Dr. Joan Costa I Font

Biography

Joan Costa-i-Font is a highly cited economist with a broad training in the social sciences, recognized for his work at the intersection of health, behavioral economics, and political economy. He leads the Ageing Health Incentives Lab (AHIL) and co-leads the Perceptions of Inequality programme at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He is an affiliated research fellow at both IZA and CESifo, leading global economics networks. Costa-i-Font serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Economics of Ageing and as Section Editor for Social, Economic & Environmental Determinants of Health at PLOS Aging. His policy and business engagement includes drafting the Global Report on Long-Term Care Financing and contributing as a member of the Technical Advisory Group on Economics, Environment, and Climate Change for the WHO. His research focuses on the economics of healthy ageing, caregiving health disadvantages, and the socio-economic and political roots of health disparities, particularly in preventive behaviors. He has published significant contributions in leading academic journals and authored or edited several books addressing health policy and behavioral incentives.

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