Ida Ferrara, York University

Research

retirement physical well-being mental well-being ageing empirical self-selection reverse causality longitudinal

Latest papers

Behavioural insights and environmental sustainability: Key findings and policy implications from a systematic review.
Journal of environmental management · 2025
Pricing of drugs with heterogeneous health insurance coverage.
Journal of health economics · 2012 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

New order of risk management: Theory and applications in the era of systemic risk
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$592,195
Prototyping and Deploying Air and Surface Virus Monitoring Point-of-Need Technologies to Improve Remediation Responses and Minimize Economic Losses of Viral Outbreaks
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$381,450
The Effect of Retirement on the Mental and Physical Well-Being of the Elderly Population in Canada
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$52,646

All 9 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Behavioural insights and environmental sustainability: Key findings and policy implications from a systematic review.

de Costa R, Ferrara I, Toplak M, Alam A, Bowie R, Burnett A

Journal of environmental management2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126118 PMID: 40570426

02

Pricing of drugs with heterogeneous health insurance coverage.

Ferrara I, Missios P

Journal of health economics2012First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.02.004 PMID: 22484368

New order of risk management: Theory and applications in the era of systemic risk

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Furman, Edward E

Keywords: risk aggregation; risk behavior; risk financing; risk identification; risk measurement; risk mitigation; risk modelling; risk regulation; risk (tail) dependence; systemic risk

$592,195

Prototyping and Deploying Air and Surface Virus Monitoring Point-of-Need Technologies to Improve Remediation Responses and Minimize Economic Losses of Viral Outbreaks

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Rezai, Pouya P

$381,450

The Effect of Retirement on the Mental and Physical Well-Being of the Elderly Population in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ferrara, Ida

Keywords: retirement; physical well-being; mental well-being; ageing; empirical; self-selection; reverse causality; longitudinal; CLSA; Canada

$52,646

Mathematics for Public Health (MfPH)

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Emerging Infectious Diseases Modelling Initiative (EIDM)

Principal investigators: Murty, Vijayakumar

$3,000,000

To Give or Not to Give: How Selfishness, Altruism, and Social Pressure Shape Charitable Giving Decisions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ferrara, Ida

Keywords: (1) Charitable giving; (2) Household-level survey; (3) Motivations; (4) Charitable tax credits; (5) Social norms; (6) Moral values; (7) Cultural traditions; (8) Empirical analysis; (9) Charitable organizations; (10) Philanthropy

$49,417

An investigation of alternative emissions trading policies under demand growth and volatility

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Research Grants - Canadian Environmental Issues

Principal investigators: Buckley, Neil J.

Keywords: emissions trading; environmental management; climate change; cap and trade; tradable quotas; baseline and credit; intensity targets; carbon tax; experimental economics; demand growth; demand volatility

$138,735

A comprehensive study of Canadian waste generation and recycling

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Research Grants - Canadian Environmental Issues

Principal investigators: Ferrara, Ida

Keywords: waste generation; recycling; environment; unit pricing; government policy; refundable deposit system

$72,672

Environmental regulation, innovation and the migration of skilled workers

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004INE Skills Research Initiative

Principal investigators: Missios, Paul C.

Keywords: migration; environmental regulation; international mobility; skilled workers; innovation; research and development; public policy; economic growth

$25,000

Interregional competition, investment and sequential choice in a federation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2001Federalism and Federations

Principal investigators: Missios, Paul

Keywords: efficiency; transfers; interregional competition; energy; migration; production

$33,300

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Maggie Toplak

Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Ravi de Costa

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: retirement Dear Professor Ferrara, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Behavioural insights and environmental sustainability: Key findings and policy implications from a systematic review." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The Effect of Retirement on the Mental and Physical Well-Being of the Elderly Population in Canada" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]