Michael Stepner

Michael Stepner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on public economics and health economics. He holds a Ph.D. from M.I.T. (2019) and a B.A. from McGill (2012). Stepner teaches courses such as Health Economics and Health and Economic Inequality. His contact information is michael.stepner@utoronto.ca, and his profile page can be accessed at https://www.economics.utoronto.ca/index.php/index/person/person/faculty/1934.

Michael Stepner is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, specializing in Public Economics, Health Economics, and Labor Economics. His research explores the intersection of economic policy and health outcomes, focusing on how income, health behaviors, and public interventions affect life expectancy and work capacity. He has examined the economic impacts of pandemics, the effects of health events on earnings, and the relationship between income and health outcomes. His work often utilizes large-scale datasets, including the Canadian Hospitalization and Taxation Database, to analyze inequality and policy effectiveness. Stepner's research contributes to understanding how economic and health policies shape individual and societal well-being.