1. disseminate research in health economics
2. encourage discussion in the fields of economic policy and competition in the health  care sector.

The series is targeted towards publishing ongoing high-quality research covering a wide range of topics within health economics, including theoretical, empirical and experimental contributions. Working papers should be full papers. The working paper series reflects the interests of CINCH such that econometric or experimental methods should form a significant component of the paper. 

2023/02

Kazuya Masuda and Hitoshi Shigeoka--Education and Later-life Mortality: Evidence from a School Reform in Japan

2023/01

Elena Ashtari Tafti--Technology, Skills, and Performance: The Case of Robots in Surgery

2022/04

Anne Kathrin Heynold, Michael Haylock, and Stefanie Ehmann--Getting up to Speed: Informing Prior and Prospective Blood Donors about Supply Uncertainty and Hygiene Measures during the COVID-19 Lockdown

2022/03 

Peter Eibich and Xianhua Zai--Are the Grandparents Alright? The Health Consequences of Grandparental Childcare Provision

2022/02

Apostolos Davillas, Victor Hugo de Oliveira, and Andrew M Jones--A Model of Errors in BMI Based on Self‐reported and Measured Anthropometrics with Evidence from Brazilian Data

2022/01

Sarah Hofmann--Disease Perception and Preventive Behavior: The Vaccination Response to Local Measles Outbreaks.

2021/08
Daniel Avdic and Katharina E. Blankart--A Hard Look at “Soft” Cost-control Measures in Healthcare Organizations: Evidence from Preferred Drug Policies in Germany

2021/07
Nicola Barban, Elisabetta De Cao, and Marco Francesconi--Gene-Environment Effects on Female Fertility

2021/06
Cristina Borra, Libertad González, and David Patiño--Maternal Age and Infant Health

2021/05
Martin Fischer, Martin Karlsson, and Nikolaos Prodromidis--The Long-term Effects of Hospital Deliveries

2021/04
Signe A. Abrahamsen, Rita Ginja, and Julie Riise--School Health Programs: Education, Health, and Welfare Dependency of Young Adults

2021/03
Emilia Barili, Paola Bertoli, Veronica Grembi, and Veronica Rattini--COVID Angels Fighting Daily Demons? Mental Health of Healthcare Workers and Religion

2021/02
Alexander Ahammer, Dominik Grübl, and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer--The Health Externalities of Downsizing  

2021/01
Daniel Avdic, Maryna Ivets, Bo Lagerqvist, and Ieva Sriubaite--Providers, Peers and Patients: How do Physicians’ Practice Environments Affect Patient Outcomes?

2020/04
Christoph Kronenberg--New(spaper) Evidence of a Reduction in Suicide Mentions during the 19th-century US Gold Rush

2020/03
Grant Miller, Áureo de Paula, and Christine Valente--Subjective Expectations and Demands for Contraception

2020/02
Jonathan Briody--Parental Unemployment During the Great Recession and Childhood Adiposity

2020/01
Juan Pablo Atal, Hanming Fang, Martin Karlsson, and Nicolas R. Ziebarth.--Long-Term Health Insurance: Theory Meets Evidence

2019/09
Paola Bertoli, Veronica Grembi, and The Linh Bao Nguyen--Ethnic Density and Health at Birth

2019/08
Nico Pestel and Florian Wozny--Low Emission Zones for Better Health: Evidence from German Hospitals

2019/07
Norman Bannenberg, Oddvar Førland, Tor Iversen, Martin Karlsson, and Henning Øien--Preventive Home Visits

2019/06
Martin Fischer, Ulf-G Gerdtham, Gawain Heckley, Martin Karlsson, Gustav Kjellsson, and Therese Nilsson -- Education and Health: Long-run Effects of Peers, Tracking and Years

2019/05
Molina, Teresa-- Pollution, Ability, and Gender-Specific Responses to Shocks

2019/04
Hayen, Arthur P., Tobias J. Klein, and Martin Salm -- Does the framing of patient cost-sharing incentives matter? The effects of deductibles vs. no-claim refunds

2019/03
Besstremyannaya, Galina and Sergei Golovan – Physicians' altruism in incentives contracts: Medicare's quality race

2019/02
de la Mata, Dolores and Carlos Felipe Gaviria Garcés – Exposure to Pollution and Infant Health: Evidence from Columbia

2019/01
Elsner, Benjamin and Florian Wozny – The Human Capital Cost of Radiation: Long-run Evidence from Exposure outside the Womb

2018/05
Pasha, Mochamad, Rockmore, Marc, and Chih Ming Tan. Early Life Exposure to Above Average Rainfall and Adult Mental Health

2018/04
Hentschker, Corinna and Ansgar Wübker - Quasi-experimental evidence on the effectiveness of heart attack treatment in Germany

2018/03
Avdic, Daniel, Büyükdurmus, Tugba, Moscelli, Giuseppe, Pilny Adam, and Ieva Sriubaite - Subjective and objective quality reporting and choice of hospital: Evidence from maternal care services in Germany

2018/02
Elizabeth Lemmon - Utilisation of personal care services in Scotland: the influence of unpaid carers

2018/01
Thamarapani, Dhanushka, Rockmore, Marc, and Willa Friedman - The Educational and Fertility Effects of Sibling Deaths

2017/08
Vollmer, Sebastian and Juditha Wójcik - The long-term consequences of the global 1918 influenza pandemic: A systematic analysis of 117 IPUMS international census data sets

2017/07
Hofmann, Sarah and Andrea Mühlenweg - Learning Intensity Effects in Students’ Mental and Physical Health – Evidence from a Large Scale Natural Experiment in Germany

2017/06
Jones, John Bailey and Yue Li - The Effects of Collecting Income Taxes on Social Security Benefits

2017/05
Kamhöfer, Daniel and Matthias Westphal - Fertility Effects of College Education: Evidence from the German Educational Expansion

2017/04
Cronin, Christopher, Matthew Forsstrom, and Nicholas Papageorge - Mental Health, Human Capital and Labor Market Outcomes

2017/03
Berniell, Inés and Jan Bietenbeck - The Effect of Working Hours on  Health

2017/02
Bertoni, Marco, Giorgio Brunello, and Gianluca Mazzarella - Does Postponing Minimum Retirement Age Improve Healthy Behaviors before Retirement? Evidence from Middle-Aged Italian Workers

2017/01
Baird, Matthew, Lindsay Daugherty, and Krishna Kumar - Improving Estimation of Labor Market Disequilibrium through Inclusion of Shortage Indicators

2016/06
Sandner, Malte - Effects of Early Childhood Intervention on Fertility and Maternal Employment: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

2016/05
Sarah M. Hofmann and Andrea M. Mühlenweg - Gatekeeping in German Primary Health Care

2016/04
Martin Foureaux Koppensteiner and Jesse Matheson - Access to Education and Teenage Pregnancy

2016/03
Lauren E. Jones and Nicolas R. Ziebarth - US Child Safety Seat Laws: Are they Effective, and Who Complies?

2016/02
Damian Clarke and Hanna Mühlrad - The Impact of Abortion Legalization on Fertility and Maternal Mortality: New Evidence from Mexico

2016/01
Pauline Rossi - Strategic Choices in Polygamous Households: Theory and Evidence from Senegal

2015/13
Anne Ardila Brenøe, Ramona Molitor - Birth Order and Health of Newborns: What Can We Learn from Danish Registry Data?

2015/12
Daniel A. Kamhöfer, Hendrik Schmitz, Matthias Westphal - Heterogeneity in Marginal Nonmonetary Returns to Higher Education

2015/11
Samantha B. Rawlings - Parental education and child health: Evidence from an education reform in China

2015/10
Yu Aoki, Lualhati Santiago - Fertility, Health and Education of UK Immigrants: The Role of English Language Skills

2015/09
Miron Tequame, Nyasha Tirivayi - Higher education and fertility: Evidence from a natural experiment in Ethiopia

2015/08
Dolores De la Mata, Carlos Felipe Gaviria - Losing Health Insurance When Young: Impacts on Usage of Medical Services and Health

2015/07
Ivan Zilic - Effect of forced displacement on health

2015/06
Snorre Kverndokk - Individual Investments in Education and Health

2015/05
Sarah Dahmann, Silke Anger - The Impact of Education on Personality - Evidence from a German High School Reform

2015/04
Sarah Dahmann - How Does Education Improve Cognitive Skills? - Instructional Time versus Timing of Instruction

2015/03
Titus J. Galama, Hans van Kippersluis - A Theory of Education and Health

2015/02
Joan Costa-Font, Martin Karlsson, Henning Øien - Informal Care and the Great Recession

2015/01
Daniel Avdic - A Matter of Life and Death? Hospital Distance and Quality of Care: Evidence from Emergency Hospital Closures and Myocardial Infarctions

2014/05
Jan Goebel, Christian Krekel, Tim Tiefenbach, Nicolas R. Ziebarth - Natural Disaster, Environmental Concerns, Well-Being and Policy Action

2014/04
Sonia Bhalotra, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson - Life Expectancy and Mother-Baby Interventions

2014/03
Joshua J. Robinson - Sound Body, Sound Mind

2014/02
Ainhoa Aparicio, Libertad González - Newborn Health and the Business Cycle

2014/01
Martin Halla, Martina Zweimüller - Parental Response to Early Human Capital Shocks