Professor Nicolas Ziebarth will present the paper "Sleep and Human Capital: Evidence from Daylight Saving Time". This event is part of the Health Economics and Policy Seminar Series 2015-16, convened by Prof Winnie Yip and Dr Osea Giuntella.

Biography

Nicolas Ziebarth is an Assistant Professor in the Department for Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin), where he graduated in 2011.

Professor Ziebarth's research is in the field of applied health and labor economics. In particular, he analyzes the interaction of social security systems with labor markets and population health. Another focus of his work is the driving forces and implications of health-related behavior.

Since 2010, research co-authored by Dr. Ziebarth has won seven best paper awards. In addition, his PhD thesis on "Sickness Absence and Economic Incentives" was awarded the Upjohn Institute Dissertation Award 2011.