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Dr Ludovico Carrino

Dr Ludovico Carrino

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Economics
  • Ageing

Biography

Ludovico Carrino is a Research Fellow at King’s College London and affiliated to the Department of Economics of the Ca’Foscari University of Venice, where he got his PhD in Economics. He is Adjunct Professor of Public Economics at the University of Trieste, and Consultant on Public Policy and the Public Economics of ageing for the World Health Organisation (WHO Kobe Centre for Health Development). He has written a book titled 'Economics of Long-Term Care in Europe' (Palgrave-MacMillan, 2017), as well as several articles on the evaluation of public policy interventions for ageing societies.

View Ludovico's curriculum vitae

Research

  • Economics of ageing, healthcare and long-term care
  • Mental health
  • Multidimensional decision making
  • Pensions and the welfare state
  • Policy and society
  • Public policy evaluation
  • Public economics

Ludovico's research is in applied health economics, with particular focus on long-term care for older individuals, the economics of ageing and pensions, as well as welfare economics and the multi-dimensional evaluation of complex phenomena.

He is principal investigator in a joint project with the Université de Paris, focused on evaluating the effectiveness of public Long-Term Care services in preventing negative health outcomes among older Europeans. He is the co-investigator for the IN-CARE project – a new Open Research Area (ORA) funded project on inequalities in formal and informal care utilisation and provision across Europe and the UK.

He is also lead investigator for the WORKLONG project, an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) project within the Joint Initiative Programme that examines how pension reform influences the health and wellbeing of older workers.

He is a senior researcher within the MINDMAP project, a European Union consortium to examine the impact of urban policies on mental health.

Further details

See Ludovico's research profile

    Research

    Institute of Gerontology_hero
    Institute of Gerontology

    Investigating the challenges of health and social care, as well as the social, economic and policy consequences of ageing populations.

    Elderly-hand-global-ageing-800x533
    Mindmap: Promoting mental wellbeing in the ageing urban population

    Identifying the opportunities offered by the urban environment for the promotion of mental wellbeing and cognitive function of older individuals in Europe.

    Project status: Ongoing

    Worklong: More years better lives - Impact of interventions and policies on prolonging working life in good health: an international study

    The aim is to examine the bidirectional links between employment and health by quantifying the impact of health interventions on the length of paid employment.

    Project status: Completed

    News

    England's anti-loneliness programme has no impact on loneliness, isolation, or depression amongst older people

    As we head towards Christmas, a recent study shows campaign to tackle loneliness in the over-65s hasn't worked

    Loneliness in the elderly

    Researchers reveal hidden long-term care cost of raising UK pension age

    Raising the UK’s State Pension Age (SPA) from 66 to 68 comes with hidden costs that will negatively impact the long-term care supply for the same rapidly...

    Retirement

    Improving job quality reduces depression and anxiety for women

    New research has demonstrated for the first time the widely discussed but poorly documented link between job quality, working conditions and mental health for...

    A female cashier wearing a covid facemask and visor works at a till. In the foreground, silhouettes of customers queuing.

    An integrated social care model could protect care homes in future pandemics

    The spread of COVID-19 in care homes could have been reduced if there was an integrated social care model in the UK, say academics from the Institute of...

    Dependent elderly woman with dementia

    Women in high-stress jobs more depressed due to rising State Pension age

    The harmful mental health consequences of these State Pension Age reforms may have been overlooked, new research finds

    Coins

    How simple policy changes can help us age better and prevent cognitive decline

    Many people experience a decline in cognitive function with age, such as a worsening memory and trouble processing information. In most cases, this is...

    Elderly friends

    Features

    How policy changes can help us age better

    While prospects such as new drugs that protect against cognitive ageing are exciting, research shows that many simple policy changes can also promote social...

    Three happy elderly people.

      Research

      Institute of Gerontology_hero
      Institute of Gerontology

      Investigating the challenges of health and social care, as well as the social, economic and policy consequences of ageing populations.

      Elderly-hand-global-ageing-800x533
      Mindmap: Promoting mental wellbeing in the ageing urban population

      Identifying the opportunities offered by the urban environment for the promotion of mental wellbeing and cognitive function of older individuals in Europe.

      Project status: Ongoing

      Worklong: More years better lives - Impact of interventions and policies on prolonging working life in good health: an international study

      The aim is to examine the bidirectional links between employment and health by quantifying the impact of health interventions on the length of paid employment.

      Project status: Completed

      News

      England's anti-loneliness programme has no impact on loneliness, isolation, or depression amongst older people

      As we head towards Christmas, a recent study shows campaign to tackle loneliness in the over-65s hasn't worked

      Loneliness in the elderly

      Researchers reveal hidden long-term care cost of raising UK pension age

      Raising the UK’s State Pension Age (SPA) from 66 to 68 comes with hidden costs that will negatively impact the long-term care supply for the same rapidly...

      Retirement

      Improving job quality reduces depression and anxiety for women

      New research has demonstrated for the first time the widely discussed but poorly documented link between job quality, working conditions and mental health for...

      A female cashier wearing a covid facemask and visor works at a till. In the foreground, silhouettes of customers queuing.

      An integrated social care model could protect care homes in future pandemics

      The spread of COVID-19 in care homes could have been reduced if there was an integrated social care model in the UK, say academics from the Institute of...

      Dependent elderly woman with dementia

      Women in high-stress jobs more depressed due to rising State Pension age

      The harmful mental health consequences of these State Pension Age reforms may have been overlooked, new research finds

      Coins

      How simple policy changes can help us age better and prevent cognitive decline

      Many people experience a decline in cognitive function with age, such as a worsening memory and trouble processing information. In most cases, this is...

      Elderly friends

      Features

      How policy changes can help us age better

      While prospects such as new drugs that protect against cognitive ageing are exciting, research shows that many simple policy changes can also promote social...

      Three happy elderly people.