Hello! I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Manchester (tenured), specializing in Applied Microeconomics (Fields: Public and Labor Economics). I received my PhD from the University of Mannheim in 2022.

A central topic of my research is understanding the causes and consequences of economic and health inequalities and evaluating government programs aimed at alleviating it. Currently, my research focuses on disability risk and insurance, a topic where policy design is especially challenging given the often hard-to-verify nature of conditions, e.g., mental health conditions, and the typically indefinite nature of benefits. My goal is to understand recent developments in disability risk and to explore the complex underlying economic incentives for individuals, firms, and governments.

In other work, I focus on whether and how social insurance can be provided to self-employed individuals and the consequences of health inequalities over the life-cycle.