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I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Department of Economics of Lancaster University. My research focuses on the interplay between (mental) health, employment and disability insurance.
I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Department of Economics of Lancaster University. My research focuses on the interplay between (mental) health, employment and disability insurance.
Before joining Lancaster, I was a post-doctoral fellow in the Retirement and Disability Policy Research Center at the National Bureau of Economics Research (NBER). I obtained my PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Tinbergen Institute under the supervision of Prof.dr. Pierre Koning and dr. Paul Muller. You can find my CV here.
Before joining Lancaster, I was a post-doctoral fellow in the Retirement and Disability Policy Research Center at the National Bureau of Economics Research (NBER). I obtained my PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Tinbergen Institute under the supervision of Prof.dr. Pierre Koning and dr. Paul Muller. You can find my CV here.
Contact me directly at: r.prudon at lancaster.ac.uk
Contact me directly at: r.prudon at lancaster.ac.uk
Ongoing research projects
Mental health
(Not) Talking through our mental problems
Is delayed mental health treatment detrimental to life? Differences between the US and the Netherlands
The long-term consequences of mental health screening in high school
Disability insurance
Sick or Unemployed? Examining Transitions into Sickness Insurance at Unemployment Benefit Exhaustion
Joint with Pierre Koning.
News
November 2025: New IZA working paper and discussion article out in IZA WoL. We show that spikes in SI inflow at UI exhaustion are unlikely to be driven by moral hazard but are a catch-up of non-take-up.
May 2025: My paper on the detrimental impact of mental healthcare waiting times has been accepted for publication in the Review of Economics and Statistics.
April 2025: Our paper on the elevated disability risk of workers with fixed-term contracts has been accepted at Labour Economics.
October 2024: I was a guest on De Nieuwe Economen Podcast and discussed my research on mental health (in Dutch).
August 2024: Joined Lancaster University as a Lecturer.
April 2024: I have been awarded an NWO Rubicon grant to fund research on mental health interventions and their impact on the labor market
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