Hello everyone, and welcome to my website!
Having recently defended my thesis (phew). I am now a Post-doctoral researcher in Health Economics at Paris-Dauphine University. My dissertation, Responsibility, equity and insurance: essays in health and environmental economics, studies social preferences in healthcare financing, distributive justice and equity in health, and subjective well-being in the context of natural disasters.
My research interests include theories of justice, equity, social preferences, responsibility, fairness and subjective well-being.
Health Economics Environmental Economics Equity Social Preferences Subjective Well-being Responsibility Fairness
Research
Publications & Work in Progress
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Gone with the wind? Climate shocks, insurance demand and wellbeing, with Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain and Peter Martinsson. R&R at Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
R&R
Abstract
Using a once-in-a-decade storm that affected Sweden, we estimate the impact on insurance take-up and subjective well-being using tailor-made survey data (N=769) combined with remote-sensed damage data. We also explore how the storm affected perceptions about the future and related behavioral mechanisms.
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Social preferences in healthcare financing: Evidence from a survey experiment, with Florence Jusot, Jérôme Wittwer and Clémence Thébaut. R&R at Journal of Health Economics.
In review
Abstract
Using the randomized nature of the second wave of a tailor-made survey experiment (N=4508), we estimate preferences for compensating unequal costs in different contexts. The project gauges the French general population's preferences in terms of equity and distributive justice in the health sector.
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Responsibility and Fairness in Health: How Causal Attributions Shape Inequality Aversion. Job Market Paper, in progress.
JMP
Abstract
Using a survey experiment, I measure the impact of a framing emphasizing personal responsibility on socioeconomic health inequality aversion. I explore heterogeneous effects by gender characteristics and beliefs in the causal origins of inequality, contributing to the literature on the behavioral determinants of such beliefs.
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Migrant Integration and Political Context: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from France, with Mael Astruc–Le Souder. In progress.
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Using data on naturalizations, we disentangle the impact of the rise of the far-right and immigrants' unemployment rate relative to natives on their willingness to integrate, using name changes as a proxy for integration.
Contributions & Research Reports
- Book Chapter on Distributive preferences in life expectancy and income, SciencesPo Paris – Chaire santé. With Florence Jusot, Jérôme Wittwer, Clémence Thébaut and Lilou Castera. In progress.
- Evaluation of the regional health project of Île-de-France (2018–2022), SciencesPo Paris – Chaire santé, under the scientific supervision of Daniel Benamouzig. 2023.
- Transversal axis: Social and territorial health inequalities (ISTS), SciencesPo Paris – Chaire santé. Contributor. 2023.
Education & Positions
- 2026–2027 – Post-doctoral researcher in Health Economics, LEDa-LEGOS, Paris.
- 2022–2026 – PhD in Health & Environmental Economics, Bordeaux School of Economics, Bordeaux.
- 2025–present – ATER, University of Bordeaux.
- 2022–present – PhD Student, Bordeaux School of Economics.
- 2021–2022 – Master 2 in Applied Economics, University of Pau, with highest honors.
- 2020–2021 – Master 1 in Applied Economics, University of Pau, with highest honors.
- 2017–2020 – Bachelor in Economics and Management, University of Pau, with honors.
Workshops and Conferences
- 2026 – ADRES Conference – Paris (France)
- 2026 – AFEPOP Conference – Strasbourg (France)
- 2026 – EEA Congress – Dublin (Ireland)
- 2025 – Canazei Winter School – Canazei (Italy)
- 2025 – Journées de Microéconométrie Appliquées (JMA) – Poitiers (France)
- 2025 – 2nd Welfare & Policy Conference – Bordeaux (France)
- 2025 – BxSE Internal PhD Seminar – Bordeaux (France)
- 2025 – UMR TREE Economics Seminar – Pau (France)
- 2024 – Conference of the French Association of Economics (AFSE) – Bordeaux (France)
- 2024 – 23rd Conference Louis-André Gérard-Varet – Marseille (France)
- 2024 – European Health Economics Association (EUHEA) Conference – Vienna (Austria)
- 2023 – European Health Economics Association (EUHEA) PhD Conference – Bologna (Italy)
- 2023 – Journées des Économistes de la Santé – Bordeaux (France)
Teaching
- Econometrics of Causality – Master 1, University of Bordeaux, 60 hours, 2025–2026. Practical teaching with Excel and XLSTAT on randomized controlled trials, difference-in-differences and regression discontinuity design.
- Introduction to Macroeconomics – AES Bachelor degree, University of Bordeaux, 27 hours, 2025. Introductory course covering macroeconomic basics, growth-rate calculations, GDP components and modelization.
- Methodology of University Work – AES Bachelor degree, University of Bordeaux, 40 hours, 2025. Study methods, organization and transition tools for first-year university students.
- Student tutor – University of Pau, 2019–2021. Weekly support in macroeconomics and microeconomics for first-year undergraduates.
Service
- PhD Representative at the Doctoral School, 2024–2026. Participation in doctoral school meetings and decision-making regarding recruitments and new doctoral-level programs. - Bordeaux, France
- PhD Students Board Representative, 2024–2025. Planning and organization of weekly PhD seminars and PhD collective-life events. - Bordeaux, France
- Local organizer, 2023–2025. Welfare and Policy Conferences, Journées des Économistes de la Santé, AFSE Conference and EEA Congress. - Bordeaux, France
Skills
Computer skills: STATA (advanced), R (advanced), Python (advanced), QGIS (intermediate), Excel (intermediate).
Languages: French (native), English (C2 — Cambridge C1 Advanced, score 206/210), Georgian (fluent), Spanish (notions), Russian (notions).
Contact
Work address
Paris-Dauphine University (LEDa-LEGOS)
Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny,
75775 Paris, France
Email: beka-lomidze@outlook.fr
CV: Download my CV