Research
- Most recent publications
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Schiele, V. and H. Schmitz (2023), Understanding Cognitive Decline in Older Ages: The Role of Health Shocks, European Economic Review, 151, 104320.
Freise, D., H. Schmitz and M. Westphal (2022), Late-Career Unemployment and Cognitive Abilities, Journal of Health Economics, 86, 102689.
Tawiah, B.B. (2022), Does Education have an Impact on Patience and Risk Willingness?, Applied Economics, 54(58), 6687-6702.
Westphal, M., D.A. Kamhöfer, and H. Schmitz (2022), Marginal College Wage Premium under Selection into Employment, Economic Journal, 132(646), 2231-2272.
Bünnings, C. and V. Schiele (2021), Spring Forward, Don't Fall Back: The Effect of Daylight Saving Time on Road Safety, Review of Economics and Statistics, 103(1), 165-176.
Schmitz, H. and M. Stroka-Wetsch (2020), Determinants of nursing home choice – Does reported quality matter?, Health Economics, 29(7), 766-777.
Kamhöfer, D. A., H. Schmitz and M. Westphal (2019), Heterogeneity in Marginal Non-Monetary Returns to Higher Education, Journal of the European Economic Association, 17(1), 205-244
Bünnings, C.; Schmitz, H.; Tauchmann, H. and N.R. Ziebarth (2019): "The Role of Prices relative to Supplemental Benefits and Service Quality in Health Plan Choice," Journal of Risk and Insurance, 86(2), 415-449
I. Kolodziej, A. R. Reichert, and H. Schmitz (2018), New Evidence on Employment Effects of Informal Care Provision in Europe, Health Services Research, 53(4), 2027-2046
Schmitz, H. and M. Westphal (2017), Informal Care and Long-term Labor Market Outcomes, Journal of Health Economics 56,1-18
Schmitz, H. and N. Ziebarth (2017), Does price framing affect the consumer price sensitivity of health plan choice?, Journal of Human Resources, 52(1), 88-127.
Bünnings, C. (2017), Does New Health Information Affect Health Behaviour? The Effect of Health Events on Smoking Cessation, Applied Economics, 49(10), 987-1000.
Bünnings C.; Kleibrink, J. and J. Weßling (2017), Fear of Unemployment and its Effect on the Mental Health of Spouses (2015), Health Economics, 26(1), 104–117.
Decker, S. and H. Schmitz (2016), Health Shocks and Risk Aversion, Journal of Health Economics, 50, 156-170.
Kamhöfer, D. and H. Schmitz (2016), Reanalyzing Zero Returns to Education in Germany, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 31(5), 912–919.
Schiele, V. and H. Schmitz (2016), Quantile treatment effects of job loss on health, Journal of Health Economics, 49, 59–69.
Göpffarth D., T. Kopetsch and H. Schmitz (2016), Determinants of regional variation in health expenditures in Germany, Health Economics, 25(7), 801–815.
Bünnings C. and H. Tauchmann (2015), Who Opts Out of the Statutory Health Insurance? A Discrete Time Hazard Model for Germany, Health Economics, 24(10), 1331-1347.
Schmitz, H. and M. Westphal (2015), Short-and Medium-term Effects of Informal Care Provision on Female Caregivers’ Health, Journal of Health Economics, 42, 174-185.
Keese, M. and H. Schmitz (2014), Broke, ill, and obese: Is there an effect of household debt on health?, Review of Income and Wealth, 60 (3), 525-541.
Kopetsch, T. and H. Schmitz (2014), Regional variation in the utilisation of ambulatory services in Germany, Health Economics, 23(12), 1481-1492.
Mayrhofer, T. and H. Schmitz (2014), Testing the relationship between income inequality and life expectancy: A simple correction for the aggregation effect when using aggregated data, Journal of Population Economics, 27 (3), 841-856.
- Most recent working papers
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Schmitz, H. and M. Westphal (2021): The Dynamic and Heterogeneous Effects of Retirement on Cognitive Decline, Ruhr Economic Papers #918. RWI.
Schiele, V. and H. Schmitz (2021): Understanding Cognitive-Decline in Older Ages: The Role of Health Shocks, Ruhr Economic Papers #919. RWI.
Schmitz, H. and T. Mayrhofer (2020): Prudence and Prevention – Empirical Evidence, Ruhr Economic Papers #863. RWI.
Bünnings C. and V. Schiele (2018): Spring Forward, Don’t Fall Back – The Effect of Daylight Saving Time on Road Safety. Ruhr Economic Papers#768. UDE, RWI.
Westphal, M. (2017): More Teachers, Smarter Students? – Potential Side Effects of the German Educational Expansion. Ruhr Economic Papers#721. UDE, RWI.
Kamhöfer, D. A. and M. Westphal (2017): Fertility Effects of College Education: Evidence from the German Educational Expansion. Ruhr Economic Papers#717. UDE, RWI.
Schmitz, H. and M. Westphal (2016): Informal Care and Long-term Labor Market Outcomes. Ruhr Economic Papers#646. UDE, RWI.
Andreella, C.; Karlsson, M.; Nilsson, T. and M. Westphal (2015): The Long Shadows of Past Insults - Intergenerational Transmission of Health over 130 Years, Ruhr Economic Papers#571. UDE, RWI.
Avdic, D. and C. Bünnings (2015): Does the Burglar Also Disturb the Neighbor? Crime Spillovers on Individual Well-being, Ruhr Economic Papers#540. UDE, RWI.
Bünnings, C.; Schmitz, H.; Tauchmann, H. and N.R. Ziebarth (2015): How Health Plan Enrollees Value Prices Relative to Supplemental Benefits and Service Quality, Ruhr Economic Papers#545. UDE, RWI.
Kamhöfer, D.; Schmitz, H. and M. Westphal (2015): Heterogeneity in Marginal Nonmonetary Returns to Higher Education, Ruhr Economic Papers#591. UDE, RWI.
Schmitz, H. and M. Stroka (2014), Do Elderly Choose Nursing Homes by Quality, Price or Location?, Ruhr Economic Papers#495. UDE, RWI.
