Faculty and Executive Leadership Directory

Paul J. Gertler

Director, Institute of Business and Economics Research (IBER)
Li Ka Shing Foundation Chair in Health Management
Faculty Director, Graduate Program in Health Services Management
Professor of Health Services Finance
School of Public Health
Affiliated Professor, Department of Demography and School of Public Policy
510-642-1418
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Academic Status: On duty
Office Hours: By appointment, F643
Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format, Acrobat Reader required)
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Education

BA, Economics, University of Wisconsin
PhD, Economics, University of Wisconsin

Positions Held

At Haas since 1996
2008 - present, Director, Institute of Business and Economics Research (IBER)
1996 - present, Professor, Haas School of Business
1996 - present, Professor, Health Services Finance, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
1988 - 1996, Senior Economist, RAND, Santa Monica, CA
1986 - 1988, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy and Management, Harvard University
1983 - 1986, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, State University of New York
1978 - 1980, Analyst, Office of Health Economics, Department of Health, State of Wisconsin

External Service and Assignments

Member, American Economic Association
Member, American Public Health Association
Member, Econometric Society
Member, Health Economics Research Organization
Faculty Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
Founding Member, International Health Economics Association

Selected Papers and Publications

"On the Road to Social Health Insurance: The Asian Experience." World Development 26, no. 4 (1998): 717-732.
"The Policy Implications for Better Structure and Process on Birth Outcomes," with J. Peabody and A. Leibowitz. Health Policy 43 (1998): 1-13.
"Private Health Insurance and Public Expenditures," with R. Strum. Journal of Econometrics 77 (1997): 237-257.
"Targeting Interventions for Low Birthweight," with J. Peabody. Journal of Community Epidemiology 12 (1997).
"Moral Hazard and Risk Spreading in Medical Partnerships," with M. Gaynor. RAND Journal of Economics (1995).
"Family Productivity, Labor Supply and Welfare." Journal of Human Resources 29 (1994): 989-1026.

Honors and Awards

Kenneth Arrow Award in Health Economics, 1996
Academic Career Leadership Award, National Institutes of Health, 1998

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