HUMAN CAPITAL, HEALTH AND LONGEVITY: EXPLAINING THE HEALTH GRADIENT

  1. Galama, T.J., Lleras-Muney, A. and Van Kippersluis, H. (2020), The Effect of Education on Health and Mortality: A Review of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence. Oxford Handbook of Health Economics (forthcoming). Link to working paper.
  2. Fonseca, R., Michaud, P., Galama, T.J. and Kapteyn, A. (2021). Accounting for the Rise of Health Spending and Longevity. Journal of the European Economic Association,19(1), pp.536-579.
  3. Galama, T.J., Lleras-Muney, A. and Van Kippersluis, H. (2018), The Effect of Education on Health and Mortality: A Review of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. Link to working paper.  DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.013.7
  4. Galama, T.J. and van Kippersluis H.  (2018). A Theory of Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Over the Life Cycle. Economic Journal; Link to working paper.
  5. Salvy, S.-J., de la Haye, K., Galama, T.J. and Goran, M.I. (2017). Home visitation programs: An untapped opportunity for the delivery of early childhood obesity prevention. Obesity Reviews. 18(2), pp.149-163.
  6. Van Kippersluis, H., Galama, T.J. (2014). Wealth and Health Behavior: Testing the Concept of a Health Cost. European Economic Review. 72:197-220. PMID: 25530621. Link to working paper.
  7. Galama, T.J., Van Kippersluis, H. (2013), Health Inequalities through the Lens of Health Capital Theory: Issues, Solutions, and Future Directions. Research on Economic Inequality, 21: 263-284.  PMID: 24570580. Link to working paper.

 

WORKING PAPERS

  1. Galama, T.J., Morgan, R. and Saavedra, J.E. (2017), Wealthier, happier and more self-sufficient: when anti-poverty programs improve economic and subjective wellbeing at a reduced cost to taxpayers. NBER working paper 24090
  2. García-Gómez, P., Galama, T.J., Van Doorslaer, E., and López-Nicolás, A. (2017). Interactions between Financial Incentives and Health in the Early Retirement Decision. CESR Working Paper No. 2017-004
  3. Galama , T.J. and Van Kippersluis, H.  (2015), A Theory of Education and Health. CESR Working Paper #2015-001.
  4. Galama, T.J. (2015), A Contribution to Health-Capital Theory. CESR Working Paper #2015-004.