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- Ph.D., Economics, Lehigh University, 2018
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Areas of expertise
Health economics, labor economics, and public economics.
BIO
Erkmen G. Aslim is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Vermont, affiliated with the Health and Society Program and a Research Affiliate at the Osher Center for Integrative Health and IZA at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).
He is an applied microeconomist whose research lies at the intersection of health economics and public policy. His work has been published in leading journals including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Economic Literature, The Economic Journal, and Journal of Public Economics, among others, and has been featured in TIME, NPR, and Freakonomics, M.D.
His current research spans the health consequences of immigration enforcement, the economic effects of reproductive health policy, the labor market impacts of medical innovation, AI adoption and productivity in healthcare, and the economic and social consequences of GLP-1 medications. He has expertise collaborating with industry and community partners, including Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan, Priority Health, and the Michigan Health & Hospital Association.
Dr. Aslim is a co-founder and co-organizer of the Applied Microeconomics & Policy Workshop, which brings together senior and junior economics scholars working on public policy. He is also a co-founder of Thinking with Agents, an open educational initiative that helps researchers and educators use agentic AI tools for research and teaching through bootcamps, webinars, and openly shared materials.
Publications
Bio
Erkmen G. Aslim is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Vermont, affiliated with the Health and Society Program and a Research Affiliate at the Osher Center for Integrative Health and IZA at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).
He is an applied microeconomist whose research lies at the intersection of health economics and public policy. His work has been published in leading journals including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Economic Literature, The Economic Journal, and Journal of Public Economics, among others, and has been featured in TIME, NPR, and Freakonomics, M.D.
His current research spans the health consequences of immigration enforcement, the economic effects of reproductive health policy, the labor market impacts of medical innovation, AI adoption and productivity in healthcare, and the economic and social consequences of GLP-1 medications. He has expertise collaborating with industry and community partners, including Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan, Priority Health, and the Michigan Health & Hospital Association.
Dr. Aslim is a co-founder and co-organizer of the Applied Microeconomics & Policy Workshop, which brings together senior and junior economics scholars working on public policy. He is also a co-founder of Thinking with Agents, an open educational initiative that helps researchers and educators use agentic AI tools for research and teaching through bootcamps, webinars, and openly shared materials.
