Timothy Classen

About

Professor Classen’s research focuses on economic causes and consequences of deleterious health behaviors such as obesity, suicide and drug abuse. He has published research on  the intergenerational transmission of obesity and subsequent correlations in human capital investments over time within families as well as the relationship of job loss and durations of unemployment to fluctuations in suicide rates.  He is currently studying the effects of states’ Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on rates of overdoses from opiate painkillers.

Dr. Classen was awarded the Quinlan Faculty Service Award in 2014 and Outstanding Teacher of the Year for Undergraduate Programs at Quinlan in 2016.  He seeks to engender in students and colleagues an understanding of how Loyola’s mission to promote and foster social justice can be realized through improving health disparities in both the U.S. and foreign health care systems.

Degrees

PhD Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 2006

MA Economics, University of Chicago, 1997

BA Mathematics and Economics, Macalester College, 1996

Research Interests

Health Economics

Microeconomics

Econometrics

Professional & Community Affiliations

American Economic Association

International Health Economics Association

American Society of Health Economists

Courses Taught

ECON 201. Introduction to Microeconomics

ECON 329. Health Economics

ECON 346. Introduction to Econometrics 

HCMT 502. Health Care Economics