Health Economics

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Volume 34, issue 11, 2025

Evaluating LTC Policies Around the World: A Virtual Special Issue Promoted by the Gateway to Global Aging Data Project pp. 1965-1970

Giacomo Pasini, David Knapp, Marco Angrisani and Sally C. Stearns

Classifying the Integration of Healthcare Providers and Insurers pp. 1971-1976

Xiaodan Liang and John Mullahy

Anti‐Bullying Laws and Weight‐Based Disparities in Suicidality pp. 1977-2003

Brandyn F. Churchill, Bijesh Gyawali and Joseph J. Sabia

The Impact of Child Disability on Parental Outcomes: Evidence From Sweden pp. 2004-2036

Derek Asuman, Ulf‐G. Gerdtham, Ann I. Alriksson‐Schmidt, Martin Nordin and Johan Jarl

Behavioral Adaptation to Improved Environmental Quality: Evidence From a Sanitation Intervention pp. 2037-2058

Lisa Cameron, An Huang, Paulo Santos and Milan Thomas

Hidden Costs of Ban the Box Laws: Unraveling the Effects on Drug‐Related Deaths pp. 2059-2071

Oleksandra Cheipesh

The Effect of Information From Black Health Care Professionals on COVID Vaccination Take‐Up pp. 2072-2096

Martin Abel, Tanya Byker and Jeffrey Carpenter

Insurer Size and Negotiated Hospital Prices: Insights From the Affordable Care Act in Arkansas pp. 2097-2113

Jee‐Hun Choi

Health and Unemployment During a Negative Labor Demand Shock pp. 2114-2139

Espen Bratberg, Tor Helge Holmås, Egil Kjerstad and Kjell Vaage

Incentivizing Hospital Quality Through Care Bundling pp. 2140-2160

Katja Grašič, Adrián Villaseñor, James Gaughan, Nils Gutacker and Luigi Siciliani

Volume 34, issue 10, 2025

Decomposing Racial Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity Within Insurance Groups pp. 1749-1772

E. Kathleen Adams, Sara Markowitz, Michael R. Kramer, Peter J. Joski and Anne L. Dunlop

The Citizens' Distributional Preferences for Health Care Resource Allocations: The Non‐Negligible Role of Option Value pp. 1773-1781

Lise Desireé Hansen, Trine Kjær and Dorte Gyrd‐Hansen

Heterogenous Mental Health Impacts of a Forced Relocation: The Red Zone in Christchurch (New Zealand) pp. 1782-1803

Thoa Hoang, Ilan Noy and Thinh Le Van

Effects of Health Shocks on Adult Children's Labor Market Outcomes and Well‐Being pp. 1804-1820

Eduardo Ramirez Lizardi, Elisabeth Fevang, Knut Røed and Henning Øien

A Simple Measure of Catastrophic Health Expenditures pp. 1821-1831

Tomson Ogwang and Germano Mwabu

Deploying Differential Distance as an Instrumental Variable: Alternative Forms, Estimators, and Specifications pp. 1832-1852

Donghoon Lee and Anirban Basu

Income and Health Care Consumption: Evidence From Mortgage Payment Shocks pp. 1853-1868

Hong Lee, Deokrye Baek and Joseph R. Mason

Education and Mental Health in Young Adulthood: New Evidence From Genetic Markers pp. 1869-1881

Alex Xingbang Weng

Sick of Robots—Heterogeneous Effects of Industrial Robots on Sickness Absence pp. 1882-1906

Janis Umblijs and Kjersti Misje Østbakken

The Impact of Incentives on Valuing Health Risks pp. 1907-1920

Maria José Gil‐Moltó, Arne Hole, Henrik Andersson and Geir Godager

Walkability and Mental Health Resiliency During the COVID‐19 Pandemic pp. 1921-1942

Karen Smith Conway and Andrea K. Menclova

Digitalization of Access to Primary Care: Is There an Equity‐Efficiency Trade‐Off? pp. 1943-1962

Daniela Rodrigues, Noemi Kreif, Ara Darzi, Mauricio Barahona and Erik Mayer

Volume 34, issue 9, 2025

Hungry no More? The Joint Impact of Minimum Wages and the Earned Income Tax Credit on Food Insecurity pp. 1509-1517

Otto Lenhart and Kalyan Chakraborty

Children's Education and Parental Healthcare Utilization: The Roles of Knowledge Transfer and Financial Support pp. 1518-1536

Lei Lei, Lingyan Hu, Arthur van Soest and Yi Zhang

Public Long‐Term Care Insurance and Retirement Intentions of Urban Workers: Evidence From China pp. 1537-1559

Tianli Yang and Zhong Zhao

Medicaid Coverage of Psychological Treatment Prevents Crime pp. 1560-1577

Thomas A. Hegland

Clear Waters, Bright Futures: Do Low‐Cost Information Interventions Increase Health Preventive Behaviors pp. 1578-1594

Rafi Amir‐ud‐Din, Muhammad Khan, Zahra Murad and Irene Mussio

Insurance Expansion During Pregnancy pp. 1595-1613

Philip Hochuli and Christian P. R. Schmid

Influenza Vaccination and Occupational Social Intensity: Evidence From U.S. Workers pp. 1614-1647

Yancheng Xiao, Matthew Harris, Alissa O'Halloran and Jamison Pike

Socio‐Economic Evolution and Tobacco Products Sales in Spain: A Long‐Term Analysis of the Tobacco Kuznets Curve pp. 1648-1662

Miguel Ángel Del Arco‐Osuna, Alejandro Almeida, Aida Galiano and Juan Manuel Martín‐Álvarez

The Spillover Effects of a City‐Wide Global Budget and Case‐Based Payment Reform on Inbound Non‐Resident Patients pp. 1663-1678

Yawen Jiang

Do Rurality‐Based Financial Incentives Improve Equity of Primary Healthcare Access? Evidence From Australia pp. 1679-1690

Karinna Saxby and Yuting Zhang

Social Comparisons and Adolescent Body Misperception: Evidence From School Entry Cutoffs pp. 1691-1730

Christopher S. Carpenter and Brandyn F. Churchill

Adolescent Mental Health: Impact of Introducing Earlier Compulsory School Grades pp. 1731-1746

Anna Linder, Ulf‐G. Gerdtham and Gawain Heckley

Volume 34, issue 8, 2025

The Rise in American Pain: The Importance of the Great Recession pp. 1385-1395

Sneha Lamba and Robert Moffitt

The Effects of Medical and Recreational Cannabis Laws on Prescription Drug Claims in Commercial Group Insurance Markets pp. 1396-1409

Amanda C. Cook, E. Tice Sirmans and Rhet Smith

Asymmetry and Spillover Effects in the Relationship Between Stock Markets and Mental Health: An Alternative Approach pp. 1410-1425

Ruben Ruf, Jenny Berrill and Damien Cassells

Income‐Related Inequalities in Future Health Prospects pp. 1426-1442

Gustav Kjellsson, Dennis Petrie and Tom Van Ourti

Inequality Measurement for Bounded Variables pp. 1443-1460

Inaki Permanyer, Suman Seth and Gaston Yalonetzky

Do Gun‐Purchase Waiting Periods Save Lives? pp. 1461-1473

Grace E. Arnold and Mitchell Blaine Priestley

Does the Risk Premium Differ Between Women Engaging in Commercial and Transactional Sex? Evidence From Urban Cameroon pp. 1474-1486

Rebecca G. Njuguna, Henry Cust, The POWER Team and Aurélia Lépine

Home‐Based Care Outcomes: Does the Care Provider Matter? pp. 1487-1506

Norma B. Coe, Chuxuan Sun, Courtney Van Houtven, Anirban Basu and R. Tamara Konetzka

Volume 34, issue 7, 2025

Does Publicly‐Funded Adult Social Care Impact Informal and Unpaid Carers' Quality of Life in England? pp. 1217-1238

Francesco Longo, Karl Claxton, Andrea Salas‐Ortiz, James Lomas and Stephen Martin

Behavioral Responses to Healthcare Funding Decisions and Their Impact on Value for Money: Evidence From Australia pp. 1239-1254

Peter Ghijben, Dennis Petrie, Silva Zavarsek, Gang Chen and Emily Lancsar

Wholesome Lunch to the Whole Classroom: Short‐ and Longer‐Term Effects on Early Teenagers' Weight pp. 1255-1273

Shiko Maruyama and Sayaka Nakamura

Investigating the Spillover Mechanisms of Payment Incentives on the Outcomes for Non‐Targeted Patients pp. 1274-1294

Philip Britteon, Søren Kristensen, Yiu‐Shing Lau, Ruth McDonald and Matt Sutton

Opioid Control Policies Can Also Reduce Domestic Violence pp. 1295-1308

Andrei Barbos and Minglu Sun

The Impact of Social Health Insurance on Student Performance: Evidence From an RDD in Peru pp. 1309-1325

Miguel Carpio, Lucero Gomez and Pablo Lavado

Anxious Dads and Depressed Moms: Child Disability and the Mental Health of Parents pp. 1326-1349

Derek Asuman, Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir and Johan Jarl

Fair Innings: An Empirical Test pp. 1350-1364

Matthew D. Adler, Maddalena Ferranna, James K. Hammitt, Eugénie de Laubier and Nicolas Treich

Inequality of Opportunity in Body Mass: Evidence From Australia pp. 1365-1381

Anushiya Vijayasivajie, Pundarik Mukhopadhaya and Chris Heaton

Volume 34, issue 6, 2025

The Power of Presence: The Impact of Paternity Leave on Child Health in China pp. 1015-1034

Xiaoman Li, Yu Fu and Ailin Mao

Strategic Coding in the Assessment of Long‐Term Care Needs: Evidence From France pp. 1035-1063

Delphine Roy

Marketing Status and Brand‐Name Drug Prices: Evidence From Rx‐To‐OTC Switch pp. 1064-1084

Lin Lin and Bo Wang

There Is No Place Like Home: The Impact of Public Home‐Based Care on the Mental Health and Well‐Being of Older People pp. 1085-1102

Ludovico Carrino, Erica Reinhard and Mauricio Avendano

Impact of Tobacco‐21 Laws on Maternal Smoking Behavior pp. 1103-1120

Tim Bersak, Makayla Lavender and Lyudmyla Sonchak‐Ardan

Economic Shocks and Infant Health: The Intergenerational Effects of Import Competition in the U.S pp. 1121-1142

Patralekha Ukil

Do Physicians Respond to Additional Capitation Payments in Mixed Remuneration Schemes? pp. 1143-1159

Line Planck Kongstad, Nicolai Damslund, Jens Søndergaard, Geir Godager and Kim Rose Olsen

Copayments for Prescription Drugs: The Drivers of Demand Responses pp. 1160-1170

Jouko Verho and Jarkko Harju

Long‐Term Care Partnership Effects on Medicaid and Private Insurance pp. 1171-1187

Joan Costa‐Font and Nilesh Raut

Social Connections and COVID19 Vaccination pp. 1188-1213

Arnab K. Basu, Nancy Chau and Oleg Firsin

Volume 34, issue 5, 2025

Drug Decriminalization and Fatal Traffic Crashes: Evidence From BM110 in Oregon pp. 815-820

Christian Gunadi and Yuyan Shi

Spillovers From Medicaid Contraceptive Use to Non‐Medicaid Patients: Evidence From New York pp. 821-826

Kevin Callison, Marisa Carlos and Barton Willage

Substitution and Complementarity in the Consumption of Alcohol, Cannabis, and Opium pp. 827-854

Siddharth Chandra and Gaurav Doshi

The Effects of Hydrological Disasters on the Population's Health in the Northeast Region of Brazil pp. 855-868

Vinícius Halmenschlager, Alexandre Almeida, Felipe Ribeiro and Carolina Silva da Trindade

Health Shock Effects on Diet: More Severe Shock—Stronger Response? pp. 869-879

Anna Kristina Edenbrandt, Kim Wadt Skak‐Hansen and Sinne Smed

Daylight Saving Time and Automobile Accidents: Evidence From Chile pp. 880-931

Roberto Gillmore

The Effects of Resigning GPs on Patient Healthcare Utilization and Some Implications for Health pp. 932-955

Daniel Monsees and Matthias Westphal

Understanding the Demand‐Side of an Illegal Market: A Case Study of the Prohibition of Menthol Cigarettes pp. 956-971

Don Kenkel, Alan Mathios, Grace Phillips, Revathy Suryanarayana, Hua Wang and Sen Zeng

Healthcare Quality by Specialists Under a Mixed Compensation System: An Empirical Analysis pp. 972-991

Damien Echevin, Bernard Fortin and Aristide Houndetoungan

For Better or Worse? Subjective Expectations and Cost‐Benefit Trade‐Offs in Health Behavior: An Application to Lockdown Compliance in the United Kingdom pp. 992-1012

Gabriella Conti and Pamela Giustinelli

Volume 34, issue 4, 2025

Health Professional Shortage Area Bonus Payments and Access to Care Under Medicare pp. 601-630

Christopher S. Brunt

Are E‐Cigarettes Substitutes or Complements to Combustible Cigarettes Among Youths? Evidence From Canada pp. 631-642

Hai V. Nguyen and Shweta Mital

The Effect of Compulsory Schooling on Vaccination Against COVID pp. 643-654

Daniel Monsees and Hendrik Schmitz

Adding to the Woes: Heterogeneous Effects of Air Pollution on Pandemic Patients pp. 655-676

Mengdi Liu and Xin Zhao

Impacts of City Life on Nutrition: Evidence From Resettlement Lotteries in China pp. 677-698

Ganxiao Leng, Huanguang Qiu and Mateusz Filipski

Economic Value of Informal Care: Contingent Valuation From the Perspective of Caregivers and Care Recipients in China pp. 699-713

Hongli Fan, Jinyan Gao, Lu Chen, Zixuan Peng and Peter C. Coyte

Cash‐Out Puzzle and Long‐Term Care Insurance: Welfare of the Elderly pp. 714-726

Xiaoyan Lei and Chunfeng Zhang

Fat vs. Sugar: The Case for a Saturated Fat Tax in Italy pp. 727-740

Valeria di Cosmo and Silvia Tiezzi

Impacts of Housing Costs on Health and Satisfaction With Life Circumstances: Evidence From Australia pp. 741-757

Ashani Abayasekara, Jun Sung Kim and Liang Choon Wang

Assessing Cigarette Reduction Tax‐Effectiveness in Low Tobacco Expenditure Contexts: An Application to Bolivia pp. 758-779

Joaquín Morales and Sara Santander

Value‐Based Pricing for Drugs With Uncertain Clinical Benefits pp. 780-790

Boshen Jiao, Yuli Lily Hsieh, Meng Li and Stéphane Verguet

The Hidden Value of Adult Informal Care in Europe pp. 791-812

Joan Costa‐Font and Cristina Vilaplana‐Prieto

Volume 34, issue 3, 2025

Aggregation Bias and Socioeconomic Gradients in Waiting Time for Hospital Admissions pp. 371-375

Fredrik Carlsen, Tor Helge Holmås and Oddvar Kaarboe

Medical Resource Scarcity and Inequality in COVID‐19 Fatality Rates: Evidence From Hospitalized Patients in Wuhan, China pp. 376-391

Dandan Zhang, Xiang‐Ming Zhang and Xiao Liu

Trade Liberalization and Mortality Rates: Evidence of Pro‐Cyclical Mortality From Brazil pp. 392-414

Vinicius Cícero, Lucas Cardoso Corrêa Dias and Sammy Zahran

Health Insurance Coverage Changes Under the Affordable Care Act Among High Housing Cost Households, 2010–18 pp. 415-430

Yu Cao, Yuxin Su, Guan Wang and Chengcheng Zhang

Cesarean Section, Childhood Health, and Schooling: Quasi‐Experimental Evidence From Denmark, Norway and Sweden pp. 431-441

Jessica á Rogvi, Aline Bütikofer, Lone Krebs, Hanna Mühlrad and Miriam Wüst

Willingness to Care—Financial Incentives and Caregiving Decisions pp. 442-455

Mara Rebaudo, Lena Calahorrano and Kathrin Hausmann

The Growth of Illicit Drug Use and Its Effects on Murder Rates pp. 456-471

Sujeong Park

Diagnosis Related Payment for Inpatient Mental Health Care: Hospital Selection and Effects on Length of Stay pp. 472-499

Franziska Valder, Simon Reif and Harald Tauchmann

Public Health Insurance and Healthcare Utilisation Decisions of Young Adults pp. 500-517

Muhammad Fikru Rizal

The Dynamic and Heterogeneous Effects of COVID‐19 Vaccination Mandates in the USA pp. 518-536

Manh‐Hung Nguyen, Viet‐Ngu Hoang, Son Nghiem and Lan Anh Nguyen

Incentives, Health, and Retirement: Evidence From a Finnish Pension Reform pp. 537-572

Joonas Ollonqvist, Kaisa Kotakorpi, Mikko Laaksonen, Pekka Martikainen, Jukka Pirttilä and Lasse Tarkiainen

Green Cities, Healthier Children: The Effect of Expanding Urban Green Space on Body Weight for Primary School Starters pp. 573-597

Josefine Koebe

Volume 34, issue 2, 2025

Socioeconomic inequalities in waiting times for breast cancer surgery pp. 203-224

Maria Ana Matias, Rita Santos, Luigi Siciliani, Peter Sivey and Andrew Proctor

Scope of practice and opioid prescribing behavior of nurse practitioners serving Medicare beneficiaries pp. 225-245

Shishir Shakya and Alicia Plemmons

Unpacking the care‐related quality of life effect of England's publicly funded adult social care. A panel data analysis pp. 246-266

Andrea Salas‐Ortiz, Francesco Longo, Karl Claxton and James Lomas

Mental health impacts of spousal caregiving intensity in the US pp. 267-282

Jennifer A. Ailshire and Maria Casanova

The addition of cannabis to prescription drug monitoring programs and medication fills in Medicaid pp. 283-296

Shelby R. Steuart

Horizontal inequity in the use of mental healthcare in Australia pp. 297-315

Nicole Black, David Johnston, Martin Knapp, Michael Shields and Gloria H. Y. Wong

Employment shocks and demand for pain medication: Understanding the channels that drive opioid use pp. 316-344

Isabel Musse

Impact of hospital‐physician vertical integration on physician‐administered drug spending and utilization pp. 345-367

Jonathan S. Levin, Xiaoxi Zhao and Christopher Whaley

Volume 34, issue 1, 2025

Effect of age‐related premium readjustment on health insurance cancellation in Brazil: Regression discontinuity approach pp. 3-17

Aline de Souza, Mônica Andrade, Kenya Noronha and Igor Viveiros Melo Souza

Pathways from education to mortality, mediated through income pp. 18-44

Govert Bijwaard and Kieron J. Barclay

Income effect of prenatal sunlight exposure: Empirical evidence from China pp. 45-67

Guanghua Wan, Tongjin Zhang and Xiaoshan Hu

Externality and policy intervention in interregional travel with infectious diseases pp. 68-84

Naoshi Doi and Shingo Yamazaki

Going beyond randomised controlled trials to assess treatment effect heterogeneity across target populations pp. 85-104

David G. Lugo‐Palacios, Patrick Bidulka, Stephen O’Neill, Orlagh Carroll, Anirban Basu, Amanda Adler, Karla DíazOrdaz, Andrew Briggs and Richard Grieve

Effects of the Medicaid coverage cliff on low‐income elderly Medicare beneficiaries pp. 105-153

Kanghyock Koh and Sungchul Park

Consumption responses to sweetened beverage taxes by household income in four U.S. cities pp. 154-174

Melissa A. Knox and Jessica C. Jones‐Smith

Do health care quality improvement policies work for all? Distributional effects by baseline quality in South Africa pp. 175-199

Finn McGuire, Peter C. Smith, Nicholas Stacey, Ijeoma Edoka and Noemi Kreif