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Brenda Gannon is Deputy Director at the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, NUI Galway. She held previous positions as an economist at the Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin (2000-2006), policy analyst at Forfas (1999-2000) and researcher at the Department of Economics, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (1996-1998). Her main research interests include: Health and Labour Economics focusing primarily on policy issues relating to disability and social inclusion in Ireland (including work for the National Disability Authority and Equality Authority); Economics of Ageing focusing on retirement decision and interaction with health, Cost of illness studies for ageing population, Applied Econometrics, in particular the application of panel data methods. Internationally, she is a member of the International Health Economics Association and many European research networks including ECuity (led by Prof. Andrew Jones and Prof. Eddy van Doorslaer). Educational achievements include a B.A. M.A. (Economics) from NUI Galway and Ph.D. (Economics) from NUI Maynooth. She has presented at many national and international conferences, including the National Disability Authority Annual Conference, (2004, 2005) the World Health Economics Association, (2005, 2007) and the European Conference on Health Economics, (2006, 2008). She was recently an invited speaker to the EU Commission seminar (2008) on ‘Economic Aspects of Ageing in Europe’. Selected Publications Gannon, B. & Munley M. (2009); Age and disability: Explaining the wage differential,, Social Science and Medicine (1982) 2009;69(1):47-55. Gannon B. (2009) The influence of economic incentives on reported disability status. Health economics 2009;18(7):743-59. Gannon, B. O’Shea, E. and E. Hudson (2008), Economic cost of falls and fractures among older people in Ireland, Irish Medical Journal, Vol. 101(6). Gannon, B. O’Shea, E. &. Kennelly, B. (2008), Eliciting Preferences for Resource Allocation in Mental Health Care in Ireland, Health Policy, Online. Gannon, B. A Dynamic Analysis of Disability and Labour Force Participation in Ireland 1995-2000, (2005), Health Economics, Vol. 14, No. 9. Gannon, B. Testing for Variation in Technical Efficiency among Hospitals in Ireland, (2005), The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 36, No. 3. Download profile
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