Héctor Pifarré i Arolas

Héctor Pifarré i Arolas is an Assistant Professor of Public Affairs. An applied population economist, his research focuses on two main areas: the connection between fertility and labor market outcomes, and health and mortality inequality. He has also worked on evaluating the direct and indirect impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on health outcomes and healthcare access. He currently serves as associate editor of the European Journal of Ageing.

Selected Publications:

i Arolas, Héctor Pifarré, Enrique Acosta, Christian Dudel, Jo Mhairi Hale, and Mikko Myrskylä. “US Racial–Ethnic Mortality Gap Adjusted for Population Structure.” Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 34, no. 3 (2023): 402.

Lo, Adeline, Héctor Pifarré i Arolas, Jonathan Renshon, and Siyu Liang. “The polarization of politics and public opinion and their effects on racial inequality in COVID mortality.” Plos one 17, no. 9 (2022): e0274580.

López Casasnovas, Guillem, and Héctor Pifarré i Arolas. “Health Care Systems: Organization and Response to COVID-19 with a Focus on Spain.” In Forum for Social Economics, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 175-191. Routledge, 2022.