Sebastian Linnemayr

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Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. in economics, Universite de la Mediterranee; M.Phil. in economics, Oxford University; M.A. in international relations, Johns Hopkins University; M.A. in business administration, University of Vienna

Overview

Biography

Sebastian Linnemayr is an associate economist at the RAND Corporation after having finished his position as postdoctoral research fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. His dissertation evaluated a large-scale, randomized nutrition intervention as part of a World Bank project and investigated the impact of HIV on consumption behavior in South Africa. His current research focuses on the impact of HIV on fertility as well as on the economic impact of HIV and other health shocks in developing countries. Linnemayr joined RAND in August 2009. He is also a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School.

Selected Publications

Sebastian Linnemayr, Harold Alderman, "Almost Random: Evaluating a Large-Scale Randomized Nutrition Program in the Presence of Crossover," Journal of Development Economics, 96:106-114, 2011

Sebastian Linnemayr, Brooke Stearns Lawson, Peter Glick, Glenn Wagner, "Economic Status and Coping Mechanisms of Individuals Seeking HIV Care in Uganda," Journal of African Economies, 2011

Linnemayr, Sebastian, "Consumption Smoothing and HIV/AIDS: The Case of Two Communities in South Africa," Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2010

Linnemayr, Sebastian, Harold Alderman, "Anemia In Low Income Countries Is Unlikely To Be Addressed By Economic Development Without," Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2009

Linnemayr, Sebastian, Harold Alderman, Biram Ndiaye, "Effectiveness of a Community-based Intervention to Improve Nutrition in Young Children in Senegal: a Difference in Difference Analysis," Public Health Nutrition, 9:667-673, 2009

Linnemayr, Sebastian, Harold Alderman, Abdoulaye Ka, "Determinants of Malnutrition in Senegal: Individual, Household, Community Variables and Their Interaction," Economics and Human Biology, 6(2):253-262, 2008