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Economics

Book Chapters - Reviews

Galama, T.J., Lleras-Muney, A. and Van Kippersluis, H.
The Effect of Education on Health and Mortality: A Review of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence
In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance (2019) (DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.013.7) and in Oxford Encyclopedia of Health Economics (2020).

Galama, T.J. and Van Kippersluis, H.
Health Inequalities through the Lens of Health Capital Theory: Issues, Solutions, and Future Directions.
In: Research on Economic Inequality, Ed: John Bishop. Volume 21: Health and Inequality, Eds: Pedro Rosa Dias, Owen O’Donnell (2014), 263-284. DOI: 10.1108/S1049-2585(2013)0000021013

Galama, T.J. and Hosek, J.R.
Global competitiveness in science and technology and the role of mobility
Chapter six of the 2nd volume in the Global Education Research Reports series by the Institute of International Education (IIE) and American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) foundation (2009).
ISBN-13: 978-0-87206-315-0

Ph.D. Thesis

Peer-Reviewed Research Publications

Marees, A.T., Smit, D.J.A., Abdellaoui, A., Nivard, M.G., van den Brink, W., Denys, D., Galama, T.J., Verweij, K.J.H., Derks, E.M. (2021). Genetic correlates of socio-economic status influence the pattern of shared heritability across mental health traits. Nature Human Behavior (forthcoming).

Fonseca R., Michaud, P.C., Galama, T.J. and Kapteyn, A. (2020), 

On the Rise of Health Spending and Longevity

Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA) (DOI: 10.1093/jeea/jvaa003)

De la Haye, K., Fluke, M., Chandler Laney, P., Goran, M., Galama, T.J., Chou, C-P., and Salvy, S-J.
In-home obesity prevention in low-income infants through maternal and social transmission
Contemporary Clinical Trials, 77, pp. 61-69 (2019) (DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2018.12.010).

 

Galama, T.J., van Kippersluis, H.
A theory of socioeconomic disparities in health over the life cycle
The Economic Journal, 129(617), pp. 338-374 (2018) (DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12577).

Salvy, S.-J., de la Haye, K., Galama, T.J. and Goran, M.I. 
Home visitation programs: An untapped opportunity for the delivery of early childhood obesity prevention
Obesity Reviews, 18(2), pp. 149-163 (2016) DOI: 10.1111/obr.12482

Van Kippersluis, H. and Galama, T.J.
Wealth and Health Behavior: Testing the Concept of a Health Cost
European Economic Review, 72, pp. 197-220 (2015). DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2014.10.003

Galama, T.J., Kapteyn, A., Fonseca, R., Michaud, P.C.
A Health Production Model with Endogenous Retirement
Health Economics, 22(8): 883-902 (2012)
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2865

Galama, T.J., Hullegie, P., Meijer, E., Outcault, S.
Is there empirical evidence for decreasing returns to scale in a health capital model?
Health Economics, 21(9): 1080-1100 (2012)
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2843

Avendano, M. and Galama,T.J.  
Inequalities in mortality in the US and Denmark: More alike than different. A commentary on Hoffman
Social Science and Medicine, 73(11): 1569-1572 (2011)
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.09.011  

 

Galama, T.J. and Kapteyn, A.
Grossman's Missing Health Threshold
Journal of Health Economics, 30(5): 1044-1056 (2011)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.06.004

 

 

Working Papers/In Progress

Bierut, L., Biroli, P, Galama, T.J. and Kevin, T
Childhood socio-economic status moderates genetic predispositions for peak smoking
BioRxiv (2018) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/336834

Galama, T.J. and Tariq, A.
In defense of neoclassical Q
In progress

Galama, T.J., Morgan, R. and Saavedra, J.E.
Wealthier, happier and more self-sufficient: when anti-poverty programs improve economic and subjective wellbeing at a reduced cost to taxpayers
NBER working paper 24090 (2017)
http://www.nber.org/papers/w24090.pdf

Pilar García-Gómez, Galama, T.J., Van Doorslaer, E. López-Nicolás, A.
Interactions between Financial Incentives and Health in the Early Retirement Decision
CESR Working Paper No. 2017-004 (2017).
https://cesr.usc.edu/documents/WP_2017_004.pdf

 

Galama,T.J. and van Kippersluis, H.
A Theory of Education and Health
CESR Working Paper, 2015-001 (2015) (R&R Journal of Political Economy).
http://cesr.usc.edu/documents/WP_2015_001.pdf

 

Galama,T.J.
A Contribution to Health Capital Theory
CESR Working Paper, 2015-004 (2015)
http://cesr.usc.edu/documents/WP_2015_004.pdf

OP-EDS

Galama, T.J. and Hosek, J.R.
U.S. Science is Holding its Own: Despite Cries of Alarm, We Remain the Global Leader in Innovation
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 9 (2008)

 

Galama, T.J. and Frinking, E.
Making Europe a home fit for the next Einstein
Financial Times, February 22 (2006)

OTHER OUTREACH

Royer, B., Galama, T.J., Benjamin, D., Davis, C. and Cesarini, D.
CESR Conference on Polygenic Prediction and its Application in the Social Sciences
The Evidence Base - Schaeffer Center and CESR Blog post # 2019
http://evidencebase.usc.edu/?p=2019

 

Galama, T.J.
What explains socio-economic inequality in health?
The Evidence Base - Schaeffer Center and CESR Blog post # 825
 

Guarino, C.M., Galama, T.J., Constant, L., Gonzalez, G., Tanner, J.C. and Goldman, C.A.
Improving Finance for Qatari Education Reform.
Research Brief, RB-9419 (2009)
 

Galama, T.J. and Hosek, J.R.
Is the United States Losing Its Edge in Science and Technology?
Keizai Koho, newsletter of the Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs, December 2008 issue
http://www.kkc.or.jp/english/activities/views/0812.html

Galama, T.J. and Hosek, J.R.
Economy: Keep America Innovative 
RAND Review, CP22,Vol. 32, No. 3 (Fall 2008)
http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP22-2008-12/

 

Galama, T.J. and Hosek, J.R. 
Is the United States Losing Its Edge in Science and Technology?
Research Brief, RB-9347 (2008)   
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9347/

 

Galama, T.J., Frinking,E., van Oranje-Nassau,C., Horling, E.. 
Europe in Pursuit of Excellence
Research Brief, RB-9203 (2006)
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9203/

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