Florencia Borrescio-Higa

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Florencia Borrescio, PhD

Doctor in Economics, Brown University 2013

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7521-9750
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20152025

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Research Interests

I specialize in Health Economics. My research agenda focuses on access and utilization of health services, socioeconomic and gender inequalities in health, and human capital formation. I am currently working on a Fondecyt project that studies the effect of early childhood nutrition on education.

Key Words

Health Economics; Human Capital, Inequality, Nutrition, Education.

Profession

Degree in Economics, Universidad Torcuato di Tella 2005

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Brown University

Award Date: 1 Dec 2013

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  • Early-life nutrition and schooling

    Borrescio-Higa, F., Bozzoli, C. G. & Droller, F., Apr 2025, In: Social Science and Medicine. 371, 117717.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Informal debt and well-being among small business entrepreneurs

    Borrescio-Higa, F., Droller, F., Johan, S. & Valenzuela, P., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Setting research priorities for global pandemic preparedness: An international consensus and comparison with ChatGPT’s output

    Song, P., Adeloye, D., Acharya, Y., Bojude, D. A., Ali, S., Alibudbud, R., Bastien, S., Becerra-Posada, F., Berecki, M., Bodomo, A., Borrescio-Higa, F., Buchtova, M., Campbell, H., Chan, K. Y., Cheema, S., Chopra, M., Cipta, D. A., Castro, L. D., Ganasegeran, K. & Gebre, T. & 40 others, Glasnović, A., Graham, C. J., Igwesi-Chidobe, C., Iversen, P. O., Jadoon, B., Lanza, G., Macdonald, C., Park, C., Islam, M. M., Mshelia, S., Nair, H., Ng, Z. X., Htay, M. N. N., Akinyemi, K. O., Parisi, M., Patel, S., Peprah, P., Polasek, O., Riha, R., Rotarou, E. S., Sacks, E., Sharov, K., Stankov, S., Supriyatiningsih, W., Sutan, R., Tomlinson, M., Tsai, A. C., Tsimpida, D., Vento, S., Glasnović, J. V., Vokey, L. B., Wang, L., Wazny, K., Xu, J., Yoshida, S., Zhang, Y., Cao, J., Zhu, Y., Sheikh, S. A. & Rudan, I., 2024, In: Journal of global health. 14, 04054.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
    6 Scopus citations

  • Financial Distress and Psychological Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Borrescio-Higa, F., Droller, F. & Valenzuela, P., 25 Aug 2022, In: International Journal of Public Health. 67, 1604591.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
    13 Scopus citations

  • Research priorities to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries

    Polašek, O., Wazny, K., Adeloye, D., Song, P., Chan, K. Y., Bojude, D. A., Ali, S., Bastien, S., Becerra-Posada, F., Borrescio-Higa, F., Cheema, S., Cipta, D. A., Cvjetković, S., Castro, L. D., Ebenso, B., Femi-Ajao, O., Ganesan, B., Glasnović, A., He, L. & Heraud, J. M. & 47 others, Igwesi-Chidobe, C., Iversen, P. O., Jadoon, B., Karim, A. J., Khan, J., Biswas, R. K., Lanza, G., Lee, S. W. H., Li, Y., Liang, L. L., Lowe, M., Islam, M. M., Marušić, A., Mshelia, S., Manyara, A. M., Htay, M. N. N., Parisi, M., Peprah, P., Sacks, E., Akinyemi, K. O., Shahraki-Sanavi, F., Sharov, K., Rotarou, E. S., Stankov, S., Supriyatiningsih, W., Chan, B. T. Y., Tremblay, M., Tsimpida, D., Vento, S., Glasnović, J. V., Wang, L., Wang, X., Ng, Z. X., Zhang, J., Zhang, Y., Campbell, H., Chopra, M., Cousens, S., Krstić, G., Macdonald, C., Mansoori, P., Patel, S., Sheikh, A., Tomlinson, M., Tsai, A. C., Yoshida, S. & Rudan, I., 2022, In: Journal of global health. 12, p. 1-14 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
    20 Scopus citations
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