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Workplace:	Department of Economics, Cornell University, (more information at EDIRC) Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University, (more information at EDIRC) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC) Department of Economics, National University of Ireland, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2010

The Job Market for New Economists: A Market Design Perspective
Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (38)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2010)
The Medical Care Costs of Obesity: An Instrumental Variables Approach
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (107)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2012)

2009

Differences in the U.S. Trends in the Prevalence of Obesity Based on Body Mass Index and Skinfold Thickness
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
Outcomes in a Program that Offers Financial Rewards for Weight Loss
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
See also Chapter (2011)

2008

Obesity and Developmental Functioning Among Children Aged 2-4 Years
Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research View citations (1)
Also in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2008) View citations (1)
Obesity and Skill Attainment in Early Childhood
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (59)
See also Journal Article in Economics & Human Biology (2008)
The Ability of Various Measures of Fatness to Predict Application for Disability Insurance
Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center
The Impact of Income on the Weight of Elderly Americans
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
See also Journal Article in Health Economics (2010)
U.S. Agricultural Policy and Obesity
2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2007

Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: A Search for Mechanisms in Time Use Data
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (47)
See also Journal Article in Economics & Human Biology (2012)
Mechanisms for the Association Between Maternal Employment and Child Cognitive Development
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)

2006

Beyond BMI: The Value of More Accurate Measures of Fatness and Obesity in Social Science Research
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (69)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2008)
Contingent Valuation Analysis of Willingness to Pay To Reduce Childhood Obesity
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
See also Journal Article in Economics & Human Biology (2008)
Nutrition Labels and Obesity
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (41)
The Importance of Objective Health Measures in Predicting Early Receipt of Social Security Benefits: The Case of Fatness
Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (10)

2005

The Competitive Effects of Drug Withdrawals
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
The Impact of State Physical Education Requirements on Youth Physical Activity and Overweight
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
See also Journal Article in Health Economics (2007)

2004

Factor Substitution and Unobserved Factor Quality in Nursing Homes
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
Obesity as a Barrier to the Transition from Welfare to Work
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
Obesity, Disability, and Movement Onto the Disability Insurance Rolls
Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (12)

2003

Health Insurance Coverage and the Macroeconomy
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2005)
Lighting Up and Slimming Down: The Effects of Body Weight and Cigarette Prices on Adolescent Smoking Initiation
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2004)

2002

A Guide (and Advice) for Economists on the U. S. Junior Academic Job Market
Labor and Demography, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (14)

2000

Body Weight and Women's Labor Market Outcomes
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (91)

1998

Meritocracy in America: An Examination of Wages Within and Across Occupations
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
Understanding the Role of Cognitive Ability in Accounting for the Recent Rise in the Economic Return to Education
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (58)

1997

An Empirical Examination of Information Barriers to Trade in Insurance
Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996) View citations (12)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1999)

1996

Cognitive Ability, Wages, and Meritocracy
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (60)

Undated

Multi-City Study Shows Beverage Taxes Raise Prices, Reduce and Shift Purchases
Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
Oaklandâ€™s Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax: Impacts on Prices, Purchases and Consumption by Adults and Children (Journal Article)
Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
The Impact of Sugarâ€ Sweetened Beverage Taxes on Purchases: Evidence from Four Cityâ€ Level Taxes in the United States
Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
The Passâ€ Through of a Tax on Sugarâ€ Sweetened Beverages in Boulder, Colorado
Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research

Journal Articles

2022

Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Job Market
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2022, 112, 802-03
Also in AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 801-02 (2021)
The effect of beverage taxes on youth consumption and body mass index: Evidence from Mauritius
Health Economics, 2022, 31, (6), 1033-1045

2021

Does Information Disclosure Improve Consumer Knowledge?
American Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 7, (4), 427 - 456 View citations (1)
The Pass‐Through of a Tax on Sugar‐Sweetened Beverages in Boulder, Colorado
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2021, 103, (3), 987-1005 View citations (4)

2020

Oakland’s sugar-sweetened beverage tax: Impacts on prices, purchases and consumption by adults and children
Economics & Human Biology, 2020, 37, (C) View citations (14)
See also Working Paper (2019)
The Impact of Information Disclosure on Consumer Behavior: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment of Calorie Labels on Restaurant Menus
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020, 39, (4), 1020-1042 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper (2018)
The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Prices and Product Availability
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020, 39, (3), 605-628 View citations (10)
See also Working Paper (2018)
The impact of sugar‐sweetened beverage taxes on purchases: Evidence from four city‐level taxes in the United States
Health Economics, 2020, 29, (10), 1289-1306 View citations (3)
The medical care costs of obesity and severe obesity in youth: An instrumental variables approach
Health Economics, 2020, 29, (5), 624-639 View citations (4)

2019

Gains in health insurance coverage explain variation in Democratic vote share in the 2008-2016 presidential elections
PLOS ONE, 2019, 14, (4), 1-16 View citations (4)
Testing for family influences on obesity: The role of genetic nurture
Health Economics, 2019, 28, (7), 937-952 View citations (10)
The effect of weight on labor market outcomes: An application of genetic instrumental variables
Health Economics, 2019, 28, (1), 65-77 View citations (15)
See also Working Paper (2016)
The impact of the Philadelphia beverage tax on purchases and consumption by adults and children
Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 67, (C) View citations (42)
See also Working Paper (2018)

2018

Effect of Medicaid Expansions of 2014 on Overall and Early-Stage Cancer Diagnoses
American Journal of Public Health, 2018, 108, (2), 216-218 View citations (5)
Effect of Stress on Later‐Life Health: Evidence from the Vietnam War Draft
Southern Economic Journal, 2018, 85, (1), 142-165 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2017)
Health disparities across education: The role of differential reporting error
Health Economics, 2018, 27, (3), e1-e29 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper (2015)

2017

Parental misclassification of child overweight/obese status: The role of parental education and parental weight status
Economics & Human Biology, 2017, 24, (C), 92-103 View citations (5)
Reporting error in weight and height among older adults: Implications for estimating healthcare costs
The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2017, 9, (C), 122-144 View citations (1)
The Impact of Health Insurance on Preventive Care and Health Behaviors: Evidence from the First Two Years of the ACA Medicaid Expansions
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2017, 36, (2), 390-417 View citations (114)
The Pass‐Through of Taxes on Sugar‐Sweetened Beverages to Retail Prices: The Case of Berkeley, California
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2017, 36, (2), 303-326 View citations (28)

2016

The Demand for Cigarettes as Derived from the Demand for Weight Loss: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
Health Economics, 2016, 25, (1), 8-23 View citations (9)

2015

An economy of scales: A selective review of obesity's economic causes, consequences, and solutions
Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 43, (C), 244-268 View citations (111)
Reporting error in weight and its implications for bias in economic models
Economics & Human Biology, 2015, 19, (C), 27-44 View citations (36)
Savings in Medical Expenditures Associated with Reductions in Body Mass Index Among US Adults with Obesity, by Diabetes Status
PharmacoEconomics, 2015, 33, (7), 707-722 View citations (24)
The Earnings and Consulting Income of US Health Economists: Results from the 2012 Survey of the American Society of Health Economists
American Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 1, (2), 255-274
Also in American Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 1, (2), 255-274 (2015)
The Impact of the Macroeconomy on Health Insurance Coverage: Evidence from the Great Recession
Health Economics, 2015, 24, (2), 206-223 View citations (28)
See also Working Paper (2011)

2014

INCENTIVES FOR WELLNESS: TACKLING ISSUES OF EFFECTIVENESS, BIOLOGY, SCOPE, AND COST SHIFTING
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2014, 33, (3), 826-832 View citations (1)
THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PERMITS GREATER FINANCIAL REWARDS FOR WEIGHT LOSS: A GOOD IDEA IN PRINCIPLE, BUT MANY PRACTICAL CONCERNS REMAIN
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2014, 33, (3), 810-820 View citations (6)
The effect of rising obesity on eligibility to serve in the U.S. public health service commissioned corps
Economics & Human Biology, 2014, 15, (C), 213-224

2013

A case study of a workplace wellness program that offers financial incentives for weight loss
Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32, (5), 794-803 View citations (54)
The Consequences of Rising Youth Obesity for U.S. Military Academy Admissions
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2013, 35, (1), 32-51
Also in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2013, 35, (1), 32-51 (2013)
The impact of physical education on obesity among elementary school children
Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32, (4), 743-755 View citations (45)
See also Working Paper (2012)

2012

Maternal employment and childhood obesity: A search for mechanisms in time use data
Economics & Human Biology, 2012, 10, (4), 352-364 View citations (89)
See also Working Paper (2007)
The medical care costs of obesity: An instrumental variables approach
Journal of Health Economics, 2012, 31, (1), 219-230 View citations (253)
See also Working Paper (2010)
UNFIT FOR SERVICE: THE IMPLICATIONS OF RISING OBESITY FOR US MILITARY RECRUITMENT
Health Economics, 2012, 21, (11), 1348-1366 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper (2011)

2011

The validity of genes related to neurotransmitters as instrumental variables
Health Economics, 2011, 20, (8), 884-888 View citations (34)

2010

MONOPOLY® PRICING
Economic Inquiry, 2010, 48, (2), 517-520
The Job Market for New Economists: A Market Design Perspective
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2010, 24, (4), 187-206 View citations (38)
See also Working Paper (2010)
The impact of income on the weight of elderly Americans
Health Economics, 2010, 19, (8), 979-993 View citations (49)
See also Working Paper (2008)

2009

Obesity and labor market outcomes among legal immigrants to the United States from developing countries
Economics & Human Biology, 2009, 7, (2), 153-164 View citations (23)
The timing of the rise in U.S. obesity varies with measure of fatness
Economics & Human Biology, 2009, 7, (3), 307-318 View citations (41)

2008

Beyond BMI: The value of more accurate measures of fatness and obesity in social science research
Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (2), 519-529 View citations (357)
See also Working Paper (2006)
Contingent valuation analysis of willingness to pay to reduce childhood obesity
Economics & Human Biology, 2008, 6, (2), 281-292 View citations (37)
See also Working Paper (2006)
Obesity and skill attainment in early childhood
Economics & Human Biology, 2008, 6, (3), 388-397 View citations (60)
See also Working Paper (2008)
The production of published research by U.S. academic health economists
International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2008, 8, (2), 87-111 View citations (3)
US health economists: who we are and what we do
Health Economics, 2008, 17, (4), 535-543 View citations (3)

2007

THE CORRELATION OF YOUTH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITH STATE POLICIES
Contemporary Economic Policy, 2007, 25, (4), 506-517 View citations (6)
The earnings of U.S. health economists
Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26, (2), 358-372 View citations (2)
The impact of state physical education requirements on youth physical activity and overweight
Health Economics, 2007, 16, (12), 1287-1301 View citations (57)
See also Working Paper (2005)

2006

Factor substitution in nursing homes
Journal of Health Economics, 2006, 25, (2), 234-247 View citations (26)
Obesity, Cigarette Prices, Youth Access Laws, and Adolescent Smoking Initiation
Eastern Economic Journal, 2006, 32, (1), 149-170 View citations (12)
Size Matters
Rationality and Society, 2006, 18, (1), 67-94 View citations (4)

2005

A Comparison of the Relationship between Obesity and Earnings in the U.S. and Germany
Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, 2005, 125, (1), 119-129 View citations (56)
Also in EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2005, 119-129 (2005) View citations (38)
HMO Participation in Medicare+Choice
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2005, 14, (3), 543-574 View citations (11)
Health insurance coverage and the macroeconomy
Journal of Health Economics, 2005, 24, (2), 299-315 View citations (30)
See also Working Paper (2003)
Morbid obesity and the transition from welfare to work
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005, 24, (4), 727-743 View citations (33)
Welfare Reform and the Health Insurance Coverage of Women and Children
Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2005, 8, (1), 1-32 View citations (10)
See also Chapter (2005)

2004

Lighting up and slimming down: the effects of body weight and cigarette prices on adolescent smoking initiation
Journal of Health Economics, 2004, 23, (2), 293-311 View citations (77)
See also Working Paper (2003)
The Impact of Obesity on Wages
Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39, (2) View citations (528)

2003

The Impact of Macroeconomic Conditions on the Health Insurance Coverage of Americans
Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2003, 6, (1), 1-30 View citations (7)
See also Chapter (2003)

2002

CMS Payments Necessary to Support HMO Participation in Medicare Managed Care
Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2002, 5, (1), 1-28 View citations (3)
See also Chapter (2002)

2001

Three observations on wages and measured cognitive ability
Labour Economics, 2001, 8, (4), 419-442 View citations (144)

1999

An Empirical Examination of Information Barriers to Trade in Insurance
American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (4), 827-846 View citations (222)
See also Working Paper (1997)
On Policies To Reward The Value Added By Educators
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1999, 81, (4), 720-727 View citations (36)

Edited books

2014

The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Obesity
OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (4)

2011

The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Obesity
OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (61)

2008

The Economics of Health Behaviours, vol Three volume set
Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (2)

Chapters

2011

Outcomes in a Program that Offers Financial Rewards for Weight Loss
A chapter in Economic Aspects of Obesity, 2011, pp 91-126 View citations (17)
See also Working Paper (2009)
The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
Elsevier View citations (173)
See also Working Paper (2011)

2007

The Economics of Childhood Obesity Policy
Chapter 3 in Obesity, Business and Public Policy, 2007 View citations (10)
The Labor Market Impact of Obesity
Chapter 5 in Obesity, Business and Public Policy, 2007 View citations (9)

2005

Welfare Reform and the Health Insurance Coverage of Women and Children
A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 8, 2005 View citations (14)
See also Journal Article in Forum for Health Economics & Policy (2005)

2003

The Impact of Macroeconomic Conditions on the Health Insurance Coverage of Americans
A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 6, 2003, pp 87-114 View citations (8)
See also Journal Article in Forum for Health Economics & Policy (2003)

2002

CMS Payments Necessary to Support HMO Participation in Medicare Managed Care
A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 5, 2002, pp 1-26 View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Forum for Health Economics & Policy (2002)

Editor

Journal of Health Economics
Elsevier