The Health Economics degree programme is pleased to organize the third edition of the Rome Health Economics Workshop (RomHEW).
The event will bring together health economists from various European universities to present and discuss their ongoing research.
The workshop offers an excellent opportunity for Master’s and PhD students, as well as interested colleagues, to engage with current research, exchange ideas, and foster academic discussion in the field of health economics.
Speakers:
Alberto Batinti (Sapienza University of Rome);
Joan Costa-i-Font (London School of Economics);
Chiara Costi (University of Verona);
Joanna Kopinska (Sapienza University of Rome);
Raffaele Lagravinese (University of Bari);
Andrea Piano Mortari (University of Rome Tor Vergata);
Anna-Theresa Renner (Technical University of Vienna);
Rita Santos (University of York);
Mujaheed Shaikh (Hertie School);
Judit Vall Castello (Universitat de Barcelona);
Yunhao Xu (University of York);
Xuan Zhang (Sapienza University of Rome)
19.05.2026
TUESDAY19.5.2026h.14:00-19:00
14.00-14.20Welcome andIntroduction
Session1(chairDeboraDiGioacchino)
14.20-15.00 AlbertoBatinti(Sapienza).Gerontocracy.Discussant:
Raffaele Lagravinese (Bari)
15.00- 15.40 JoanCosta-i-Font(LSE).EarlyBuzz Lasts a Lifetime?
Later LifeEffects ofEarlyAlcoholExposure.Discussant: Joanna
Kopinska (Sapienza)
15.40-16.20ChiaraCosti(Verona).ParenthoodandBiological
Embedding:Evidence onHealth,Wellbeing, andBiologicalAge.
Discussant: JuditVallCastello(UB)
16.20-16.40CoffeeBreak
Session2 (chair RaffaeleLagravinese)
16.40-17.20 JoannaKopinska (Sapienza).EarlyArrivals:HowPreterm
BirthAffectsMothers andBabies.Discussant:AlbertoBatinti
(Sapienza)
17.20-18.00 AndreaPianoMortari(TorVergata).MultiMorbidity
Trajectories inElderlyPopulations.Discussant:ChiaraCosti(Verona)
18.00- 18.40 XuanZhang (Sapienza).Dividends ofCare: The
HeterogeneousEffects of Long-Term Care Insurance on Spousal
Labor andIntergenerational Support.Discussant: JoanCosta-i-Font
(LSE)
20.00 SocialDinner. To attendthedinner,please confirmto
clara.andresciani@uniroma1.it
WEDNESDAY20.5.2026h.9:00-14:00
Session3 (chair AlbertoBatinti)
9.00-9.40 Raffaele Lagravinese (Bari). The SpatialEquilibrium
Effects ofHospitalClosures.Discussant: ClaraAndresciani(Sapienza)
9.40-10.20 Anna-TheresaRenner(UTWien).Does Ownership
MatterinEmergencyMedical Services?Discussant:GiorgiaMarini
(Sapienza)
10.20-11.00 Rita Santos (York).UnderstandingVariation in
EmergencyDepartment Transfers inEngland: TheRole ofRural and
Coastal Sites.Discussant:AndreaPianoMortari(TorVergata)
11.00-11.20CoffeeBreak
Session4(chair JoanCosta-i-Font)
11.20-12.00MujaheedShaikh(Hertie). LeaderIdentity andAllocative
Efficiency inHealthcare:Evidence from Cesareandeliveries.
Discussant: Rita Santos (York)
12.00-12.40 YunhaoXu(York). Strandedin theEmergency
Department: The Impact of Trolley Time onPatient Outcomes.
Discussant:Anna-TheresaRenner(UTWien)
12.40-13.20 JuditVallCastello (UB).Access toHealthcare,Fertility,
andReproductiveHealth.Discussant:DeboraDiGioacchino
(Sapienza)
Noregistrationis required(exceptforthe socialdinner,whichis at
participants
’
own expense).