Paul Contoyannis
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Paul Contoyannis is an associate professor in the Department of Economics and a member of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis. Prior to joining McMaster in February 2002, he was a research fellow at the University of York, U.K., where he worked on two Economic and Social Research Council projects on the analysis of longitudinal health data. His PhD in Economics, obtained from the University of York in 2000, focused on the causes and consequences of inequalities in health, considering both theoretical and empirical issues relating to addiction, wages and income inequality. Other interests include the analysis of health dynamics and the determinants and effects of lifestyle, which leads to his main methodological interest: estimation and inference in complex microeconometric models. He has a B.Sc. degree in economics and an M.Sc. in health economics also from the University of York.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- health dynamics
- determinants of health and health inequalities
- simulation based inference in microeconometric models
- economic determinants of body weight
- economic effects in adulthood of childhood abuse
- intergenerational transmission of income and health inequality
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Contoyannis, P. and A.M Jones and N. Rice: ‘Simulation-Based inference in dynamic panel probit models: an application to health’ Empirical Economics (2004) 29,1:49-77 (reprinted in ‘Panel Data: theory and Applications’ edited by Baltagi., B. Physica-Verlag 2004)
Contoyannis, P. and A.M Jones and R. Leon-Gonzalez: ‘Using simulation-based inference with panel data in health economics’ Health Economics (2004) 13, 2:101-122
Contoyannis, P. and A.M Jones and N. Rice: ‘The dynamics of health in the British Household Panel Survey’ Journal of Applied Econometrics (2004) 19,4, 473-503
Contoyannis, P. and Jones, A.M.: ‘Socio-economic status, health and lifestyle’ Journal of Health Economics (2004) 23, 5, 965-995
Contoyannis, P. Hurley, J, Grootendorst, P, Jeon, S-H and Tamblyn. R: ‘Estimating the price elasticity of expenditure for prescription drugs in the presence of non-linear price schedules: An illustration from Quebec, Canada’ Health Economics (2005) 14: 909-923.
Jones, A., Rice., N., and Contoyannis., P (2006) ‘The Dynamics of Health’ Chapter 2 in the Elgar Companion to Health Economics edited by Jones., A. and available as ECUITY Working Paper no 27 here.
Contoyannis., P and Wildman., J (2007) ‘Using relative distributions to investigate the Body Mass Index in England and Canada’ Health Economics (2007) 16: 929-944.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- Methods of Inquiry in Economics
- Advanced Topics in Health Economics
- Analysis of Health Data
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