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Matthew Robson

Research Fellow

University
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Research field
Empirical Microeconomics
Interests
Applied Econometrics, Behavioral Economics, Development, Experimental Economics, Health, Inequality

Biography

Matthew Robson is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Economics, based at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Matthew's research focuses on inequality and prosocial preferences: combining experimental and applied econometric methods within a welfare economic framework.

List of publications

Allanson, R. and Robson, M. (2026). Experimental estimation of preferences on population health ethics Social Choice and Welfare.

Cookson, R., Kaur, G., Skarda, I., Venkatesh, S., Doran, T., Robson, M., Norheim, OleF., OtextquoterightDonnell, O. and Paulden, M. (2026). The Inequality-Adjusted Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio Value in Health, 29(6):935--945.

Robson, M., O'Donnell, O. and Van Ourti, T. (2025). Responsibility-sensitive welfare weights for health Journal of Health Economics, 102.

Robson, M., Doran, T., OtextquoterightDonnell, O. and Ourti, T.V. (2025). Do social preferences explain health inequality aversion? Journal of Economic Inequality, 23(3):933--956.

Evans, M., Nogales, R. and Robson, M. (2024). Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty: Correlation, Mismatches, and a Combined Approach Journal of Development Studies, 60(1):147--170.

Robson, M., O'Donnell, O. and Van Ourti, T. (2024). Aversion to health inequality — Pure, income-related and income-caused Journal of Health Economics, 94.

Robson, M., Vollmer, F., Doğan, B.B. and Grede, N. (2024). Distributional impacts of cash transfers on the multidimensional poverty of refugees: The Emergency Social Safety Net in Turkey World Development, 179.

Robson, M. (2021). Inequality aversion, self-interest and social connectedness Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 183:744--772.