Alessandro Sasso

BSc (Hons), MA Turin, MSc Sheffield, PhD Sheffield

Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Honorary Research Associate

a.sasso@sheffield.ac.uk

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Alessandro Sasso
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Profile

I joined ScHARR (HEDS) as a Research Associate (Health Econometrician) in October 2018, after undertaking a four-year PhD program in Economics at the University of Sheffield.

Prior to this I obtained a BSc degree in Economics in 2009, a Master’s degree in Economics in 2011 from the University of Turin, and I worked in the private sector for three years.

Research interests

My primary research interests are in the area of applied microeconomics, with a particular focus on the fields of health and labour economics:

Microeconometrics
Health Economics
Labour economics

Current projects

Investigating population trends in alcohol consumption in Britain
Examining the determinants of reservation wages among unemployed individuals in Italy

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Journal articles

Sasso A, Hernández-Alava M, Holmes J, Field M, Angus C & Meier P (2022) Strategies to cut down drinking, alcohol consumption, and usual drinking frequency: Evidence from a British online market research survey. Social Science & Medicine, 115280-115280.
Hardie I, Stevely AK, Sasso A, Meier PS & Holmes J () The impact of changes in COVID‐19 lockdown restrictions on alcohol consumption and drinking occasion characteristics in Scotland and England in 2020: an interrupted time‐series analysis. Addiction.
Brown S, Popli G & Sasso A () Decomposing the Gender Reservation Wage Gap in Italy: A Regional Perspective. Journal of Regional Science.
Holmes J, Angus C, Sasso A, Stevely A & Meier P () What proportion of on-trade alcohol is served to those who are already potentially intoxicated? An analysis of event-level data. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Wildman MJ, O’Cathain A, Hind D, Maguire C, Arden MA, Hutchings M, Bradley J, Walters SJ, Whelan P, Ainsworth J , Tappenden P et al () An intervention to support adherence to inhaled medication in adults with cystic fibrosis: the ACtiF research programme including RCT. Programme Grants for Applied Research, 9(11), 1-146.

Reports

Stevely A, Sasso A, Alava MH & Holmes J (2021) Changes in alcohol consumption in Scotland during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: Descriptive analysis of repeat cross-sectional survey data View this article in WRRO