Economics & Human Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Economics & Human Biology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Cognitive or non-cognitive? The effect of maternal dominance on adolescent human capital: Evidence from adolescents' educational decisions83
Schools and the transmission of Sars-Cov-2: Evidence from Italy53
The economics of aging with infectious and chronic diseases51
The financial situation before and after first-time psychiatric in-patient diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum, bipolar, and major depressive disorder33
The “Quiet Revolution” and the cesarean section in the United States32
Does searching online for vaccination information affect vaccination coverage? Evidence from Sub-Saharan African countries32
When in America, do as the Americans? The evolution of health behaviors and outcomes across immigrant cohorts30
What doesn’t kill her, will make her depressed27
Aging out of the federal dependent coverage mandate and purchases of prescription drugs with high rates of misuse21
Infant feeding and post-weaning health: Evidence from turn-of-the-century London19
The relationship between early-life conditions in the home country and adult outcomes among child immigrants in the United States19
The impact of the State Innovation Models Initiative on population health17
Gender inequality in nutrition intake: Evidence from a large assistance program17
Editorial Board17
Does democracy make taller men? Cross-country European evidence16
People inflows as a pandemic trigger: Evidence from a quasi-experimental study16
Childhood circumstances, social mobility and the obesity transition: Evidence from South Africa16
Employer-sponsored health insurance and labor market outcomes for men in same-sex couples: Evidence from the advent of pre-exposure prophylaxis15
Editorial Board15
Unconditional cash transfers, health and savings15
Did Covid-19 hit harder in peripheral areas? The case of Italian municipalities14
Does becoming an informal caregiver make your health worse? A longitudinal analysis across Europe14
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Health inequality and health insurance coverage: The United States and China compared14
Childhood obesity, is fast food exposure a factor?14
The demand for a COVID-19 vaccine14
The reliability of adult self-reported height: The role of interviewers13
Global pain levels before and during the COVID-19 pandemic13
The great crime recovery: Crimes against women during, and after, the COVID-19 lockdown in Mexico13
The effect of height on earnings: Is stature just a proxy for cognitive and non-cognitive skills?12
La Dolce Vita in times of harshness: Prevalence of health-related behaviors during the great recession in Italy12
A bitter epidemic: The impact of the 1918 influenza on sugar production in Java11
The impact of lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility intentions11
COVID-19, deaths at home and end-of-life cancer care11
Long-term effects of early life rainfall shocks on foundational cognitive skills: Evidence from Peru11
The effects of taxation on the individual consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages11
The challenge of estimating the direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 interventions – Toward an integrated economic and epidemiological approach11
Coupling and decoupling of ancestral linkages and current cross-border economic activities: Genetics and policy11
Stunting, IQ, and final school attainment in the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey birth cohort11
Old age takes its toll: Long-run projections of health-related public expenditure in Luxembourg11
Productivity, obesity, and human capital: Panel data evidence11
Vulnerability and COVID-19 infection rates: A changing relationship during the first year of the pandemic11
Occupational differences in the effects of retirement on hospitalizations for mental illness among female workers: Evidence from administrative data in China11
Health insurance, labor market shocks, and mental health during the first year of the COVID-19 crisis11
Genetic endowments for social capital: An investigation accounting for genetic nurturing effects10
Race, immunity, and lifespan: Unraveling the effect of early-life exposure to malaria risk on lifespan10
Is paternal height related to fertility outcomes? Evidence from the Netherlands during the secular growth trend10
The causal impact of fetal exposure to PM2.5 on birth outcomes: Evidence from rural China10
Maternal employment and childhood obesity in Russia10
Explaining adverse cholesterol levels and distinct gender patterns in an Indonesian population compared with the U.S.10
Persistent Pandemics9
The importance of workplace accommodation for cancer survivors – The role of flexible work schedules and psychological help in returning to work9
Casino-based cash transfers and fertility among the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina: A time-series analysis9
Sweet or not: Using information and cognitive dissonance to nudge children toward healthier food choices9
Decentralized wage bargaining and health9
How is smoking distributed in relation to socioeconomic status? Evidence from Brazil in the years 2013 and 20199
The origins of cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills: The long-term effect of in-utero rainfall shocks in India9
Family poverty and adolescents’ cognitive and noncognitive outcomes: Evidence from China9
Family size and vaccination among older individuals: The case of COVID-19 vaccine8
Offspring migration and nutritional status of left-behind older adults in rural China8
Are stunted child – overweight mother pairs a real defined entity or a statistical artifact?8
Long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 and population health: evidence from linked census data8
Parental economic insecurity and child health8
The effect of paid parental leave on breastfeeding, parental health and behavior8
Fiscal externalities and underinvestment in early-life human capital: Optimal policy instruments for a developing country8
The COVID-19 pandemic and birth outcomes in 2020: The role of prenatal care and other channels8
Beyond the biological prime: Deciphering the link between child survival and maternal age in India8
People versus machines: The impact of being in an automatable job on Australian worker’s mental health and life satisfaction7
Consequences of teenage childbearing on child health7
In and out of unemployment—Labour market transitions and the role of testosterone7
The effect of “smoky” coal bans on chronic lung disease among older people in Ireland7
As if it weren’t hard enough already: Breaking down hiring discrimination following burnout7
COVID-19 crisis management in Luxembourg: Insights from an epidemionomic approach7
Active leisure, passive leisure and health7
School starting age and nutritional outcomes: Evidence from Brazil6
The mitigating effect of masks on the spread of Covid-196
Depression and labor supply: Evidence from the Netherlands6
Editorial Board6
The effect of income support programs on job search, workplace mobility and COVID-19: International evidence6
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Influence of poverty concerns on demand for healthier processed foods: A field experiment in Mexico City6
Home alone? Effect of weather-induced behaviour on spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Germany6
Assessing the effectiveness of mandatory outdoor mask policy: The natural experiment of Campania6
Too stressed to sleep? Downsizing, job insecurity and sleep behavior6
Economic development, intergenerational mobility, and health in South Korea6
Stressor or succour? Examining the association between conflict, livestock assets, and farmers’ mental health in Nigeria6
Beyond the brink: Unraveling the opioid crisis and its profound impacts6
A Causal Estimate of Long-Term Health Care Spending Attributable to Body Mass Index Among Adults6
Early adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions and COVID-19 mortality5
What is driving the relationship between height and cognition? Evidence from the Twins Early Development Study5
From pandemic to endemic: Spatial-temporal patterns of influenza-like illness incidence in a Swiss canton, 1918–19245
Population policy, family size and child malnutrition in Vietnam – Testing the trade-off between child quantity and quality from a child nutrition perspective5
Free to die: Economic freedoms and influenza mortality5
Time spent exercising and obesity: An application of Lewbel’s instrumental variables method5
Postpartum medical utilization: The role of prenatal economic activity and living costs5
Too unwell to trust? The effect of mental health on social trust in Europe5
Effects of welfare reform on household food insecurity across generations5
Child health inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa4
Are austerity measures really distressing? Evidence from Italy4
Causal effect of obesity on the probability of employment in women in Turkey4
The role of economic news in predicting suicides4
Adolescent girls’ empowerment policy, health awareness, and decision-making: Evidence from the SABLA program in India4
Assessing the effectiveness of international government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic4
Does facial structure explain differences in student evaluations of teaching? The role of fWHR as a proxy for perceived dominance4
Temperature exposure and sleep duration: Evidence from time use surveys4
The sorting effect in healthcare access: Those left behind4
Height self-selection of internal migrants in Italy in the second half of the twentieth century4
Smoking to your kids gain? Childhood exposure to parental smoking and obesity4
The effect of pharmaceutical innovation on longevity: Evidence from the U.S. and 26 high-income countries4
Convincing the “Herd” of immunity: Lessons from smallpox vaccination in 19th century Germany4
Association of cigarette smoking with changes in macroeconomic conditions4
It never rains but it pours: Austerity and mortality rate in peripheral areas4
Stress in the air: A conjecture4
The long-run and intergenerational impact of early exposure to the Great Chinese Famine of 1959–61 on mental health4
COVID-19 transmission in a resource dependent community with heterogeneous populations: An agent-based modeling approach4
Road to perdition? The effect of illicit drug use on labour market outcomes of prime-age men in Mexico4
The impact of a malaria elimination initiative on school outcomes: Evidence from Southern Mozambique3
Do additional SNAP benefits matter for child weight?: Evidence from the 2009 benefit increase3
The effects of physical activity prescription on mental health: Evidence from primary care3
Decoupling genetics from attainments: The role of social environments3
Social inequalities in adult mortality across Europe (18th-21st centuries): A critical analysis of theories and evidence3
Elections have (health) consequences: Depression, anxiety, and the 2020 presidential election3
Is household shock a boon or bane to the utilisation of preventive healthcare for children? Evidence from Uganda3
Trade liberalization and nutrition transition: Evidence from China3
The “Long-arm” of chronic conditions in childhood: Evidence from Canada using linked survey-administrative data3
Pain and subjective well-being among older adults in the developing world : A comprehensive assessment based on the WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health3
Rank comparisons amongst teenagers and suicidal ideation3
Proximity to SNAP-authorized retailers and child maltreatment reports3
Maternal stress during pregnancy and early childhood development3
Employee well-being in the digital age: Assessing the impacts of a smartphone application in the workplace3
Height and political activism in rural Aragón (Spain) during the 20th century. A new perspective using individual-level data3
“Deaths of despair” over the business cycle: New estimates from a shift-share instrumental variables approach3
Peer effects in weight-related behaviours of young people: A systematic literature review3
The impact of civil conflict on child health: Evidence from Colombia3
Having exams during Ramadan: The case of Indonesia3
Labour market implications of thyroid dysfunctions3
The Asian Games, air pollution and birth outcomes in South China: An instrumental variable approach3
Feeding for a brighter future: The long-term labor market consequences of school meals in rural China3
The impacts of the Free Semester program on students’ exam nervousness3
Health, income, and the preston curve: A long view3
Health welfare in the digital era: Exploring the impact of digital trade on residents' health3
Trust predicts compliance with COVID-19 containment policies: Evidence from ten countries using big data3
Time preference and nutrition label use: Evidence from China3
Prenatal economic shocks and birth outcomes in UK cohort data3
Air pollution and infant mortality: Evidence from China3
Daylight duration and time allocation of children and adolescents3
Mobility restrictions and alcohol use during lockdown: “A still and dry pandemic for the many”?3
Cigarette packaging, warnings, prices, and contraband: A discrete choice experiment among smokers in Ontario, Canada3
Early-life exposure to parental mental distress and adulthood depression among middle-aged and elderly Chinese3
The impact of past pandemics on economic and gender inequalities3
Long-term effects of job loss on male health: BMI and health behaviors2
Wrong place, wrong time: The long-run effects of in-utero exposure to malaria on educational attainment2
Immigration policy shocks and infant health2
Gender heterogeneity in self-reported hypertension2
Do socioeconomic health gradients persist over time and beyond income? A distributional analysis using UK biomarker data2
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Unemployment and sleep: evidence from the United States and Europe2
Economic incentives surrounding fertility: Evidence from Alaska’s permanent fund dividend2
The local and global mental health effects of the Covid-19 pandemic2
How important is girls’ ‘Biological Head Start’ in explaining gender differences in education and the labour market?2
Loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from five European countries2
Leave for where? The impact of air quality on migration: Evidence at the city-pair level in China2
The role of gene–environment interaction in the formation of risk attitudes2
Editorial Board2
Do low-cost economic incentives motivate healthy behavior?2
Is inconsistent reporting of self-assessed health persistent and systematic? Evidence from the UKHLS2
The great Indian demonetization and gender gap in health outcomes: Evidence from two Indian states2
Is handedness exogenously determined? Counterevidence from South Korea2
The relationship between abortion rates and economic fluctuations2
Desert locust swarms and child health2
Impact of changes in relationship status on smoking behavior and body weight2
The long-run effects of adolescent athletic participation on women’s health2
The changing relationship between bodyweight and longevity in high- and low-income countries2
Sex ratios and mental health: Evidence from China2
The effect of parental smoking on children’s cognitive and non-cognitive skills2
Drinking during downturn: New evidence from the housing market fluctuations in the United States during the Great Recession2
Pain trends and pain growth disparities, 2009–20212
Valuing mortality attributable to present and future temperature extremes in Argentina2
The fattening speed: Understanding the impact of internet speed on obesity, and the mediating role of sedentary behaviour2
The modification of social space as a tool for lowering social stress2
Exposure to wildfires and health outcomes of vulnerable people: Evidence from US data2
The association of asthma and air pollution: Evidence from India2
Fertility and immigration: Do immigrant mothers hand down their fertility pattern to the next generation? Evidence from Norway2
War in Ukraine – Changing the Polish paediatric population as a consequence of forced migration (a preliminary study)2
The relationship between Marriage and Body Mass Index in China:Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey2
The impact of overweight and obesity on unemployment duration among young American workers2
Estimating consumer preferences for different beverages using the BLP approach2
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Effects of large gatherings on the COVID-19 epidemic: Evidence from professional and college sports2
Effects of parental public health insurance eligibility on parent and child health outcomes2
Predicting depression in old age: Combining life course data with machine learning2
Social jobs and the returns to drinking2
Impact of Isolation measures on pregnancy outcome during the COVID-19 pandemic2
Too busy with the “rat race” to have kids? Longitudinal evidence on the impact of peer grit on the fertility of reproductive-age women in China2
Education and COVID-19 excess mortality2
A copula-based approach for creating an index of micronutrient intakes at household level in Pakistan2
The effect of actual and expected income shocks on mental wellbeing: Evidence from three East Asian countries during COVID-192
The association between chronotype and wages at mid-age2
Height and standard of living in Puerto Rico from the Spanish enlightenment to annexation by the United States, 1770–19242
Health impact evaluation of Aspirational Districts Program in India: Evidence from National Family Health Survey2
Secular change in heights of rural adults in west-central poland between 1986 and 2016: The transition from pre- to post-communism2
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