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97 papers in scope · 96 published · 1 on the econ.EM arXiv · 9,719 citations · h-index 52 (over the papers listed here)
Papers (1 of 97)
Do markets deliver? Competition and Choice in European healthcare markets
published 2026 · The Economic Journal
The effects of delayed remuneration on doctor labour supply: Evidence from the English NHS
published 2026 · Journal of Health Economics
with George Stoye, Max Warner
Nursing shortages and patient outcomes
published 2025 · Journal of Health Economics
with Elaine Kelly, Ben Zaranko
Innovation Diffusion Among Coworkers: Evidence from Senior Doctors
published 2025 · Management Science · 4 citations
Assessing the quality of public services: For‐profits, chains, and concentration in the hospital market
published 2024 · Health Economics · 4 citations · first circulated 2022
with Johannes Kunz, Kevin E. Staub, Rainer Winkelmann
Information and vaccine hesitancy: The role of broadband Internet
published 2024 · Health Economics · 2 citations
with Sofia Amaral-Garcia, Mattia Nardotto, Tommaso Valletti, Tommaso Valetti
Competition, equity and quality in public services
published 2024 · European Economic Review · 1 citations · first circulated 2023
with Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka
Do responses to news matter? Evidence from interventional cardiology
published 2024 · Journal of Health Economics · 5 citations
Economic conditions and health: Local effects, national effect and local area heterogeneity
published 2023 · 5 citations
with Katharina Janke, Kevin Lee, Kalvinder Shields, Michael A. Shields
JUE Insight: Is hospital quality predictive of pandemic deaths? Evidence from US counties
published 2022 · Journal of Urban Economics · 7 citations
with Johannes Kunz
working paper 2021 · arXiv · first circulated 2020
Mums Go Online: Is the Internet Changing the Demand for Health Care?
published 2021 · The Review of Economics and Statistics · 1 citations
with Sofia Amaral-Garcia, Mattia Nardotto, Tommaso Valletti
The Wider Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic on the NHS *
published 2020 · Fiscal Studies · 112 citations
with George Stoye, Ben Zaranko
Recessions and Health: The Long‐Term Health Consequences of Responses to the Coronavirus*
published 2020 · Fiscal Studies · 81 citations
with James Banks, Heidi Karjalainen
The causal effect of education on chronic health conditions in the UK
published 2019 · Journal of Health Economics · 53 citations · first circulated 2018
with Katharina Janke, David Johnston, Michael A. Shields, Shields Michael
Medical Labour Supply and the Production of Healthcare
published 2019 · Fiscal Studies · 42 citations
with Tom Lee, George Stoye
Spatial competition and quality: Evidence from the English family doctor market
published 2019 · Journal of Health Economics · 35 citations · first circulated 2018
with Hugh Gravelle, Dan Liu, Rita Santos
The impact of publicly subsidised health insurance on access, behavioural risk factors and disease management
published 2018 · Social Science & Medicine · 36 citations
Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Government Agency
published 2017 · The Economic Journal · 54 citations · first circulated 2003
with Simon Burgess, Marisa Ratto, Emma Tominey, ML Ratto
Wolves in sheep’s clothing: Is non-profit status used to signal quality?
published 2017 · Journal of Health Economics · 29 citations · first circulated 2016
with Daniel B. Jones, Sarah Smith
Free to Choose? Reform, Choice, and Consideration Sets in the English National Health Service
published 2016 · American Economic Review · 175 citations
with Martin Gaynor, Stephan Seiler
Socio‐Economic Inequalities in Health Care in England
published 2016 · Fiscal Studies · 224 citations
with Richard Cookson, Miqdad Asaria, Rosalind Raine
Incentives in the Public Sector
published 2016 · The Economic Journal
with Simon Burgess, Emma Tominey
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Assaults, murders and walkers: The impact of violent crime on physical activity
published 2016 · Journal of Health Economics · 51 citations
with Katharina Janke, Michael A. Shields
Teacher pay and school productivity: Exploiting wage regulation
published 2015 · Journal of Public Economics · 97 citations
with Jack Britton
Genetic markers as instrumental variables
published 2015 · Journal of Health Economics · 130 citations · first circulated 2010
Does Quality Affect Patients’ Choice of Doctor? Evidence from England
published 2015 · The Economic Journal · 102 citations · first circulated 2013
with Rita Santos, Hugh Gravelle
The Impact of Competition on Management Quality: Evidence from Public Hospitals
published 2015 · The Review of Economic Studies · 517 citations · first circulated 2010
A Decomposition Analysis of the Relationship Between Parental Income and Multiple Child Outcomes
published 2014 · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society) · 44 citations · first circulated 2007
with Elizabeth Washbrook, Paul Gregg, E V Washbrook
The Income Gradient in Childhood Mental Health: All in the Eye of the Beholder?
published 2013 · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society) · 30 citations
with David Johnston, Stephen Pudney, Michael A. Shields
Death by Market Power: Reform, Competition, and Patient Outcomes in the National Health Service
published 2013 · American Economic Journal Economic Policy · 249 citations · first circulated 2010
with Martin Gaynor, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra
Herding Cats? Management and University Performance
published 2013 · The Economic Journal · 142 citations
with John McCormack, Sarah Smith, Sarah L. Smith
CHILD MENTAL HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: MULTIPLE OBSERVERS AND THE MEASUREMENT ERROR PROBLEM
published 2013 · Journal of Applied Econometrics · 57 citations · first circulated 2011
with David Johnston, Stephen Pudney, Michael D. Shields, Michael A. Shields, Michael Shields
An assessment of Labour's record on health and healthcare
published 2013 · Oxford Review of Economic Policy · 2 citations
with M.-A. Venables
Child height, health and human capital: Evidence using genetic markers
published 2012 · European Economic Review · 43 citations
Can governments do it better? Merger mania and hospital outcomes in the English NHS
published 2012 · Journal of Health Economics · 143 citations · first circulated 2011
with Martin Gaynor, Mauro Laudicella
Can Competition Improve Outcomes in UK Health Care? Lessons from the Past Two Decades
published 2012 · Journal of Health Services Research & Policy · 49 citations
with Martin Gaynor, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra
Competition, incentives and the English NHS
published 2011 · Health Economics · 2 citations
In defence of our research on competition in England's National Health Service
published 2011 · The Lancet · 21 citations
Competition could substantially benefit healthcare
published 2011 · BMJ · 4 citations
with Martin Gaynor, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra
Mendelian randomization: the use of genes in instrumental variable analyses
published 2011 · Health Economics · 43 citations
Can Pay Regulation Kill? Panel Data Evidence on the Effect of Labor Markets on Hospital Performance
published 2010 · Journal of Political Economy · 184 citations · first circulated 2008
Incentives and targets in hospital care: Evidence from a natural experiment
published 2010 · Journal of Public Economics · 142 citations
Smarter Task Assignment or Greater Effort: The Impact of Incentives on Team Performance
published 2009 · The Economic Journal · 83 citations
with Simon Burgess, Marisa Ratto, Stephanie von Hinke, Emma Tominey
Do current levels of air pollution kill? The impact of air pollution on population mortality in England
published 2009 · Health Economics · 90 citations
with Katharina Janke, John Henderson
Comparing subjective and objective measures of health: Evidence from hypertension for the income/health gradient
published 2009 · Journal of Health Economics · 299 citations · first circulated 2007
with David Johnston, Michael A. Shields
Education and Fertility: Evidence from a Natural Experiment*
published 2008 · Scandinavian Journal of Economics · 216 citations
with Karin Monstad, Kjell G. Salvanes
Evaluating the impact of performance-related pay for teachers in England
published 2008 · Labour Economics · 176 citations
with Adèle Atkinson, Simon Burgess, Bronwyn Croxson, Paul Gregg, Helen Slater, Deborah Wilson
Did 'Targets and Terror' Reduce Waiting Times in England for Hospital Care?
published 2008 · The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy · 127 citations · first circulated 2007
Competition and Quality: Evidence From the Nhs Internal Market 1991–9
published 2007 · The Economic Journal · 314 citations · first circulated 2003
with Simon Burgess, Denise Gossage
Competition and decentralisation in government bureaucracies
published 2007 · 7 citations
with Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka
Region, Local Context, and Voting at the 1997 General Election in England
published 2007 · American Journal of Political Science · 59 citations
with Ron Johnston, Kelvyn Jones, Simon Burgess
Child health: evidence on the roles of family income and maternal mental health from a UK birth cohort
published 2007 · Health Economics · 155 citations
with John Rigg, Simon Burgess
Maternity rights and mothers' return to work
published 2007 · Labour Economics · 64 citations · first circulated 2002
with Simon Burgess, Paul Gregg, Elizabeth Washbrook
The Impact of Neighbourhood on the Income and Mental Health of British Social Renters
published 2007 · Urban Studies · 30 citations
with Simon Burgess, Anne Bolster, George Leckie, Kelvyn Jones, Ron Johnston
Neighbourhoods, households and income dynamics: a semi-parametric investigation of neighbourhood effects
published 2006 · Journal of Economic Geography · 122 citations · first circulated 2004
with Anne Bolster, Simon Burgess, Ron Johnston, Kelvyn Jones, Ruhul Sarker, Rebecca Sarker
Extending Choice in English Health Care: The Implications of the Economic Evidence
published 2006 · Journal of Social Policy · 23 citations · first circulated 2005
with Deborah Wilson, Simon Burgess
Employment, Family Union and Childbearing Decisions in Great Britain
published 2006 · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society) · 92 citations · first circulated 2003
with Arnstein Aassve, Simon Burgess, Matt Dickson
The Analysis of Poverty Data with Endogenous Transitions*
published 2006 · Fiscal Studies · 4 citations · first circulated 2003
with Simon Burgess, Matt Dickson
Neighbourhood Social Capital and Neighbourhood Effects
published 2005 · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space · 69 citations
with Ron Johnston, Rebecca Sarker, Kelvyn Jones, Anne Bolster, Simon Burgess
Mapping choice in the NHS: Authors' reply
published 2005 · BMJ
with Michael Damiani, Jennifer Dixon
The Effects of a Mother’s Return to Work Decision on Child Development in the UK
published 2005 · The Economic Journal · 59 citations
with Paul Gregg, Elizabeth Washbrook, Simon Burgess
Why economics is good for your health. 2004 Royal Economic Society Public Lecture
published 2005 · Health Economics · 24 citations · first circulated 2004
Access to health care resources in the UK: the case of care for arthritis
published 2005 · Health Economics · 35 citations
with Jenny Eachus, Philip V Chan, Nicky Pearson, George Davey Smith
Scale, Factor Analyses, and Neighborhood Effects
published 2004 · Geographical Analysis · 50 citations
with Ron Johnston, Kelvyn Jones, Simon Burgess, Rebecca Sarker, Anne Bolster
Girls Rock, Boys Roll: An Analysis of the Age 14–16 Gender Gap in English Schools
published 2004 · Scottish Journal of Political Economy · 9 citations
Party support and the neighbourhood effect: spatial polarisation of the British electorate, 1991–2001
published 2004 · Political Geography · 110 citations
with Ron Johnston, Kelvyn Jones, Rebecca Sarker, Simon Burgess, Anne Bolster
The Use and Usefulness of Performance Measures in the Public Sector
published 2003 · Oxford Review of Economic Policy · 341 citations
with Deborah Wilson
The class of 1981: the effects of early career unemployment on subsequent unemployment experiences
published 2003 · Labour Economics · 159 citations
with Simon Burgess, Hedley Rees, Arran Shearer
Does competition between hospitals improve the quality of care?
published 2003 · Journal of Public Economics · 307 citations
with Simon Burgess, Katherine Green
Using financial incentives to promote teamwork in health care
published 2002 · Journal of Health Services Research & Policy · 13 citations
with Marisa Ratto, Simon Burgess
Waiting times for hospital admissions: the impact of GP fundholding
published 2002 · Journal of Health Economics · 116 citations · first circulated 2000
with Bronwyn Croxson, Arran Shearer
Transitions from home to marriage of young Americans
published 2002 · Journal of Applied Econometrics · 52 citations · first circulated 2001
Expenditure on healthcare in the UK: A review of the issues
published 2001 · Fiscal Studies · 46 citations
The Demand for Private Medical Insurance in the UK: A Cohort Analysis
published 2001 · The Economic Journal · 101 citations · first circulated 2000
with Hedley Rees, Katherine Green
Do doctors respond to financial incentives? UK family doctors and the GP fundholder scheme
published 2001 · Journal of Public Economics · 174 citations
with Bronwyn Croxson, Amorette Perkins
The demand for private health care in the UK
published 2000 · Journal of Health Economics · 202 citations
Equity in the delivery of health care in Europe and the US
published 2000 · Journal of Health Economics · 648 citations
with Eddy van Doorslaer, Adam Wagstaff, Hattem van der Burg, Terkel Christiansen, Diana De Graeve, I. Duchesne, Ulf-G. Gerdtham, Michael Gerfin, José JM Geurts, Lorna Gross, Unto Häkkinen, Jürgen John, …
The State of British Academic Economics — Editorial Introduction
published 2000 · The Economic Journal · 2 citations
with Partha Dasgupta
Equity in the finance of health care: some further international comparisons
published 1999 · Journal of Health Economics · 437 citations
with Adam Wagstaff, Eddy van Doorslaer, Hattem van der Burg, Samuel Calonge, Terkel Christiansen, Guido Citoni, Ulf-G. Gerdtham, Mike Gerfin, Lorna Gross, Unto Häkinnen, Paul Johnson, Jürgen John, …
The redistributive effect of health care finance in twelve OECD countries
published 1999 · Journal of Health Economics · 191 citations
with Eddy van Doorslaer, Adam Wagstaff, Hattem van der Burg, Terkel Christiansen, Guido Citoni, Rita Di Biase, Ulf-G. Gerdtham, Mike Gerfin, Lorna Gross, Unto Häkinnen, Jürgen John, Paul Johnson, …
Redistributive effect, progressivity and differential tax treatment: Personal income taxes in twelve OECD countries
published 1999 · Journal of Public Economics · 117 citations
with Adam Wagstaff, Eddy van Doorslaer, Hattem van der Burg, Samuel Calonge, Terkel Christiansen, Guido Citoni, Ulf-G. Gerdtham, Michael Gerfin, Lorna Gross, Unto Häkinnen, Jürgen John, Paul Johnson, …
The effects of regulation and competition in the NHS internal market: the case of general practice fundholder prices
published 1998 · Journal of Health Economics · 41 citations
with Deborah Wilson, N. Söderlund
Early health-related behaviours and their impact on later life chances: evidence from the US
published 1998 · Health Economics · 55 citations
with Simon Burgess
Competition in the NHS internal market: an overview of its effects on hospital prices and costs
published 1998 · Health Economics · 45 citations
with N. Söderlund
Income-related inequalities in health: some international comparisons
published 1997 · Journal of Health Economics · 717 citations
with Eddy van Doorslaer, Adam Wagstaff, Han Bleichrodt, Samuel Calonge, Ulf-G. Gerdtham, Michael Gerfin, José JM Geurts, Lorna Gross, Unto Häkkinen, Robert E. Leu, Owen O'Donell, Frank Puffer, …
Market structure and prices: The responses of hospitals in the UK National Health Service to competition
published 1996 · Journal of Public Economics · 68 citations
Do we need an Of health?
published 1995 · BMJ
Agency and incentives in the NHS internal market
published 1995 · Social Science & Medicine · 95 citations
Regulatory reform of the NHS internal market
published 1995 · Health Economics · 12 citations
The Disutility of Time Spent on the United Kingdom's National Health Service Waiting Lists
published 1995 · The Journal of Human Resources · 154 citations
Constrained choice sets in the U.K. demand for private medical insurance
published 1993 · Journal of Public Economics · 88 citations
A cell based approach to modelling public expenditure
published 1993 · Health Economics · 3 citations
Need, Equity and the NHS: The Distribution of Health Care Expenditure 1974–87
published 1992 · Fiscal Studies · 32 citations
with Richard Upward
Equity and the distribution of U.K. National Health Service resources
published 1991 · Journal of Health Economics · 142 citations
with Owen O’Donnell
Contingent Valuation of Time Spent on NHS Waiting Lists
published 1990 · The Economic Journal · 133 citations
An econometric analysis of the demand for private health insurance in England and Wales
published 1989 · Applied Economics · 89 citations
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