Labor Economics

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Dr. Véra Zabrodina
Associate & Visiting (Researcher)
Véra Zabrodina
Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät / WWZ
Arbeitsmarktökonomie

Associate & Visiting (Researcher)

Tel. +41 61 207 07 58
vera.zabrodina@unibas.ch

Current Position

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Basel. My research combines theory and empirics to evaluate the design of health and social insurance policies.

I graduated with a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Basel in October 2022. I visited the Center for Labor Economics at the University of California, Berkeley in spring 2022. Before my doctoral studies, I worked as a research fellow in health economics at the University of Lausanne.

Visit my personal website to learn more.

 

Fields of interest

  • Labour Economics
  • Health Economics
  • Policy Evaluation
  • Applied Econometrics

 

Working papers

  • Timing Moral Hazard under Deductibles in Health Insurance.
  • Unemployment Insurance with Response Heterogeneity (with Conny Wunsch).
  • Hours Mismatch and Income Tax Incentives for Low-Earning Workers (with Ulrike Unterhofer).

 

Publications

  • Zabrodina, Véra, Mark Dusheiko, and Karine Moschetti (2020). A Moneymaking Scan: Dual Reimbursement Systems and Supplier-Induced Demand for Diagnostic Imaging. Health Economics, 29(12): 1566--1585.
  • Moschetti, Karine, Véra Zabrodina, Pierre Stadelmann, Tenzin Wangmo, Alberto Holly, Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen, Bernice S. Elger, and Bruno Gravier (2017). Exploring differences in healthcare utilization of prisoners in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. PLOS ONE, 12(10): e0187255.
  • Moschetti, Karine, Véra Zabrodina, Tenzin Wangmo, Alberto Holly, Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen, Bernice S. Elger, and Bruno Gravier (2018). The determinants of healthcare expenditures of prisoners: Evidence from Switzerland. BMC Health Services Research, 18:160.

 

Education

  • PhD in Applied Economics, University of Basel (2022)
  • M.Sc. in Economics, University of Lausanne (2015)
  • B.Sc. in Economics, University of Lausanne (2013)

 

Teaching Assistance

  • Causal Inference for Policy Evaluation: Master’s and PhD course, fall terms 2021 and 2022
  • Applied Empirical Analysis: Master’s and PhD course, fall term 2020
  • Empirical Research Methods in Labour Economics: Master’s and PhD course, fall terms 2018 and 2019
  • Advanced Empirical Research Methods: Master’s and PhD course, fall terms 2018 and 2019