Martin Karlsson

Dr. Karlsson was awarded a PhD in economics from the European University Institute in 2007. He is currently working as a research fellow at the Oxford Institute of Ageing, Oxford University. Martin is an honorary fellow of the Faculty of Actuarial Science and Insurance at Cass Business School. He has also consulted the Disability Rights Commission and The Swedish Association of Local Authorities on the future of long-term care. He has furthermore been working in research at the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna, Austria, and at the Centre for Health Economics in York.

Martins research interests include a wide range of topics within applied microeconomics, micro-econometrics and health economics, such as incentive regulation in health care, empirical analysis of health, disability and education and projection of future costs for long-term care. Most of his publications to date are focussed on long-term care, and particularly on how different systems for financing and provision are able to adjust to demographic changes. Also problems of insurance markets, and in particular possible remedies to market failures in the insurance industry, are part of his research agenda.

Currently, Martins research is mainly focused on understanding the individuals production of health. Two aspects of particular importance in that work are the role of knowledge for health behaviours and health, and the effect of economic inequalities on health. Furthermore, Martin holds a grant from the ESRC to analyse the interlinkages between health and marriage or cohabitation.