Essays in Econometri cs of Networks
I deal with measurement problems from unobs erved economic or social structure. One specific example is how to pr event the spread of flu-like infectious diseases through the Netherla nds at minimal social cost when the spread of disease incentivises pe ople to change who they contact (if you and I are going to meet, and I get sick, you might want to meet someone else instead because you d o not want to get sick).
Unobserved social structure matters fo r economic measurement. Trade-offs policymakers in Netherlands face w hen managing epidemics of flu-like infectious diseases differ signifi cantly because people do change contacts in response to spread of dis ease at reasonable rate.
I designed tractable optimal targeting problems for lockdowns to mitigate spread of flu-like infectious dis eases in the Netherlands allowing for people to adjust contacts in re sponse to spread of disease. This could be used for better disease-ma nagement in the Netherlands in the event of a future Covid-like pande mic.
More information on the thesis.
DESCRIPTION: Essays in Econometrics of Networks I deal with measuremen t problems from unobserved economic or social structure. One specific example is how to prevent the spread of flu-like infectious diseases through the Netherlands at minimal social cost when the spread of di sease incentivises people to change who they contact (if you and I ar e going to meet, and I get sick, you might want to meet someone else instead because you do not want to get sick).Unobserved social struct ure matters for economic measurement. Trade-offs policymakers in Neth erlands face when managing epidemics of flu-like infectious diseases differ significantly because people do change contacts in response to spread of disease at reasonable rate.I designed tractable optimal ta rgeting problems for lockdowns to mitigate spread of flu-like infecti ous diseases in the Netherlands allowing for people to adjust contact s in response to spread of disease. This could be used for better dis ease-management in the Netherlands in the event of a future Covid-lik e pandemic.More information on the thesis. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR