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Titus Galama, Associate Professor of Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, is an award-winning astrophysicist who turned to business and management, then to policy analysis and economics. Dr. Galama holds a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Amsterdam (1999), an MBA from INSEAD, France/Singapore (2003), and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Tilburg (2011). In economics, he focuses on understanding the substantial disparities in health by socioeconomic status, utilizing economic principles. Recently he has turned his attention to integrating genetics into such studies and was awarded a VIDI grant by the Dutch National Science Foundation (NWO) and a National Institute of Aging (NIA) research grant (R01) in this area. Both projects focus on identifying modifiable aspects of environments that may protect against genetic risk.
Research
Ageing, Applied Econometrics, Development, Education, Growth, Health, Inequality, Labor, Microeconomic Theory, Non-Linear Dynamics
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Research Output
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A Theory of Socio-economic Disparities in Health over the Life Cycle
Galama, T. J. & van Kippersluis, H., 2019, In : Economic Journal. 129, 617, p. 338-374 37 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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In-home obesity prevention in low-income infants through maternal and social transmission
de la Haye, K., Fluke, M., Laney, P. C., Goran, M., Galama, T., Chou, C. P. & Salvy, S. J., 1 Feb 2019, In : Contemporary Clinical Trials. 77, p. 61-69 9 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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The Effect of Education on Health and Mortality: A Review of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence
Galama, T. J., Adriana Lleras-Muney, A. & van Kippersluis, H., 2 Jun 2018, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. The Oxford University Press, p. 1-99 99 p. (Oxford Research Encyclopedias).Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › Academic
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Home visitation programs: an untapped opportunity for the delivery of early childhood obesity prevention
Salvy, S. J., de la Haye, K., Galama, T. & Goran, M. I., 1 Feb 2017, In : Obesity reviews. 18, 2, p. 149-163 15 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Wealth and health behavior: Testing the concept of a health cost
van Kippersluis, H. & Galama, T. J., 30 Oct 2014, In : European Economic Review. 72, p. 197-220 24 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review