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Michail studied Economics at the University of Piraeus in Greece, where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree (B.Sc.) in 2021. He subsequently completed his Master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Economics at FAU Erlangen–Nürnberg in February 2025. Michail joined the Professorship of Health Economics in July 2024 as a student assistant and has been a doctoral student and research associate there since March 2025. His research interests lie at the intersection of health and labor economics, as well as in behavioral health economics.
Work in Progress
The Most Vulnerable Suffer Most: How Fear of Unemployment Exacerbates the Mental Health Gradient
with Harald Tauchmann
Job insecurity does more than reduce overall mental health; it exacerbates health inequalities by shifting more individuals into the lower end of the mental health distribution. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we show that fear of unemployment disproportionately affects those already struggling with poor mental health. In this way, labor market anxiety not only harms individuals but it actively widens societal health disparities.
Presentation Slides (18th Annual Conference of the German Health Economics Association (dggö), Wuppertal 2026)
Work in progress. Please do not cite without permission.