Dr. Véra Zabrodina

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Dr. Véra Zabrodina is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel, specializing in Labour Economics and Health Economics. She has a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Basel, which she completed in October 2022. Prior to her doctorate, she received an M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Lausanne in 2015 and 2013, respectively. Her research focuses on evaluating and designing health and social insurance policies using empirical methods. During her doctoral studies, she was a research fellow in health economics at the University of Lausanne and spent time at the Center for Labor Economics at the University of California, Berkeley in Spring 2022. Her working papers include studies on moral hazard in health insurance and heterogeneity in unemployment insurance responses. She has contributed to significant publications on healthcare utilization among prisoners in Switzerland and the effective allocation of diagnostic imaging resources.

Research Interests

Experience

Research Fellow

2022-01-01 — 2023-12-31

University of Basel • Basel

Conducting research in labour economics and health economics.

Requirements for University of Basel

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:95
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with at least 180 ECTS Specific ECTS requirements in core subjects (e.g., 90 ECTS in Math/CS for Data Science)
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor's degree certificate or current transcript of records
  • Diploma Supplement (if available)
  • CV/Resume
  • Copy of valid passport or ID card
  • Evidence of language proficiency (C1 level recommended for English/German programs)
  • Proof of payment of application fee (CHF 100)
Specialization Notes

The University of Basel generally requires C1 level proficiency in the language of instruction. For most English-taught Masters, TOEFL (min 92-95) or IELTS (min 7.0) is the standard.