Journal of Health Economics

1982 - 2025

Current editor(s): J. P. Newhouse, A. J. Culyer, R. Frank, K. Claxton and T. McGuire

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Volume 47, issue C, 2016

Tradeoffs in the design of health plan payment systems: Fit, power and balance pp. 1-19

Michael Geruso and Thomas G. McGuire

Innovation in the pharmaceutical industry: New estimates of R&D costs pp. 20-33

Joseph DiMasi, Henry G. Grabowski and Ronald W. Hansen

Assaults, murders and walkers: The impact of violent crime on physical activity pp. 34-49

Katharina Janke, Carol Propper and Michael Shields

Health insurance and diversity of treatment pp. 50-63

David Bardey, Bruno Jullien and Jean-Marie Lozachmeur

Provider practice style and patient health outcomes: The case of heart attacks pp. 64-80

Janet Currie, W. Bentley Macleod and Jessica Van Parys

Mandate-based health reform and the labor market: Evidence from the Massachusetts reform pp. 81-106

Jonathan Kolstad and Amanda Kowalski

Volume 46, issue C, 2016

Catastrophic medical expenditure risk pp. 1-15

Gabriela Flores and O’Donnell, Owen

Insuring against health shocks: Health insurance and household choices pp. 16-32

Kai Liu

Do “Consumer-Directed” health plans bend the cost curve over time? pp. 33-51

Amelia Haviland, Matthew D. Eisenberg, Ateev Mehrotra, Peter J. Huckfeldt and Neeraj Sood

Effects of Medicaid disease management programs on medical expenditures: Evidence from a natural experiment in Georgia pp. 52-69

Keith Kranker

Does the benefits schedule of cash assistance programs affect the purchase of temptation goods? Evidence from Peru pp. 70-89

Justin S. White and Sanjay Basu

The fatality and morbidity components of the value of statistical life pp. 90-99

Elissa Philip Gentry and W Viscusi

Growth and welfare effects of health care in knowledge-based economies pp. 100-119

Michael Kuhn and Klaus Prettner

Testing for changes in the SES-mortality gradient when the distribution of education changes too pp. 120-130

Thomas Goldring, Fabian Lange and Seth Richards-Shubik

Volume 45, issue C, 2016

Social capital and access to primary health care in developing countries: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1-11

Guillaume Hollard and Omar Sene

Long-term health effects of Vietnam-era military service: A quasi-experiment using Australian conscription lotteries pp. 12-26

David Johnston, Michael Shields and Peter Siminski

Gaining weight through retirement? Results from the SHARE survey pp. 27-46

Mathilde Godard

Habit formation in children: Evidence from incentives for healthy eating pp. 47-54

George Loewenstein, Joseph Price and Kevin Volpp

The effect of parental involvement laws on teen birth control use pp. 55-62

Joseph J. Sabia and D. Mark Anderson

Spousal labor market effects from government health insurance: Evidence from a veterans affairs expansion pp. 63-76

Melissa A. Boyle and Joanna Lahey

Effects of antenatal testing laws on infant mortality pp. 77-90

Winnie Fung and Omar Robles

Time to burn (calories)? The impact of retirement on physical activity among mature Americans pp. 91-102

Fabrice Kampfen and Jürgen Maurer

Employer-sponsored health insurance and the gender wage gap pp. 103-114

Benjamin Cowan and Benjamin Schwab

Patient cost sharing and medical expenditures for the Elderly pp. 115-130

Kazuya Fukushima, Sou Mizuoka, Shunsuke Yamamoto and Toshiaki Iizuka

Genetic markers as instrumental variables pp. 131-148

Stephanie von Hinke, George Davey Smith, Debbie A. Lawlor, Carol Propper and Frank Windmeijer

Does home care for dependent elderly people improve their mental health? pp. 149-160

Thomas Barnay and Sandrine Juin

The long-term impacts of Medicaid exposure in early childhood: Evidence from the program's origin pp. 161-175

Michel H. Boudreaux, Ezra Golberstein and Donna D. McAlpine

Trans fat and cardiovascular disease mortality: Evidence from bans in restaurants in New York pp. 176-196

Brandon Restrepo and Matthias Rieger

Volume 44, issue C, 2015

The effect of early-life education on later-life mortality pp. 1-9

Dan Black, Yu-Chieh Hsu and Lowell Taylor

Medicaid reimbursement, prenatal care and infant health pp. 10-24

Lyudmyla Sonchak

Do financial incentives trump clinical guidance? Hip Replacement in England and Scotland pp. 25-36

Irene Papanicolas and Alistair McGuire

Can Walmart make us healthier? Prescription drug prices and health care utilization pp. 37-53

Florencia Borrescio-Higa

Does health plan generosity enhance hospital market power? pp. 54-62

Laurence C. Baker, M. Kate Bundorf and Daniel P. Kessler

Premium copayments and the trade-off between wages and employer-provided health insurance pp. 63-79

Darren Lubotsky and Craig A. Olson

Mandatory universal drug plan, access to health care and health: Evidence from Canada pp. 80-96

Chao Wang, Qing Li, Arthur Sweetman and Jeremiah Hurley

Maternal education and child mortality in Zimbabwe pp. 97-117

Karen A. Grépin and Prashant Bharadwaj

Malaria eradication and economic outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Uganda pp. 118-136

Jeremy Barofsky, Tobenna D. Anekwe and Claire Chase

The effects of merit-based financial aid on drinking in college pp. 137-149

Benjamin W. Cowan and Dustin White

An anatomy of old-age disability: Time use, affect and experienced utility pp. 150-160

Gabriela Flores, Michael Ingenhaag and Jürgen Maurer

Parental health shocks, child labor and educational outcomes: Evidence from Tanzania pp. 161-175

Shamma Adeeb Alam

Smoking bans, cigarette prices and life satisfaction pp. 176-194

Reto Odermatt and Alois Stutzer

The indirect impact of antiretroviral therapy: Mortality risk, mental health, and HIV-negative labor supply pp. 195-211

Victoria Baranov, Daniel Bennett and Hans-Peter Kohler

Do Medicaid benefit expansions have teeth? The effect of Medicaid adult dental coverage on the use of dental services and oral health pp. 212-225

Sandra L. Decker and Brandy J. Lipton

Did you get your shots? Experimental evidence on the role of reminders pp. 226-237

Matias Busso, Julian Cristia and Sarah Humpage

The effect of Health Savings Accounts on group health insurance coverage pp. 238-254

Jinqi Ye

The consumer welfare implications of governmental policies and firm strategy in markets for medicines pp. 255-273

Chirantan Chatterjee, Kensuke Kubo and Viswanath Pingali

Is an early retirement offer good for your health? Quasi-experimental evidence from the army pp. 274-285

Daniel Hallberg, Per Johansson and Malin Josephson

Comparing the effectiveness of individualistic, altruistic, and competitive incentives in motivating completion of mental exercises pp. 286-299

Heather Schofield, George Loewenstein, Jessica Kopsic and Kevin G. Volpp

How does electronic cigarette access affect adolescent smoking? pp. 300-308

Abigail S. Friedman

Investment subsidies and the adoption of electronic medical records in hospitals pp. 309-319

David Dranove, Craig Garthwaite, Bingyang Li and Christopher Ody

The effect of health insurance coverage on medical care utilization and health outcomes: Evidence from Medicaid adult vision benefits pp. 320-332

Brandy J. Lipton and Sandra L. Decker