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I am an economist with interests in development, health and behavioral economics. I am Associate Professor (with tenure), Development Economics at the Institute of Social Studies at Erasmus University. I am also on the management team of the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative. From 2013-2014 I was post-doc in the Max Weber Program at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence. In 2013 I did my PhD in International Economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva. I have advised and consulted for the World Bank, the Gates Foundation, WHO and others.
Fields of interest: Development Economics, Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Policy Evaluation.
rieger[at]iss.nl
The International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam
Kortenaerkade 12, 2518 AX Den Haag, Netherlands
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I am an economist with interests in development, health and behavioral economics. I am Associate Professor (with tenure), Development Economics at the Institute of Social Studies at Erasmus University. I am also on the management team of the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative. From 2013-2014 I was post-doc in the Max Weber Program at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence. In 2013 I did my PhD in International Economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva. I have advised and consulted for the World Bank, the Gates Foundation, WHO and others.
Fields of interest: Development Economics, Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Policy Evaluation.
rieger[at]iss.nl
The International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam
Kortenaerkade 12, 2518 AX Den Haag, Netherlands
Google Scholar
News and updates
Interview on my ongoing work on the nutrition transition with Erasmus Research Services - December 17, 2019.
Bloomberg covers our trade and obesity VOX-EU column: ''As Food Trade Ballooned Under Nafta, So Did Mexican Waistlines" (by S. Hagan) - February 23, 2018.
VOX-EU column on "Weight Gains from Trade in Foods: Evidence from Mexico" (with Osea Giuntella and Lorenzo Rotunno) - February 2, 2018.
New York Times cites my papers on trans fat bans (with Brandon Restrepo): "The Worst Fat in the Food Supply" (by Jane E. Brody) - May 22, 2017.
Recent publications
Self-Help Groups, Savings and Social Capital: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Cambodia (with Radu Ban and Michael Gilligan), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, accepted.
Particle Pollution and Cognition: Evidence from Sensitive Cognitive Tests in Brazil (with Arjun Bedi, Marcos Nakaguma and Brandon Restrepo), Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, accepted.
Weight Gains from Trade in Foods: Evidence from Mexico (with Osea Giuntella and Lorenzo Rotunno), NBER Working Paper 24942, Journal of International Economics, 2020.
The impact of the Ethiopian health extension program and health development army on maternal mortality: A synthetic control approach (with Wagner, Mebratie, Alemu, Bedi), Social Science & Medicine, 2019.
Interview on my ongoing work on the nutrition transition with Erasmus Research Services - December 17, 2019.
Bloomberg covers our trade and obesity VOX-EU column: ''As Food Trade Ballooned Under Nafta, So Did Mexican Waistlines" (by S. Hagan) - February 23, 2018.
VOX-EU column on "Weight Gains from Trade in Foods: Evidence from Mexico" (with Osea Giuntella and Lorenzo Rotunno) - February 2, 2018.
New York Times cites my papers on trans fat bans (with Brandon Restrepo): "The Worst Fat in the Food Supply" (by Jane E. Brody) - May 22, 2017.
Recent publications
Self-Help Groups, Savings and Social Capital: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Cambodia (with Radu Ban and Michael Gilligan), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, accepted.
Particle Pollution and Cognition: Evidence from Sensitive Cognitive Tests in Brazil (with Arjun Bedi, Marcos Nakaguma and Brandon Restrepo), Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, accepted.
Weight Gains from Trade in Foods: Evidence from Mexico (with Osea Giuntella and Lorenzo Rotunno), NBER Working Paper 24942, Journal of International Economics, 2020.
The impact of the Ethiopian health extension program and health development army on maternal mortality: A synthetic control approach (with Wagner, Mebratie, Alemu, Bedi), Social Science & Medicine, 2019.
