Dr Otto Lenhart
Senior Lecturer
Economics
Personal statement
I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics. My primary fields of interest are health economics, labor economics and applied microeconometrics. My research focuses on estimating the effects of public policies on health and labor market outcomes. The overarching theme of my research agenda is studying health and labor market effects of policy changes that alter individuals’ income security and access to health insurance. My research has explored a variety of policies, including changes to income assistance programs, minimum wages, insurance coverage, maternal benefits, marijuana policies as well as sudden economic shocks. I am currently teaching the Honour's Year Advanced Microeconomics course, the MSc elective Health Economics Policy course, and the MBA course Economic Analysis for Strategists. Furthermore, I serve as the Deputy Director for the MSc in Applied Economics and MSc in Economics and Finance.
Publications
- Paid family leave and the fight against hunger : evidence from New York
- Kim Jiyoon, Lenhart Otto
- Health Economics (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4818
- Income assistance programs and population health : the dual impact of minimum wages and the earned income tax credit
- Lenhart Otto, Chakraborty Kalyan
- Economics Letters Vol 234 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111508
- Labor mobility and the Affordable Care Act : heterogeneous impacts of the preexisting conditions provision
- Connolly Laura, Hampton Matt, Lenhart Otto
- Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Vol 43, pp. 157-191 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22521
- The earned income tax credit and food insecurity
- Lenhart Otto
- American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12365
- Access to health care and mental health—evidence from the ACA preexisting conditions provision
- Hampton Matt, Lenhart Otto
- Health Economics Vol 31, pp. 760-783 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4473
- The effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion on marriage
- Hampton Matt, Lenhart Otto
- Economic Inquiry Vol 60, pp. 568-591 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.13052
Projects
- Exploring the impact of the Scottish Child Payment on the need for food banks
- Randolph, Hannah (Principal Investigator) Congreve, Emma (Co-investigator) Lenhart, Otto (Co-investigator) Romiti, Agnese (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2024
- SCRUTINY OF EXTENSIVE MARGIN LABOUR SUPPLY RESPONSES (PEER REVIEW)
- Spowage, Mairi (Principal Investigator) Lenhart, Otto (Co-investigator) Randolph, Hannah (Co-investigator)
- 15-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
- Strathclyde COVID-19 Research Portfolio: Novel testing, digital health support and third sector collaboration for impact on social care
- Bedford, Tim (Principal Investigator) Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator) Dunlop, Mark (Co-investigator) Egan, Kieren (Co-investigator) Fleming, Leanne (Co-investigator) Flowers, Paul (Co-investigator) Grealy, Madeleine (Co-investigator) Hoskisson, Paul (Co-investigator) Hunter, Iain (Co-investigator) Janssen, Xanne (Co-investigator) Kirk, Alison (Co-investigator) Knifton, Lee (Co-investigator) Lenhart, Otto (Co-investigator) Maguire, Roma (Co-investigator) Morton, Alec (Co-investigator) Quinn, Neil (Co-investigator) Scott, Fraser (Co-investigator) Suckling, Colin (Co-investigator) Ward, Andrew (Co-investigator) Williams, Lynn (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 16-Jan-2021