King’s College London, Institute of Gerontology, Department of Global Health & Social Medicine
Professor in Public Policy and Global Health

Mauricio Avendano Pabon is Professor of Public Policy and Globald Health and Director of the Institute of Gerontology at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor at Harvard University. He is interested in the intended and unintended consequences of social policies and programmes for both physical and mental health. His research uses quasi-experimental methods and data from randomised controlled trials to examine the health consequences of social programmes such as maternity leave benefits, unemployment benefit policy, conditional cash transfers, pension system reform, non-contributory pensions in Latin America, and urban and transportation policies.
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