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
- Conflicting economic policies and mental health : evidence from the UK national living wage and benefits freeze
- Akanni Lateef, Lenhart Otto, Morton Alec
- Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Vol 43, pp. 1185-1208 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22592
- Paid family leave and the fight against hunger : evidence from New York
- Kim Jiyoon, Lenhart Otto
- Health Economics Vol 33, pp. 1503-1527 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4818
- Does Paid Family Leave Affect Abortion? : Evidence from New York
- Allanson Rory, Lenhart Otto, Romiti Agnese
- (2024)
- 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 Vol 105, pp. 1543-1570 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12365
Professional Activities
- Social assistance programmes and health
- Organiser
- 10/3/2025
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
- Workshop on the Role of Income Assistance Programmes in Improving Well-Being
- Lenhart, Otto (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2028
- 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