Department of Economics
Health Publications: 2000-2007
Ruhm, “A Healthy Economy Can Break Your Heart,” Demography, forthcoming.
Ruhm, “Current and Future Prevalence of Obesity and Severe Obesity in the United States,” Forum for Health Economics and Policy, forthcoming.
Kim, “The Impact of Malpractice Risk on the Use of Obstetrics Procedures,” Journal of Legal Studies, January 2007, forthcoming.
Kim, “Patient Outcomes when Hospitals Experience a Surge in Admissions,” with Evans, Journal of Health Economics, 2006, Vol. 25 (2), 365-388.
Ruhm, “Mortality Increases During Economic Downturns,” International Journal of Epidemiology, 2006, Vol. 34 (6), 1206-1211.
Ruhm, “Deaths Rise in Good Economic Times: Evidence from the OECD,” with Gerdtham, Economics and Human Biology, 2006, 298-316.
Ruhm, “Economic Causes and Consequences of Mortality,” with E. A. Finkelstein and K. M. Kosa, Annual Review of Public Health, 2005, Vol. 26, 239-257.
Ruhm, “Healthy Living in Hard Times,” Journal of Health Economics, March 2005, Vol. 24 (2), 341-363.
Ruhm, “Good Times Make You Sick,” Journal of Health Economics, July 2003, Vol. 22 (4), 637-658.
Ruhm, “Does Drinking Really Decrease in Bad Times?,” with William E. Black, Journal of Health Economics, July 2002, Vol. 21 (4), 659-678.
Ribar, “A Sibling Analysis of the Effects of Alcohol Consumption Onset on Educational Attainment,” with Steven F. Kock, Contemporary Economic Policy, April 2001, Vol. 19 (2), 162-174.
Ruhm, “Are Recessions Good For Your Health?,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2000, Vol. 115 (2), 617-650.