Dr. Laurence Roope

Biography

Laurence Roope is a Senior Researcher at the Health Economics Research Centre (HERC) at the University of Oxford, where he joined in January 2013 after completing a PhD in Economics at the University of Manchester. His research focuses broadly on development economics, with particular interests in poverty, inequality, health, and human capital. Roope has developed and analyzed indicators of societal wellbeing and deprivation, with a special interest in the relationship between economic growth and inequality, aiming to make economic growth more inclusive. His work on global inequality has been featured in the United Nations Human Development Report 2016. He has also developed interests in behavioral economics and the economics of antimicrobial resistance. Currently, he engages in projects funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Prior to his academic career, Roope worked as a professional econometrician in the private sector and has served as a consultant for the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and as a Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE). Additionally, he is an External Associate at the Global Development Institute (GDI) at the University of Manchester.

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