Regular biography
Adriana Lleras-Muney is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the ECON department. Her research focuses on the relationships between socio-economic status, particularly education, and health, as well as the effect of disease on income and economic development, and the determinants of fertility. She has received grants from the NIA, NIH, and CCPR. Her work has been published in the American Economic Review, Econometrica, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. She previously worked at Princeton University and has served as Editor of the Journal of Health Economics.
Scholar-generated biography
Adriana Lleras-Muney is a health public finance researcher at UCLA, focusing on the intersection of education, health, and socioeconomic status. Her work evaluates how education influences health behaviors, mortality, and access to medical innovations. She investigates the long-term effects of policies like compulsory schooling laws and cash transfers on health outcomes and labor market outcomes. Her research also explores gender disparities in parental investments and the impact of financial development on health inequality. By analyzing historical and contemporary data, she provides insights into the mechanisms linking education, health, and economic policies.