Professor of Economics at UPEC (on leave), Thomas Barnay is currently Visiting Professor at Northeastern University in Boston (USA). In 2021-2022, he was Visiting Professor at Harvard University and French laureate of the Harkness Fellowship.
At UPEC, he is co-director of the Health Economics and Public Health pillar of EUR LIVE. Head of ÉRUDITE from 2018 to 2021, he is also Founder and former Director of the Ms in Health Economics. He is also Vice-President of the French Health Economics Association and former Scientific Advisor to the French Ministry of Health (2012-2015).
His research interests include the links between health status and working conditions, access to care, the economics of retirement and aging, and COVID-19 issues.
Barnay T (dir), Samson A-L (dir), Ventelou B (dir) (2021), « Le système de santé français aujourd’hui : enjeux et défis », Ouvrage collectif du Collège des Economistes de la Santé, Editions ESKA. 367 p.
Barnay T., Defebvre E., (2021), “Retired at last: Working conditions and the role of retirement on health status”, Annals of Economics and Statistics, No. 144 (December), pp. 39-74. 4694.
Barnay T. (2020), "Interactions of Work and Health: An Economic Perspective". In: Theorell T. (eds) Handbook of Socioeconomic Determinants of Occupational Health. Handbook Series in Occupational Health Sciences. Springer, Cham.
Barnay T, Duguet E, Le Clainche, (2019), “The effects of breast cancer on individual Labour market outcomes: an evaluation from an administrative panel”, Annals of Economics and Statistics, n°136, pp.103-126.
Barnay T., Duguet E., Le Clainche C., Videau Y., (2019), “An evaluation of the 1987 French Law for the employment of disabled people: Better paying than hiring”, European Journal of Health Economics. Volume 20, Issue 4, pp 597–610.