PhD Defence: Bastian Ravesteijn

In his dissertation ‘Measuring the Impact of Public Policy on Socioeconomic Disparities in Health’ ERIM’s Bastian Ravesteijn evaluates the degree to which different government policies have been or can be successful in reducing health disparities due to exogenous (“unfair'') factors.

Bastian defended his dissertation in the Senate Hall at Erasmus University Rotterdam on Thursday, 19 May 2016 at 15:30. His supervisor was Prof.dr. E.K.A. van Doorslaer and his co-supervisor was Dr. J.L.W. van Kippersluis. Other members of the Doctoral Committee were Dr. O.A. O’Donnell (ESE), Prof.dr. M. Lindeboom (VU), Prof.dr. D. Webbink (ESE), Prof. dr. P.W.C. Koning (Universiteit Leiden), Prof.dr. M. Janssen (Tilburg University), and Prof.dr. T.G.M. van Ourti (ESE). 

In this dissertation, Bastian Ravesteijn and his respective coauthors evaluate the degree to which different government policies have been or can be successful in reducing health disparities due to exogenous (“unfair'') factors. They investigate the role of occupational stressors and the statutory retirement age, of educational tracking and schooling, and of increased patient cost sharing for mental health care.

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