Dr. Mario Martinez Jimenez

Biography

Mario Martinez-Jimenez is a Research Fellow at Imperial College London's Department of Economics and Public Policy within the Business School. He currently serves as a Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University’s Department of Health Policy in the School of Medicine for the 2025-2026 academic year. His research interests encompass applied microeconomics with a focus on health, labor, and public economics, specifically in areas such as child development, human capital formation, fertility, and family dynamics. His work evaluates the long-term effects of early-life shocks, environmental risks on mental health, socioeconomic inequalities in healthcare access, and diminishing fertility rates. He obtained his PhD in Health Policy (Economics) from Lancaster University, with financial backing from the NIHR School for Public Health Research. His educational background includes a BSc in Economics from Pompeu Fabra University, an MSc in Health Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam, and an MRes in Applied Economics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Mario's research is interdisciplinary and has been published in notable journals across various fields, including Economics, Human Biology, and Social Science. He is associated with the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Innovation at Imperial and has been involved with several academic societies.

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