Paul J. Gertler Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy Professor of Health Services Finance Ph.D. 1985 U Wisconsin (economics) × BA 1978 U Wisconsin (510) 642-1418 × gertler@haas homepage × cv (pdf)

At Berkeley since 1996 × Previously at SUNY Stony Brook, Harvard and RAND.

Research Interests

Finance and management of health care systems.

Recent Books

Health Policy in Asia: Options for Developing Countries × with J. Peabody, O. Rahman and J. Mann
Cambridge U Press, New York (1999).

The Willingness to Pay for Medical Care × with J. van der Gaag
Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore (1990).

Selected Articles

"Parental Death and Schooling" with David Levine & Minnie Aimes Review of Economic Studies (forthcoming).

“Mexico’s PROGRESA: Using a Poverty Alleviation Program as a Financial Incentive for Parents to Invest in Children's Health” with Jaime Sepulveda × Lancet (forthcoming).

“Insuring Consumption against Illness” with J. Gruber × American Economic Review 92(1), 51-70 (2002).

“Moral Hazard and Risk Spreading in Medical Partnerships” with M. Gaynor × RAND Journal of Economics 26(4), 591-613 (1995).