Prof. Dr. Alfonso Sousa-Poza

Akademischer Kurzlebenslauf

seit 2007Fachgebietsleiter an der Universität Hohenheim
bis 2007Privatdozent an der Universität St. Gallen und wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am FAA-HSG
2003Habilitation an der Universität St. Gallen mit der venia legendi für das Fach Volkswirtschaftslehre
1999Dissertation an der Universität St. Gallen, Dr.oec.HSG
1996Ökonomiestudium an der Hochschule St. Gallen, lic.oec.HSG
1990Informatikstudium an der University of Capetown, BSc
CV Prof. Dr. Alfonso Sousa-Poza

Ämter, Funktionen & Mitgliedschaften

Forschungsinteressen

  • Altersökonomik
  • Bevölkerungsökonomik
  • Gesundheitsökonomik
  • Subjective Wellbeing Forschung

Ausgewählte Publikationen

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Meng, F., Nie, P., & Sousa-Poza, A. (2023). Obesity inequality and well-being in Germany. Economics & Human Biology, 49, 101236.
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Meng, F., Nie, P., & Sousa-Poza, A. (2023). The intangible costs of overweight and obesity in Germany. Health Economics Review, 13(1), 14.
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 Nie, P./ Wang, L./ Dragone, D./ Lu, H./ Sousa-Poza, A./ Ziebarth, N. R. (2022) „’The better you feel, the harder you fall’: Health perception biases and mental health among Chinese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic”, China Economic Review 71, 101708.

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Oskorouchi, H.R./ Sousa-Poza, A. (2021), "Floods, food security, and coping strategies: Evidence from Afghanistan", Agricultural Economics 52 (1), 123-140.

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Zhu, Z./ Ma,W./ Sousa-Poza, A./ Leng, C. (2022), "The effect of internet usage on perceptions of social fairness: Evidence from rural China", China Economic Review, 101508.

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Nie, P./ Ding, L./ Sousa-Poza, A. (2019), "Obesity inequality and the changing shape of the bodyweight distribution in China", China Economic Review, 58, 101348.
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Nie, P./ Ding, L./ Sousa-Poza, A. (2019), "Decomposing adult obesity trends in China (1991-2011)", Economics & Human Biology (forthcoming).

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Alameddine, M./ Otterbach, S./ Rafii, B./ Sousa-Poza, A. (2018), "Work hour constraints in the German nursing workforce: A quarter of a century in review", Health Policy 122 (10), 1101-1108.
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Kaiser, M./ Reutter, M./ Sousa-Posa, A./ Strohmaier, K. (2018), "Smoking and local unemployment: Evidence from Germany", Economics & Human Biology 29, 138-147.

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Nie, P./ Sousa-Poza, A. (2018), "Commute time and subjective well-being in urban China", China Economic Review 48, 188-204.

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Nie, P./ Leon, AA./ Sánchez, MED/ Sousa-Poza, A. (2018), "The rise in obesity in Cuba from 2001 to 2010: An analysis of national survey on risk factors and chronic disease data", Economics & Human Biology 28, 1-13.

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Nie, P./ Sousa-Poza, A./ He, X. (2015), "Peer effects on childhood and adolescent obesity in China", China Economics Review, 35: 47-69.

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Gwozdz, W./ Sousa-Poza, A. et al. (2015), "Peer effects on obesity in a sample of european Children", Economics and Human Biology, 18: 139-152.

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Nie, P./ Otterbach, S./ Sousa-Poza, A./ (2015), "Work time and health in China", China Economics Review, 33: 212-229

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Gwozdz, W./ Sousa-Poza, A. et al. (2013), "Mental Employment and Child Obesity: A European Perspective", Journal of Health Economics, 32: 728-742.

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Bloom, D.E./ Sousa-Poza, A. (2013), "Aging and productivity: introduction", Labour Economics, 22:1-4.
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Fischer, J.A./ Sousa-Poza, A. (2009), "Job satisfaction and health: an analysis using panel data and objective health measures", Health Economics, 18: 71-89.
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Sousa-Poza, A./ Ziegler, A. (2003), "Asymmetric information about Workers' productivity as a cause for inefficient long working hours", Labour Economics, 10 (6): 727-747.

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Sousa-Poza, A./ Schmid, H./ Widmer, R. (2001), "The allocation and value of time assigned to housework and child-care: an analysis for Switzerland", Journal of Population Economics, 14:599-618. Retained in Vogler, M./ Zimmermann, K.F, (eds.) (2003), Family, Household and Work, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

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