Details about Michael Kuhn

Homepage:	http://www.wittgensteincentre.org/en/staff/member/kuhn.htm
Workplace:	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), (more information at EDIRC) Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Austrian Academy of Sciences), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Electricity use of automation or how to tax robots?
   Department of Economics Working Paper Series, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
   Also in Department of Economics Working Papers, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Economics (2024)

2023

2. Fertility in High-Income Countries: Trends, Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Fertility in High-Income Countries: Trends, Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2024) View citations (2) (2024)
3. Medical innovation, life expectancy, and economic growth
   Department of Economics Working Papers, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Economics View citations (2)
   Also in Department of Economics Working Paper Series, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business (2023) View citations (2)

2021

4. Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (5)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (27)
   Working Papers, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy (2020) View citations (29)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (24)
   See also Journal Article Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (48) (2022)

2020

5. Rising longevity, increasing the retirement age, and the consequences for knowledge-based long-run growth
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) View citations (2)
   Also in Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Hohenheim, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences (2020) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Rising Longevity, Increasing the Retirement Age, and the Consequences for Knowledge‐based Long‐run Growth, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2023) View citations (3) (2023)

2019

6. Using age-structure for a multi-stage optimal control model with random switching time
   ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy, TU Wien, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Economics Research Unit View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Using Age Structure for a Multi-stage Optimal Control Model with Random Switching Time, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Springer (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2018

7. Health and Economic Growth
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (23)
8. Health insurance, endogenous medical progress, and health expenditure growth
   ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy, TU Wien, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Economics Research Unit View citations (9)

2017

9. Medical Progress, Demand for Health Care, and Economic Performance
   VfS Annual Conference 2017 (Vienna): Alternative Structures for Money and Banking, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association View citations (6)
   Also in ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy, TU Wien, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Economics Research Unit (2017) View citations (5)
10. The Economic Burden of Chronic Diseases: Estimates and Projections for China, Japan and South Korea
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (9)
    Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Hohenheim, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences (2017) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article The economic burden of chronic diseases: Estimates and projections for China, Japan, and South Korea, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier (2020) View citations (8) (2020)

2016

11. Africa's Prospects for Enjoying a Demographic Dividend
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging (2016) View citations (2)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article AFRICA'S PROSPECTS FOR ENJOYING A DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND, Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press (2017) View citations (23) (2017)
12. Africa’s Prospects for Enjoying a Demographic Dividend
    VID Working Papers, Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna View citations (2)
13. Asymmetric information in the regulation of the access to markets
    Department of Economics Working Paper Series, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
    Also in Department of Economics Working Papers, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Economics (2016)
14. Medical Care within an OLG Economy with Realistic Demography
    VID Working Papers, Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna View citations (6)
    Also in ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy, TU Wien, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Economics Research Unit (2016) View citations (6)
15. On the long-run growth effect of raising the retirement age
    ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy, TU Wien, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Economics Research Unit View citations (2)
16. The contribution of female health to economic development
    Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Hohenheim, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences View citations (16)
    Also in ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy, TU Wien, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Economics Research Unit (2015) View citations (32)
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging (2016) View citations (1)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (32)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article The contribution of female health to economic development, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2020) View citations (24) (2020)

2015

17. Population Structure and Consumption Growth: Evidence from National Transfer Accounts
    VID Working Papers, Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna View citations (3)
    Also in ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy, TU Wien, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Economics Research Unit (2015) View citations (3)

2013

18. Growth and Welfare Effects of Health Care in Knowledge Based Economies
    VfS Annual Conference 2013 (Duesseldorf): Competition Policy and Regulation in a Global Economic Order, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association
    Also in ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy, TU Wien, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Economics Research Unit (2012) View citations (9)
    VID Working Papers, Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna (2012) View citations (9)
    Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers, Courant Research Centre PEG (2012)
    See also Journal Article Growth and welfare effects of health care in knowledge-based economies, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2016) View citations (58) (2016)
19. Saving the public from the private? Incentives and outcomes in dual practice
    ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy, TU Wien, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Economics Research Unit
    See also Journal Article Saving the public from the private? Incentives and outcomes in dual practice, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory (2020) View citations (3) (2020)

2012

20. Optimal choice of health and retirement in a life-cycle model
    ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy, TU Wien, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Economics Research Unit View citations (15)
    Also in VfS Annual Conference 2011 (Frankfurt, Main): The Order of the World Economy - Lessons from the Crisis, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association (2011)
    See also Journal Article Optimal choice of health and retirement in a life-cycle model, Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier (2015) View citations (58) (2015)

2011

21. The Reproductive Value as Part of the Shadow Price of Population
    VID Working Papers, Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The reproductive value as part of the shadow price of population, Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany (2011) View citations (2) (2011)

2010

22. Externalities in a Life-Cycle Model with Endogenous Survival
    VID Working Papers, Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Externalities in a life cycle model with endogenous survival, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (27) (2011)

2009

23. Demographic and geographic determinants of regional physician supply
    Thuenen-Series of Applied Economic Theory, University of Rostock, Institute of Economics View citations (4)
24. The Reproductive Value in Distributed Optimal Control Models
    VID Working Papers, Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The reproductive value in distributed optimal control models, Theoretical Population Biology, Elsevier (2010) View citations (5) (2010)

2008

25. Upcoding and Optimal Auditing in Health Care (or The economics of DRG creep)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (11)

2007

26. Performance Indicators for Quality with Adverse Selection, Gaming and Inequality Aversion
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)

2006

27. Quality monitoring, collusion and sub-contracting
    Thuenen-Series of Applied Economic Theory, University of Rostock, Institute of Economics

2005

28. Direct to Consumer Advertising in Pharmaceutical Markets
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York View citations (32)
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics (2003) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Direct to consumer advertising in pharmaceutical markets, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2006) View citations (34) (2006)

2003

29. Quality in Primary Care: Economic Approaches to Analysing Quality-Related Physician Behaviour
    Monograph, Office of Health Economics View citations (1)

1999

30. Green Lemons - Environmental Labels and Entry into an Environmentally Differentiated Market under Asymmetric Information
    Thuenen-Series of Applied Economic Theory, University of Rostock, Institute of Economics View citations (7)

1997

31. Environmental Policy, Firm Location, And Product Differentiation: The Role of Green Preferences and Inter-firm Pollution
    Thuenen-Series of Applied Economic Theory, University of Rostock, Institute of Economics View citations (1)

1996

32. Ecological dumping and environmental capital flight: The economics behind the propaganda
    Discussion Papers, Series II, University of Konstanz, Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 178 "Internationalization of the Economy"

Undated

33. Delegating Budgets when Agents Care About Autonomy
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York View citations (1)
34. Low Quality Leadership in Vertically Differentiated Duopoly
    Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of York View citations (3)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Subnational survey data reveal persistent gaps in living standards across 75 low and middle-income countries
   Nature Communications, 2025, 16, (1), 1-11

2024

2. Fertility in High-Income Countries: Trends, Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences
   Annual Review of Economics, 2024, 16, (1), 159-184 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Fertility in High-Income Countries: Trends, Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences, IZA Discussion Papers (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
3. Justice considerations in climate research
   Nature Climate Change, 2024, 14, (1), 22-30 View citations (1)
4. Riding the waves from epidemic to endemic: Viral mutations, immunological change and policy responses
   Theoretical Population Biology, 2024, 156, (C), 46-65

2023

5. Does human capital compensate for population decline?
   The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2023, 26, (C) View citations (2)
6. Health insurance, endogenous medical progress, health expenditure growth, and welfare
   Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 87, (C) View citations (5)
7. Rising Longevity, Increasing the Retirement Age, and the Consequences for Knowledge‐based Long‐run Growth
   Economica, 2023, 90, (357), 39-64 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Rising longevity, increasing the retirement age, and the consequences for knowledge-based long-run growth, GLO Discussion Paper Series (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
8. The hammer and the jab: Are COVID-19 lockdowns and vaccinations complements or substitutes?
   European Journal of Operational Research, 2023, 311, (1), 233-250 View citations (3)

2022

9. Chasing up and locking down the virus: Optimal pandemic interventions within a network
   Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2022, 24, (5), 1182-1217 View citations (10)
10. Congestion in a public health service: A macro approach
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 2022, 74, (C) View citations (1)
11. Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2022, 60, (1), 85-131 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper Modern Infectious Diseases: Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Responses, CEPR Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (5) (2021)

2021

12. Macro-level efficiency of health expenditure: Estimates for 15 major economies
    Social Science & Medicine, 2021, 287, (C) View citations (5)
13. The economic burden of COVID-19 in the United States: Estimates and projections under an infection-based herd immunity approach
    The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2021, 20, (C) View citations (6)

2020

14. Medical innovation and its diffusion: Implications for economic performance and welfare
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 2020, 66, (C) View citations (8)
15. On the Anatomy of Medical Progress Within an Overlapping Generations Economy
    De Economist, 2020, 168, (2), 215-257 View citations (10)
16. Saving the public from the private? Incentives and outcomes in dual practice
    Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2020, 22, (4), 1120-1150 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Saving the public from the private? Incentives and outcomes in dual practice, ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy (2013) (2013)
17. The contribution of female health to economic development
    (The costs of missing the Millennium Development Goal on gender equity)
    The Economic Journal, 2020, 130, (630), 1650-1677 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper The contribution of female health to economic development, Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences (2016) View citations (16) (2016)
18. The economic burden of chronic diseases: Estimates and projections for China, Japan, and South Korea
    The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2020, 17, (C) View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper The Economic Burden of Chronic Diseases: Estimates and Projections for China, Japan and South Korea, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (3) (2017)
19. Using Age Structure for a Multi-stage Optimal Control Model with Random Switching Time
    Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2020, 184, (3), 1065-1082 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Using age-structure for a multi-stage optimal control model with random switching time, ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2019

20. Access to health care, medical progress and the emergence of the longevity gap: A general equilibrium analysis
    The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2019, 14, (C) View citations (14)
21. Population change and the regional distribution of physicians
    The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2019, 14, (C) View citations (6)
22. Special issue: 100th anniversary of the Austrian Economic Association and the Future of Health Care Systems
    Empirica, 2019, 46, (3), 409-411

2018

23. Population age structure and consumption growth: evidence from National Transfer Accounts
    Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31, (1), 135-153 View citations (15)
24. The macroeconomic burden of noncommunicable diseases in the United States: Estimates and projections
    PLOS ONE, 2018, 13, (11), 1-14 View citations (19)

2017

25. AFRICA'S PROSPECTS FOR ENJOYING A DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND
    Journal of Demographic Economics, 2017, 83, (1), 63-76 View citations (23)
    Also in JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, 2017, 83, (1), 63-76 (2017) View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper Africa's Prospects for Enjoying a Demographic Dividend, IZA Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (2) (2016)

2016

26. Growth and welfare effects of health care in knowledge-based economies
    Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 46, (C), 100-119 View citations (58)
    See also Working Paper Growth and Welfare Effects of Health Care in Knowledge Based Economies, VfS Annual Conference 2013 (Duesseldorf): Competition Policy and Regulation in a Global Economic Order (2013) (2013)

2015

27. Optimal choice of health and retirement in a life-cycle model
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2015, 158, (PA), 186-212 View citations (58)
    See also Working Paper Optimal choice of health and retirement in a life-cycle model, ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy (2012) View citations (15) (2012)

2014

28. Health, education, and retirement over the prolonged life cycle: a selective survey of recent research
    Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 2014, 12, (1), 1-22 View citations (1)

2013

29. Manipulation and auditing of public sector contracts
    European Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 32, (C), 251-267 View citations (14)

2011

30. Externalities in a life cycle model with endogenous survival
    Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2011, 47, (4-5), 627-641 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Externalities in a Life-Cycle Model with Endogenous Survival, VID Working Papers (2010) View citations (8) (2010)
31. Optimal public provision of nursing homes and the role of information
    Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30, (4), 795-810 View citations (20)
32. The reproductive value as part of the shadow price of population
    Demographic Research, 2011, 24, (28), 709-718 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper The Reproductive Value as Part of the Shadow Price of Population, VID Working Papers (2011) View citations (4) (2011)

2010

33. Recognizing progeny in the value of life
    Economics Letters, 2010, 107, (1), 17-21 View citations (12)
34. The reproductive value in distributed optimal control models
    Theoretical Population Biology, 2010, 77, (3), 164-170 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper The Reproductive Value in Distributed Optimal Control Models, VID Working Papers (2009) View citations (4) (2009)

2009

35. Performance Indicators for Quality with Costly Falsification
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2009, 18, (4), 1137-1154 View citations (14)

2007

36. Minimum quality standards and market dominance in vertically differentiated duopoly
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2007, 25, (2), 275-290 View citations (20)

2006

37. Direct to consumer advertising in pharmaceutical markets
    Journal of Health Economics, 2006, 25, (1), 102-130 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper Direct to Consumer Advertising in Pharmaceutical Markets, CESifo Working Paper Series (2005) View citations (3) (2005)

Books

2005

1. The Greening of Markets
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (11)

Chapters

2025

1. Optimization in Age-Structured Dynamic Economic Models
   Springer

1998

2. Environmental policy, firm location and green consumption
   Chapter 8 in Environmental Valuation, Economic Policy and Sustainability, 1998, pp 117-132