teaching and research is broadly on the institutional and economic analysis of
(the construction of) Europe, (the reform of) its welfare states and (the design of its health and) social policies

European Institute - Department of  Social Policy - LSE Health

London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street WC2A 2AE
Tel: +44 (0) 2079556484
Email: j.costa-font@lse.ac.uk

Curriculum Vitae LSEresearchonline

Current Positions:

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Teaching:

  • Lecturer in European Social Policy

Research:

  • Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics

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  • Economics of Health and Ageing
  • Political Economy and Fiscal Federalism
  • Behavioural Social Policy Analysis
  • Economics of Institutions and Identity

 

 

Political Economy/ Fiscal Federalism / Health and Ageing

"Fiscal Federalism and Health System Performance"

Social Policy Analysis /  Economics of Identity

"Identity, Health and Financial Behaviour at Old Age"
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Main:

  •  BA (Econ), MA (Econ, UPF), MSc (LSE), PhD (Econ)

Complementary:

  •  Law BA, Law MPhil  and BA Politics.
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 Political Economy /Fiscal Federalism /Health and Ageing
 

  • Fiscal Federalism and Health System Productivity

  • Devolution and Welfare State Reform in Europe

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  • Regulated Pharmaceuticals Arbitrage in Europe

 

 Social Policy Analysis / Economics of Identity  

  • Cultural Norms and Self-insurance at Old Age

  • Social Identity, Welfare State Attitudes and Inequality

  • Vertical Transmission of Lifestyles: a natural experiment

Research 2008 - :
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Re-visiting the health care luxury good hypothesis: aggregation, precision, and publication biases? HEDG working papers, 09/02. Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG), 2009.

Decomposing Body Mass Index Gaps Between Mediterranean Countries: A Counterfactual Quantile Regression Analysis (with Daniele Fabbri and Joan Gil). Economics and Human Biology, 2009, 7(3): 351-365.

Competition in off-patent drug markets: Issues, regulation and evidence (with Panos Kanavos & Liz Sheeley). Economic Policy, 2008, 23(55): 497-538.

The Impact of Decentralization and Inter-territorial Interactions on Spanish Health Expenditure (with Francesco Moscone). Empirical Economics, 2008, 34 (1): 167-184.

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

                 Generational effects and gender height dimorphism in contemporary Spain (with Joan Gil).

                 Economics and Human Biology, 2008, 6(1):1-18

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Academic editing and publications:

  • LEQS Discussion paper series See here

  • New edited book just published See here

  • New special issue just edited See here
     

Academic Events:

  • Economics of the Mediterranean and the Euromediterranian Process See here

  • Barcelona workshop on "Health Care Access, Financing and Use" See here

  • Seminar on  Migration and the Welfare State in the Mediterranina Arc See here

   

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