Economics
Book Chapters - Reviews
Galama, T.J. van Kippersluis, H. (2023), Economic theories of health inequality across the life course, Chapter 4, page 46, Handbook of Health Inequalities Across the Life Course.
Dias-Pereira, R., Biroli, P., Galama, T.J., von Hinke, S., van Kippersluis, H., Rietveld, C.A., and Thom, K. (2022), Gene-by-Environment Interplay. Forthcoming in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance.
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
Galama, T.J.
A theory of socioeconomic disparities in health
PhD Thesis, Tilburg University (2011)
https://pure.uvt.nl/portal/files/1337050/thesis03242011.pdf
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
Van Alten, S., Barcellos, S.H., Carvalho, L., Galama, T.J., and Palma, Marina Aguiar (2025), A Chip Off the Old Block? Genetics and the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status, NBER Working Paper 34208.
Galama, T.J., Munteanu, A, and Thom, K. (2024), Intergenerational Persistence in the Effects of Compulsory Schooling in the U.S., HCEO working paper 2024-003
Galama, T.J. and Van Kippersluis, H. (2023), Human-Capital Formation: The Importance of Endogenous Longevity, CESR WP, 2015-001.
Aguiar Palma, van Alten, S., Galama, T.J., Lindeboom, M. and Roman, S. (2023), Life's two lotteries: modeling the effects of genes and environments in human capital formation, in progress.
Aranda, R., Galama, T. and Thom, K. (2023), A League of Their Own: The Effect of Female Youth Sports Participation on Health Behaviors and Outcomes from Adolescence to Retirement Age, in progress
Galama, T.J. and Tariq, A. (2022), In defense of neoclassical Q, in progress.
Galama, T.J. (2022), On the foundations of macroeconomics, in progress.
Biroli, B., Galama, T.J. et al. (2021), Sources of Inequality at Birth: the Interplay Between Genes and Parental Socioeconomic Status, in progress.
Biroli, B., Galama, T.J. et al. (2021), Is genetic advantage concentrated among higher socioeconomic status families?, in progress.
Van Alten, S., Galama, T.J. and Thom, K. (2021), The distributional consequences of region-specific exposure to Chinese import competition: Evidence from a shift share analysis (1990-2007), 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/