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 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

Volume 43, issue C, 2015

Understanding the effect of retirement on health: Mechanisms and heterogeneity pp. 1-12

Peter Eibich

What explains DRG upcoding in neonatology? The roles of financial incentives and infant health pp. 13-26

Hendrik Jürges and Juliane Köberlein

Mandatory labels, taxes and market forces: An empirical evaluation of fat policies pp. 27-44

Olivier Allais, Fabrice Etilé and Sébastien Lecocq

Social security income and the utilization of home care: Evidence from the social security notch pp. 45-55

Yuping Tsai

Old boys’ network in general practitioners’ referral behavior? pp. 56-73

Franz Hackl, Michael Hummer and Gerald Pruckner

Heterogeneity and the effect of mental health parity mandates on the labor market pp. 74-84

Martin Andersen

The effects of paid maternity leave: Evidence from Temporary Disability Insurance pp. 85-102

Jenna Stearns

Financial incentives for kidney donation: A comparative case study using synthetic controls pp. 103-117

Firat Bilgel and Brian Galle

Hospital sector choice and support for public hospital care in New Zealand: Results from a labeled discrete choice survey pp. 118-127

Paul Brown, Laura Panattoni, Linda Cameron, Stephanie Knox, Toni Ashton, Tim Tenbensel and John Windsor

Immigration policy and birth weight: Positive externalities in Italian law pp. 128-139

Luca Salmasi and Luca Pieroni

Do immigrants improve the health of natives? pp. 140-153

Osea Giuntella and Fabrizio Mazzonna

Financial incentives in health: New evidence from India's Janani Suraksha Yojana pp. 154-169

Timothy Powell-Jackson, Sumit Mazumdar and Anne Mills

Workplace health promotion and labour market performance of employees pp. 170-189

Martin Huber, Michael Lechner and Conny Wunsch

Short-run effects of job loss on health conditions, health insurance, and health care utilization pp. 190-203

Jessamyn Schaller and Ann Stevens

The effect of health insurance on workers’ compensation filing: Evidence from the affordable care act's age-based threshold for dependent coverage pp. 204-228

Marcus Dillender

Estimating sign-dependent societal preferences for quality of life pp. 229-243

Arthur Attema, Werner Brouwer, l’Haridon, Olivier and Jose-Luis Pinto-Prades

An economy of scales: A selective review of obesity's economic causes, consequences, and solutions pp. 244-268

John Cawley

Volume 42, issue C, 2015

Information disclosure and peer effects in the use of antibiotics pp. 1-16

Illoong Kwon and Daesung Jun

Recessions, healthy no more? pp. 17-28

Christopher Ruhm

Education and health: The role of cognitive ability pp. 29-43

Govert Bijwaard, Hans van Kippersluis and Justus Veenman

The intensive margin of technology adoption – Experimental evidence on improved cooking stoves in rural Senegal pp. 44-63

Gunther Bensch and Jörg Peters

The effect of medical marijuana laws on adolescent and adult use of marijuana, alcohol, and other substances pp. 64-80

Hefei Wen, Jason Hockenberry and Janet R. Cummings

The interaction of direct and indirect risk selection pp. 81-89

Normann Lorenz

Environmental regulations on air pollution in China and their impact on infant mortality pp. 90-103

Shinsuke Tanaka

How do health insurer market concentration and bargaining power with hospitals affect health insurance premiums? pp. 104-114

Erin Trish and Bradley Herring

Does women's education affect breast cancer risk and survival? Evidence from a population based social experiment in education pp. 115-124

Mårten Palme and Emilia Simeonova

Peer effects, fast food consumption and adolescent weight gain pp. 125-138

Bernard Fortin and Myra Yazbeck

Unintended effects of reimbursement schedules in mental health care pp. 139-150

Rudy Douven, Minke Remmerswaal and Ilaria Mosca

Health and agricultural productivity: Evidence from Zambia pp. 151-164

Günther Fink and Felix Masiye

Welfare implications of learning through solicitation versus diversification in health care pp. 165-173

Anirban Basu

Short- and medium-term effects of informal care provision on female caregivers’ health pp. 174-185

Hendrik Schmitz and Matthias Westphal

Tobacco control campaign in Uruguay: Impact on smoking cessation during pregnancy and birth weight pp. 186-196

Jeffrey E. Harris, Ana Balsa and Patricia Triunfo

Financing and funding health care: Optimal policy and political implementability pp. 197-208

Robert Nuscheler and Kerstin Roeder