Episode 33: Stefan Lipman on Promoting healthy behaviour with financial incentives

In this episode, Stefan Lipman, Assistant Professor at Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (Erasmus University Rotterdam), discusses with us how financial incentives can be used to promote healthy behaviour. The conversation covers incentive design (carrots vs. sticks), ethical and equity considerations, funding and cost-effectiveness, the role of structural determinants of health, and the sustainability of behaviour change. In the final part, he shares advice for PhD students and early-career researchers on teaching, presenting, and transitioning to a PhD in Health Economics coming from a different background. Guest: Stefan Lipman, Assistant Professor, Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management (Erasmus University Rotterdam) Hosts: Karen Trujillo, Andrea de Palma   (03:35) Stefan's research background and motivation (06:08) Why to focus on financial incentives for healthy behaviour? (09:52) Carrots and sticks: reward-based and loss-based designs (14:34) Targeting and equity (24:25) Combining financial incentives (35:00) Structural influences on healthy behaviour (59:57) Transitioning into a PhD in health economics coming from a different background

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