Dr. Martijn van Hasselt
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
Background
Research Areas: Program Evaluation, Applied Econometrics, Bayesian Methods
Dr. Martijn van Hasselt is an Assistant Professor of Economics at UNCG. His areas of expertise include applied econometrics and Bayesian methods. Before joining UNCG, he was on the faculty at the University of Western Ontario, where he taught applied and theoretical econometrics and statistics at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and conducted research on Bayesian inference and semi-parametric methods. Dr. van Hasselt subsequently joined RTI International, where he worked as a Research Economist on several federally funded evaluation projects for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
At UNCG, Dr. van Hasselt teaches introductory statistics at the undergraduate level, and econometric theory courses for MA and PhD students. His current research focuses on developing Bayesian methods of inference in models with misclassification error.
Research and Awards
Bayesian Moment-Based Inference in a Regression Model with Misclassification Error
Bollinger, C. R.
2017
Journal of Econometrics
A Bayesian analysis of binary misclassification
Bollinger, C. R.
2017
Economics Letters
Prescription drug abuse and workplace absenteeism: Evidence from the 2008-2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Keyes, V., Bray, J., Miller, T.
2015
Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health
The relation between tobacco taxes and youth and young adult smoking: what happened following the 2009 U.S. federal tax increase on cigarettes?
Kruger, J., Han, B., Caraballo, R. S., Penne, M. A.,
2015
Addictive Behaviors
Emergency Department and Inpatient Hospital Use by Medicare Beneficiaries in Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Pines, J., Keyes, V., McCall, N.
2015
Annals of Emergency Medicine
Community health center efficiency: The role of grant revenue in health center efficiency
Amico, P. R., Adhiambo Onyango, M., Nyanyuki, J., Naimer, K., Muthoga, R., Sirkin, S., Barrick, K., Aruasa, W., Kibet, C., Omollo, G.
2014
PLoS ONE 9
Time Series Analysis of Sexual Assault Case Characteristics and the 2007-2008 Period of Post-Election Violence in Kenya
The economic impact of smoke-free laws on restaurants and bars in nine states
Loomis, B. R., Shafer, P. R.
2013
Preventing Chronic Disease
Bayesian Inference in the Social Sciences
Chapter
Bayesian Inference in the Social Sciences
Jeliazkov, I. Xin-She, Y.
Bayesian Analysis of Sample Selection Models
Van Hasselt, M.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2014
RTI Annual Award
2012 and 2013
RTI
Graduate Professor of the Year
2006-2007 and 2009-2010
Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario
R21 Grant
R21 Grant
National Institute on Alcohol abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
2014-2017
UNCG Faculty First Award
UNCG Faculty First Award
UNCG
2016