Dean R. Lillard

Dean R. Lillard's research uses large panel surveys (long-term studies that follow the same people over time) across multiple countries to examine health behaviors such as smoking and alcohol use, labor supply, family and childcare decisions, and well-being, often in relation to policy events like COVID-19 restrictions. Much of the work involves harmonizing and comparing survey data across countries, including projects like the Cross-National Equivalent File and the Swiss Household Panel, to study how economic and social conditions affect health and behavior over the life course. Prospective students would likely engage with empirical economics methods applied to health, aging, and social policy questions using existing large-scale datasets.

Publication output was highest between 2018 and 2020, then declined and slowed considerably from 2021 onward, averaging about one publication per year over the last five years.

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