Profile: Economist with research skills (Ph.D.), broad interests and relevant work experience (Royal Tropical Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands, University of Nottingham and Agricultural Economics Research Institute). Expertise in economics of health care, labour markets, international trade, migration of health workers, international financial economics and institutions (particularly the World Bank). Passion for and experience in development economics, measurement and analysis of poverty and vulnerability, and applied microeconomics.
working papers & publications
Publications
The Economic Impact of Medical Migration: A Receiving Country's Perspective, Rutten, M., Review of International Economics, February 22 2009.
The Economic Impact of Medical Migration: An Overview of the Literature, Rutten, M., The World Economy, February 16 2009.
A Comparative Analysis of Some Policy Options to Reduce Rationing in the UK's NHS: Lessons from a General Equilibrium Analysis Incorporating Positive Health Effects, Rutten, M. and G. Reed, Journal of Health Economics, January 2009.
Book review (in Dutch) of The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier, Economische Statistische Berichten, Vol. 93, Issue 4536, Page 350, May 30 2008.
The Economic Impact of Health Care Provision: A Computable General Equilibrium Assessment for the UK, Ph.D Thesis, University of Nottingham, September 2004.
Working Papers
Medical Migration: What Can We Learn from the UK's Perspective?, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4593, April 2008.
Weighting Dimensions of Poverty Based on People's Priorities: Constructing a Composite Poverty Index for the Maldives, with H. de Kruijk, IIDE Discussion Paper No. 200708-01, August 2007 and Q2 Working Paper No. 35, April 2007.
Vulnerability and Poverty Dynamics in the Maldives, with H. de Kruijk, IIDE Discussion Paper No. 200708-02, August 2007.
The Economic Impact of Health Care Provision: A General Equilibrium Assessment of Some Policy Options in the UK's NHS, with Dr. A. Blake and G.V. Reed, GEP Research Paper Series No. 06/31, University of Nottingham, October 2006.
