Ana I. Balsa
Ph.D. Boston
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Professor Department of Economics Facultad de Ciencias
Empresariales y Economía Universidad de Montevideo Editor, Journal of Health Economics Member elect of LACEA’s Executive Committee 2024-2028 Co-organizer, Latin American Health Economics Network - LACEA Co-organizer, Special Interest Group on Risky Health Behaviors, IHEA Secretary of the Board, Research
Institute for Development, Growth and Economics (RIDGE) Investigator level II - National Investigators System (SNI, Uruguay) Summary My areas of
academic interest include the Economics of Human Capital, Health Economics,
and the Economics of Education. I have conducted research on the implications
of social interactions on behavior and human capital development – focusing
on statistical discrimination, relative deprivation, and peer effects –, and
on the economic impact of programs and policies on health, and on cognitive
and non-cognitive development. I have analyzed the effects of pregnancy and
parenting interventions, anti-tobacco campaigns, drug prevention and
treatment programs, nutrition interventions, and education programs. My projects have
been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH, US), the
Inter-American Development Bank, the Bernard van Leer Foundation, the
Uruguayan National Agency of Research and Innovation (ANII), the Uruguayan
Ministry of Public Health (MSP), Rockwool Foundation (Denmark), and the Latin
American Development Bank (CAF). I teach Intermediate Microeconomics at the undergraduate level and
Health Economics, Economics of Human Capital, and Econometrics of Impact
Evaluation at the graduate level. Last updated: November 2023 |
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