Marco Alfano
Biographic Data
| ID | 3930019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marco Alfano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marco |
| FAMILY NAME | Alfano |
| SIGNATURE | ALFANO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Strathclyde |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5491-2054 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
An Intelligent Health and Wellbeing Advisor for Senior Citizens
Background: The global population is ageing rapidly. This results in a growing number of seniors facing complex health challenges that extend beyond medical care. These challenges require continuous support for their physical, mental, emotional, and social wellbeing. However, traditional healthcare models often fall short in providing the personalized guidance seniors need, while many digital health tools present barriers in accessibility and usa…
PPI Activities for Co-design of Digital Technologies for Empowerment of Older People on Health and Wellbeing
The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing's Plan of Action aims to ensure lasting health and quality of life for older individuals by shifting the focus from mere absence of disease to fostering functional ability aligned with personal values. Empowering older individuals with knowledge for informed health decisions is crucial for enhancing overall quality of life. While digital technologies support healthy behaviours, they often lack a focus on person emp…
Terrorism and education
This paper estimates the effect of exposure to terrorist violence on education. Since terrorists may choose targets endogenously, we construct a set of novel instruments. To that end, we leverage exogenous variation from a local terrorist group's revenues and its affiliation with al‐Qaeda. Across several Kenyan datasets, we find that attacks suppress school enrolment more than predicted by difference‐in‐differences‐type estimators. This indicates…
Daughters, dowries, deliveries
Physician shortages in rural Vietnam
Physician shortages in rural Vietnam
Daughters, dowries, deliveries
Terrorism and education
This paper estimates the effect of exposure to terrorist violence on education. Since terrorists may choose targets endogenously, we construct a set of novel instruments. To that end, we leverage exogenous variation from a local terrorist group's revenues and its affiliation with al‐Qaeda. Across several Kenyan datasets, we find that attacks suppress school enrolment more than predicted by difference‐in‐differences‐type estimators. This indicates…
PPI Activities for Co-design of Digital Technologies for Empowerment of Older People on Health and Wellbeing
The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing's Plan of Action aims to ensure lasting health and quality of life for older individuals by shifting the focus from mere absence of disease to fostering functional ability aligned with personal values. Empowering older individuals with knowledge for informed health decisions is crucial for enhancing overall quality of life. While digital technologies support healthy behaviours, they often lack a focus on person emp…
An Intelligent Health and Wellbeing Advisor for Senior Citizens
Background: The global population is ageing rapidly. This results in a growing number of seniors facing complex health challenges that extend beyond medical care. These challenges require continuous support for their physical, mental, emotional, and social wellbeing. However, traditional healthcare models often fall short in providing the personalized guidance seniors need, while many digital health tools present barriers in accessibility and usa…
Political science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Digital health (2 works) · Empowerment (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (1 work) · Business (1 work)