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I am a micro-development economist with interests in experimental and health economics. I am Assistant Professor, Development Economics at the Institute of Social Studies at Erasmus University. I am also on the management team of the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative. Previously I was post-doc in the Max Weber Program at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence. 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, Experimental Economics, Policy Evaluation.
rieger@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 a micro-development economist with interests in experimental and health economics. I am Assistant Professor, Development Economics at the Institute of Social Studies at Erasmus University. I am also on the management team of the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative. Previously I was post-doc in the Max Weber Program at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence. 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, Experimental Economics, Policy Evaluation.
rieger@iss.nl
The International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam
Kortenaerkade 12, 2518 AX Den Haag, Netherlands
Google Scholar
News and updates
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
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, forthcoming.
Selected working papers
Weight Gains from Trade in Foods: Evidence from Mexico (with Osea Giuntella and Lorenzo Rotunno), NBER Working Paper 24942, August 2018. [R&R Journal of International Economics]
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
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, forthcoming.
Selected working papers
Weight Gains from Trade in Foods: Evidence from Mexico (with Osea Giuntella and Lorenzo Rotunno), NBER Working Paper 24942, August 2018. [R&R Journal of International Economics]
