Michèle Belot
Frances Perkins Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Economics
Publications
"Remember me? The role of gender and racial attributes in memory” (2022), with Marina Schroeder Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
"Maternal stress during pregnancy and children’s diet: Evidence from a population of low socioeconomic status" (2022), Nutrition, 93, 111423, with N. Vitt, M, Vecchi, M. and J.James. (author order is Vitt, Vecchi, James and Belot)
"How Wage Announcements Affect Job Search—A Field Experiment” (2022), with Paul Muller and Philpp Kicher, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 14(4), 1-67.
“Incentivizing dietary choices among children: Review of experimental evidence” (2022), with Jonathan James, Food Policy, 111, 102319.
"Daily stressors and food choices: A lab experiment with low-SES mothers" (2021), European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).
"Rewarding behavior with a sweet food strengthens its valuation" (2021), with Jan Bauer, Marina Schroeder, Martina Vecchi, Tina Blake, Suzanne Dickson, Plos One, 16(4): e0242461.
"Socio-demographic factors associated with self-protecting behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic" (2021), with Nicholas W. Papageorge, Matthew V. Zahn, Eline Broek-Altenburg, Syngjoo Choi, Julian C. Jamison & Egon Tripodi, Journal of Population Economics 34(2), 691-738.
Note: Papageorge and Zahn are first authors.
"Unequal consequences of Covid 19: representative evidence from six countries" (2021), with Nicholas W. Papageorge, Matthew V. Zahn, Eline Broek-Altenburg, Syngjoo Choi, Julian C. Jamison & Egon Tripodi, Review of Economics of the Household 19, 769–783.
Note: Belot, Choi and Tripodi first authors.
"Facilitating healthy dietary habits: An experiment with a low income population, (2020), with Jonathan James and Jonathan Spiteri, European Economic Review, 129, 103550.
"Providing Advice to job Seekers at Low Cost: An Experimental Study on Online Advice" (2019), with Philipp Kircher and Paul Muller, Review of Economic Studies 86(4), 1411–1447
"How Private is Private Information? The Ability to Spot Deception in an Economic Game" (2017), with Jeroen van de Ven, Experimental Economics 20(1), 19-43.
"Incentives and Dietary Choices – A Field Experiment in Primary Schools" (2016), with Patrick Nolen and Jonathan James, Journal of Health Economics 50, 213-29
“The Spillover Effects of Monitoring: A Field Experiment” (2016), with Marina Schroeder, Management Science 62(1), 37-45.
"Who should be called to the lab? A comprehensive comparison of students and non-students in classic experimental games” (2015), with Raymond Duch and Luis Miller, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 113, 26-33
“Cognitive Racial Discrimination” (2015), Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Economics 8(3), 173-85
"Players of Matching Pennies Automatically Imitate Opponents’ Gestures Against Strong Incentives' (2013), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 110(8) (19 February 2013), 2763-2768”, with Vincent Crawford and Cecilia Heyes
“Dating Preferences and Meeting Opportunities in Mate Choice Decisions” (2012), with Marco Francesconi, Journal of Human Resources, vol 48(2), 474-507.
“Can Observers Predict Trustworthiness” (2012), with V. Bhaskar and Jeroen van de Ven, Review of Economics and Statistics 94(1), 246-259
“Skill Selection and Immigration in OECD Countries” (2012), with Tim Hatton, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol 114(4), 1105-1128 (Prize of the Best Paper published in Scandinavian Journal of Economics in 2012)
“Beauty and the Sources of Discrimination”, with V. Bhaskar and Jeroen van de Ven (2012), Journal of Human Resources 47(3): 851–872
“Cultural and Institutional Barriers in Migration between OECD Countries” (2012), with Sjef Ederveen; Journal of Population Economics 25, 1077-1105.
“Healthy School Meals and Educational Achievements” (2011), with Jonathan James, Journal of Health Economics, 30 (3), 489-504
"Friendships and Favoritism at School: Evidence from the Field" (2011), with Jeroen van de Ven, Economic Journal 121 (557), 1228-1251.
“Welfare Effects of Employment Protection” (2007), with Jan Boone and Jan van Ours, Economica 74(295), 381-396.
“Does the Recent Success of Some OECD Countries in Lowering their Unemployment Rates Lie in the Clever Design of their Labour Market Reform” (2004), with Jan van Ours, Oxford Economic Papers 56, 621-642.
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Tilburg University, 2003
M.A. in Economics, Catholic University of Louvain, 1998
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Nicolas Ziebarth
Associate Professor
Education
Ph.D., TU Berlin/German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), 2011
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Nicholas Sanders
Associate Professor
Education
Ph.D., University of California - Davis, 2010
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Sean Nicholson
Professor
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997
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Douglas Miller
Professor
Education
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2000
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Colleen Carey
Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2013
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Don Kenkel
Andrew Dickson White Professor
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1987
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Keywords
health economics, public health, tobacco control, cost-benefit analysis
John Cawley
Professor
Publications
Cawley, John, Alex Susskind, and Barton Willage. Forthcoming, 2020. “The Impact of Information Disclosure on Consumer Behavior: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment of Calorie Labels on Restaurant Menus.” Journal of Policy Analysis & Management.
Cawley, John, David Frisvold, Anna Hill, and David Jones. Forthcoming 2020. “The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Prices and Product Availability.” Journal of Policy Analysis & Management.
Cawley, John, David Frisvold, Anna Hill, and David Jones. 2019. “The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Purchases and Consumption by Adults and Children.” Journal of Health Economics, 67 (10225).
Cawley, John, Euna Han, Jiyoon Kim, and Edward C. Norton. 2019. “Testing for Family Influences on Obesity: The Role of Genetic Nurture.” Health Economics, 28(7): 937-952.
Böckerman, Petri, John Cawley, Jutta Viinikainen, Terho Lehtimäki, Suvi Rovio, Ilkka Seppälä, Jaakko Pehkonen, and Olli Raitakari. 2019. “The Effect of Weight on Labor Market Outcomes: an Application of Genetic Instrumental Variables.” Health Economics, 28(1): 65-77.
Choi, Anna, and John Cawley. 2018. "Health Disparities Across Education: the Role of Differential Reporting Error." Health Economics, 27(3): e1-e29.
Soni, Aparna, Kosali Simon, John Cawley, and Lindsay Sabik. 2018. “The Medicaid Expansions of 2014 Increased Early Stage Cancer Diagnoses.” American Journal of Public Health, 108(2):216-218.
Cawley, John, Barton Willage, and David Frisvold. 2018. “Pass-Through of a Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages at the Philadelphia International Airport.” JAMA, 319(3):305-306.
Cawley, John and David Frisvold. 2017. “The Incidence of Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: The Case of Berkeley, California.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 36(2): 303-326.
Simon, Kosali, Aparna Soni, and John Cawley. 2017. “The Impact of Health Insurance on Preventive Care and Health Behaviors: Evidence from the First Two Years of the ACA Medicaid Expansions.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 36(2): 390-417.
Cawley, John, Davide Dragone, and Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder. 2016. “The Demand for Cigarettes as Derived from the Demand for Weight Control.” Health Economics, 25(1): 8-23.
Cawley, John. 2015. "An Economy of Scales: A Selective Review of Obesity's Economic Causes, Consequences, and Solutions." Journal of Health Economics, 43:244-268.
Cawley, John, Michael Morrisey and Kosali Simon. 2015. “The Earnings and Consulting Income of U.S. Health Economists: Results from the 2012 Survey of the American Society of Health Economists.” American Journal of Health Economics, 1(2): 255-274.
Cawley, John, Asako S. Moriya, and Kosali Simon. 2015. “The Impact of the Macroeconomy on Health Insurance Coverage: Evidence from the Great Recession.” Health Economics, 24(2): 206-223.
Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Chicago, 1999
A.B., Economics, Harvard University, 1993
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Keywords
economics, health economics, health policy, public policy, health behaviors, risky behaviors, obesity