Professor in Economics, University of Surrey
I am an applied microeconomist with interests in crime, health, labour markets, and development. My research uses large-scale linked administrative data and quasi-experimental methods to study how adverse shocks affect human capital formation, labour market outcomes, health and welfare, and how policies can mitigate these shocks.
A current project extends this agenda to study how migrants use remittances to insure against shocks, using proprietary transaction-level microdata from a major UK-based fintech platform encompassing over one billion transactions.
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My quasi-experimental work is complemented by a programme of large-scale randomised controlled trials in Brazil, conducted in partnership with state government agencies, which both generate new research insights and translate findings into actionable policy evidence.
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I am a Professor of Economics at the University of Surrey, an Invited Researcher at J-PAL MIT, and a Research Fellow at IZA. I hold grants from the ESRC, British Academy, Leverhulme Trust, Wellcome Trust, and the Ministry of Justice, and serve as adviser to the Evaluation and Trial Advice Panel of the UK Evaluation Task Force, the Home Office, and state departments in Brazil.
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You can find me on Bluesky: @koppensteiner.bsky.social.
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