Dr Alberto Ciancio

  • Lecturer in Applied Economics (Economics)

email: Alberto.Ciancio@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: He/him/his

2 Discovery Place, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, G11 6EY

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885

Biography

Alberto Ciancio joined the Adam Smith Business School as a Lecturer in Applied Economics. He received a PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2017. Prior to joining the Adam Smith Business School, he held research positions at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Lausanne. His research interests span topics in development economics, health economics and political economy. His current research focuses on Sub-Saharan Africa and in particular on Malawi where he spent several months conducting fieldwork. In this context, he ran and evaluated a health information intervention through a randomised control trial.

Research interests

Alberto is a member of the School's Applied Economics research cluster.

Areas of expertise:

  • Development economics 
  • Demography health economics
  • Behavioural economics
  • Political economy 

Publications

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Number of items: 14.

2025

Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Kämpfen, Fabrice, Kohler, Hans-Peter and Thornton, Rebecca (2025) Surviving bad news: Health information without treatment options. American Economic Review: Insights, 7(1), pp. 1-18. (doi: 10.1257/aeri.20240058)

2024

Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885 and García-Jimeno, Camilo (2024) The political economy of immigration enforcement: conflict and cooperation under federalism. Review of Economics and Statistics, 106(6), pp. 1460-1476. (doi: 10.1162/rest_a_01266)

Purcell, Helene, Kohler, Iliana V., Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Mwera, James, Delavande, Adeline, Mwapasa, Victor and Kohler, Hans-Peter (2024) Mortality risk information and health-seeking behavior during an epidemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(28), e231567712. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2315677121) (PMID:38959039)

Pesando, Luca Maria, De Cao, Elisabetta, La Mattina, Giulia and Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885 (2024) Status (in)consistency in education and violent parenting practices towards children. Social Science and Medicine, 351, 116954. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116954)

Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Delavande, Adeline, Kohler, Hans-Peter and Kohler, Iliana V. (2024) Mortality risk information, survival expectations and sexual behaviours. Economic Journal, 134(660), pp. 1431-1464. (doi: 10.1093/ej/uead116) (PMID:38707864)

2023

Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Behrman, Jere, Kämpfen, Fabrice, Kohler, Iliana V., Maurer, Jürgen, Mwapasa, Victor and Kohler, Hans-Peter (2023) Barker's hypothesis among the global poor: positive long-term cardiovascular effects of in utero famine exposure. Demography, 60(6), pp. 1747-1766. (doi: 10.1215/00703370-11052790) (PMID:37937904) (PMCID:PMC10875974)

Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885 and Kämpfen, Fabrice (2023) The heterogeneous effects of internet voting. European Journal of Political Economy, 79, 102444. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2023.102444)

Zhang, Anwen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3907-8396, Gagné, Thierry, Walsh, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3390-5039, Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Proto, Eugenio ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7766-6503 and McCartney, Gerard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6341-3521 (2023) Trends in psychological distress in Great Britain, 1991-2019: evidence from three representative surveys. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77(7), pp. 468-473. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2022-219660) (PMID:37188500)

2022

Kohler, Iliana V., Kämpfen, Fabrice, Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Mwera, James, Mwapasa, Victor and Kohler, Hans-Peter (2022) Curtailing Covid-19 on a dollar-a-day in Malawi: Role of community leadership for shaping public health and economic responses to the pandemic. World Development, 151, 105753. (doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105753) (PMID:34848913)

Kohler, Iliana V, Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Kämpfen, Fabrice, Kohler, Hans-Peter, Mwapasa, Victor, Chilima, Benson, Vinkhumbo, Steve, Mwera, James and Maurer, Jürgen (2022) Pain is widespread and predicts poor mental health among older adults in rural Malawi. Innovation in Aging, 6(3), igac008. (doi: 10.1093/geroni/igac008) (PMID:35542563) (PMCID:PMC9074811)

2021

Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Kämpfen, Fabrice, Kohler, Hans-Peter and Kohler, Iliana V. (2021) Health screening for emerging non-communicable disease burdens among the global poor: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Health Economics, 75, 102388. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2020.102388) (PMID:33249266) (PMCID:PMC7855787)

2020

Kämpfen, Fabrice, Kohler, Iliana V., Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Bruine de Bruin, Wändi, Maurer, Jürgen and Kohler, Hans-Peter (2020) Predictors of mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic in the US: Role of economic concerns, health worries and social distancing. PLoS ONE, 15(11), e0241895. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241895) (PMID:33175894) (PMCID:PMC7657497)

Kohler, Iliana V, Bandawe, Chiwoza, Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Kämpfen, Fabrice, Payne, Collin F, Mwera, James, Mkandawire, James and Kohler, Hans-Peter (2020) Cohort profile: the mature adults cohort of the Malawi longitudinal study of families and health (MLSFH-MAC). BMJ Open, 10(10), e038232. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038232) (PMID:33067285) (PMCID:PMC7569924)

Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Kämpfen, Fabrice, Kohler, Iliana V., Bennett, Daniel, Bruine de Bruin, Wändi, Darling, Jill, Kapteyn, Arie, Maurer, Jürgen and Kohler, Hans-Peter (2020) Know your epidemic, know your response: Early perceptions of COVID-19 and self-reported social distancing in the United States. PLoS ONE, 15(9), e0238341. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238341) (PMID:32886671) (PMCID:PMC7473541)

This list was generated on Sun Jun 22 23:27:32 2025 BST.
Jump to: Articles
Number of items: 14.

Articles

Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Kämpfen, Fabrice, Kohler, Hans-Peter and Thornton, Rebecca (2025) Surviving bad news: Health information without treatment options. American Economic Review: Insights, 7(1), pp. 1-18. (doi: 10.1257/aeri.20240058)

Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885 and García-Jimeno, Camilo (2024) The political economy of immigration enforcement: conflict and cooperation under federalism. Review of Economics and Statistics, 106(6), pp. 1460-1476. (doi: 10.1162/rest_a_01266)

Purcell, Helene, Kohler, Iliana V., Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Mwera, James, Delavande, Adeline, Mwapasa, Victor and Kohler, Hans-Peter (2024) Mortality risk information and health-seeking behavior during an epidemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(28), e231567712. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2315677121) (PMID:38959039)

Pesando, Luca Maria, De Cao, Elisabetta, La Mattina, Giulia and Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885 (2024) Status (in)consistency in education and violent parenting practices towards children. Social Science and Medicine, 351, 116954. (doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116954)

Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Delavande, Adeline, Kohler, Hans-Peter and Kohler, Iliana V. (2024) Mortality risk information, survival expectations and sexual behaviours. Economic Journal, 134(660), pp. 1431-1464. (doi: 10.1093/ej/uead116) (PMID:38707864)

Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Behrman, Jere, Kämpfen, Fabrice, Kohler, Iliana V., Maurer, Jürgen, Mwapasa, Victor and Kohler, Hans-Peter (2023) Barker's hypothesis among the global poor: positive long-term cardiovascular effects of in utero famine exposure. Demography, 60(6), pp. 1747-1766. (doi: 10.1215/00703370-11052790) (PMID:37937904) (PMCID:PMC10875974)

Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885 and Kämpfen, Fabrice (2023) The heterogeneous effects of internet voting. European Journal of Political Economy, 79, 102444. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2023.102444)

Zhang, Anwen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3907-8396, Gagné, Thierry, Walsh, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3390-5039, Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Proto, Eugenio ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7766-6503 and McCartney, Gerard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6341-3521 (2023) Trends in psychological distress in Great Britain, 1991-2019: evidence from three representative surveys. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77(7), pp. 468-473. (doi: 10.1136/jech-2022-219660) (PMID:37188500)

Kohler, Iliana V., Kämpfen, Fabrice, Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Mwera, James, Mwapasa, Victor and Kohler, Hans-Peter (2022) Curtailing Covid-19 on a dollar-a-day in Malawi: Role of community leadership for shaping public health and economic responses to the pandemic. World Development, 151, 105753. (doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105753) (PMID:34848913)

Kohler, Iliana V, Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Kämpfen, Fabrice, Kohler, Hans-Peter, Mwapasa, Victor, Chilima, Benson, Vinkhumbo, Steve, Mwera, James and Maurer, Jürgen (2022) Pain is widespread and predicts poor mental health among older adults in rural Malawi. Innovation in Aging, 6(3), igac008. (doi: 10.1093/geroni/igac008) (PMID:35542563) (PMCID:PMC9074811)

Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Kämpfen, Fabrice, Kohler, Hans-Peter and Kohler, Iliana V. (2021) Health screening for emerging non-communicable disease burdens among the global poor: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Health Economics, 75, 102388. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2020.102388) (PMID:33249266) (PMCID:PMC7855787)

Kämpfen, Fabrice, Kohler, Iliana V., Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Bruine de Bruin, Wändi, Maurer, Jürgen and Kohler, Hans-Peter (2020) Predictors of mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic in the US: Role of economic concerns, health worries and social distancing. PLoS ONE, 15(11), e0241895. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241895) (PMID:33175894) (PMCID:PMC7657497)

Kohler, Iliana V, Bandawe, Chiwoza, Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Kämpfen, Fabrice, Payne, Collin F, Mwera, James, Mkandawire, James and Kohler, Hans-Peter (2020) Cohort profile: the mature adults cohort of the Malawi longitudinal study of families and health (MLSFH-MAC). BMJ Open, 10(10), e038232. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038232) (PMID:33067285) (PMCID:PMC7569924)

Ciancio, Alberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0885, Kämpfen, Fabrice, Kohler, Iliana V., Bennett, Daniel, Bruine de Bruin, Wändi, Darling, Jill, Kapteyn, Arie, Maurer, Jürgen and Kohler, Hans-Peter (2020) Know your epidemic, know your response: Early perceptions of COVID-19 and self-reported social distancing in the United States. PLoS ONE, 15(9), e0238341. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238341) (PMID:32886671) (PMCID:PMC7473541)

This list was generated on Sun Jun 22 23:27:32 2025 BST.

Grants

2021-2022 (Co-PI) Diverse Global Communities and Local Resource Allocation — Penn SAS Making a difference in global communities ($50,000)

2020-2022 (Investigator) Leveraging Social Networks and Linkage to Care to Foster Healthy Aging in a Low-Income Context — NIH R03 AG069817 ($160,584)

2018 (Co-PI) Social networks, NCDs and Aging: Leveraging social dynamics for efficient health interventions among older persons in low-income countries — PARC Pilot Grant ($19,643), University of Pennsylvania

Supervision

Alberto is interested in applied microeconomics projects.

Additional information

Personal website: Alberto Ciancio

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