Contact Monika Anuarbe Education:
BA and MA, University of Costa Rica;
PhD Candidate, University of Connecticut
“I want the students to learn Economics by having fun and by relating to this field. Any issue has an economic approach. Why not learn how to make decisions considering Economics?” - Monika Lopez Anuarbe
Monika Lopez Anuarbe
Visiting Instructor of Economics
Joined Connecticut College: 2006
Specializations:
- Health economics
- Economics of the family
- Gerontology and Public Policy
Monika is currently completing her dissertation, which looks at the effect of state policies on inter-vivos transfers and time assistance provision among the elderly and their offspring.
She teaches Principles of Macroeconomics (ECO 111), Principles of Microeconomics (ECO 112), Intermediate Microeconomics (ECO 205) and Health Economics (ECO 240).
She has previously taught at Trinity College, the University of Connecticut (Storrs, Avery Point and Hartford) and Wesleyan University.
Monika has worked as an economist for the Costa Rican Social Security Administration, Modernization and Planning Division where she conducted a performance analysis and evaluation of health care centers.
She has also worked for the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis (CCEA) and the UCONN Health Center on several projects. The first one determined the county dentist distribution for Wisconsin; the second was a financial model for an insurance company that evaluated the feasibility of bringing preventive and diagnostic dental services to children in Connecticut public schools.
Finally, Monika was a translator for the Center for Survey Research and Analysis (CSRA), a non-profit survey research facility dedicated to the study of public opinion. She translated (from Spanish to English) an Injury and Illness Worker’s Survey for the Worker’s Compensation Institute.
Anuarbe has published several articles based on her earlier work and is currently working on publications from her dissertation, including an article on “Asset divestment and spend down in the market for long term care”, which will be published in Long-Term Care Interface Journal in the Fall of 2007.
Monika lives in Oakdale, Connecticut, with her husband Shadi and their two-year-old son, Sami.
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