Hendrik Jürges

Publications

Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals

2025

Childhood IQ and adolescent health behavior (with R. Khanam). SSM-Population Health 2025, 101887
The excess Medicare costs of long-term medical condition or disability: A longitudinal population-based study of Australian children (with K. Ahmad, R. Khanam, B. Keating, SA Keramat, R. Hashmi, E. Kabir). Disability and Health Journal, 101971
Social security and retirement around the world: lessons from a long-term collaboration (with C. Coile, D. Wise, A. Börsch-Supan et al.). Journal of Pension Economics and Finance (2025), 24, 8–30

2023

The Healthcare Cost Burden of Asthma in Children: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study (with K. Ahmad, R. Khanam, E. Kabir). Value in Health 26 (8) 2023, 1201–1209
Causal Effect of Tooth Loss on Cardiovascular Diseases (with Y. Matsuyama, S. Listl). Journal of Dental Research 102 (1) 2023, 37–44
FDA approval, clinical trial evidence, efficacy, epidemiology, and price for non-orphan and ultra-rare, rare, and common orphan cancer drug indications: cross sectional analysis (with T. Michaeli, D. Michaeli). The BMJ 2023;381:e073242
Gesundheitsdaten: Von Nachbarländern lernen (with M. Fischer, S. Mangelsdorf, S. Reif, H. Ullrich, A. Wuppermann). Wirtschaftsdienst 103 (11) 2023, 737–740

2022

Melting pot kindergarten: The effect of linguistic diversity in early education (with A. Makles, A. Nahgavi, K. Schneider). Labour Economics 75 (2022), 102119
Cohort at risk: long-term consequences of conflict for child school achievement (with L. Stella, S. Hallaq, A. Schwarz). Journal of Population Economics 35 (2022), 1–43
Does compulsory schooling affect health? Evidence from ambulatory claims data (with T. Begerow). European Journal of Health Economics 23 (2022), 953–968

2021

Adolescents' time allocation and skill production (with R. Khanam). Economics of Education Review 85 (2021), 102178
Causal effect of tooth loss on depression: Evidence from a population-wide natural experiment in the United States (with Y. Matsuyama, M. Dewey, S. Listl). Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 30 (2021): e38
The effects of audits and fines on upcoding in neonatology (with M. Gross, D. Wiesen). Health Economics 30 (2021) 8, 1978–1986
Cognitive Profile Patterns Are Affected by Measurement Precision (with S. Cahan, J. Hannin). Journal of Education and Development 5 (2021) 1, 102–110
Prenatal exposure to the German food crisis 1944–1948 and health after 65 years (with T. Kopetsch). Economics and Human Biology 40 (2021), 100952

2020

Cognitive ability and teen smoking (with S. Meyer). European Journal of Health Economics, 21 (2020), 287–296
Conflict Intensity and Birth Outcomes – Evidence from the West Bank (with F. Westermaier). The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 20 (2020) 2, 1–8

2019

Educational differences in smoking: selection versus causation (with S. Meyer). Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik), Vol. 240/4 – 2020, 467–492
Child mental health and cognitive development: Evidence from the West Bank (with A. Schwarz, S. Cahan, Z. Abdeen). Empirica 46 (2019), 423–442
Patients' self-reported measures of oral health – a validation study on basis of oral health questions used in a large multi-country survey for populations aged 50+ (with C. Sekundo, C. Stock, S. Listl). Gerodontology 36 (2) 2019, 171–179
The Causal Effect of Education on Tooth Loss: Evidence From United Kingdom Schooling Reforms (with Y. Matsuyama, S. Listl). American Journal of Epidemiology, 188 (1) 2019, 87–95
Dishonesty in healthcare practice: A behavioral experiment on upcoding in neonatology (with H. Hennig-Schmidt, D. Wiesen). Health Economics 28 (3) 2019, 319–338
Student's SES and the Effect of Schooling on Cognitive Development (with S. Cahan, D. Jabr, Z. Abdeen). Journal of Education and Human Development 8 (2019) 4, 199–209

2018

Gain a child, lose a tooth? Using natural experiments to distinguish between fact and fiction (with F. Gabel, K.E. Kruk, S. Listl). Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 72 (2018), 552–556
Childhood socioeconomic conditions and teeth in older adulthood: Evidence from SHARE wave 5 (with S. Listl et al.). Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 46 (1) 2018, 78–87
The Association Between Political Violence and the Connection Between Bullying and Suicidality Among Palestinian Youth (with Z. Abdeen, A. Brunstein-Klomek et al.). Suicide and Life-threatening Behavior 48 (1) 2018, 95–104

2017

Self-rated health and all-cause and cause-specific mortality of older adults: Individual data meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies in the CHANCES Consortium (with C. Bamia et al.). Maturitas 103 (2017) 37–44
Financial incentives, timing of births, and infant health: a closer look into the delivery room. European Journal of Health Economics 18 (2) 2017, 195–208

2016

Causal inference from observational data (with S. Listl, R.G. Watt). Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 44 (5) 2016, 409–415

2015

A comparison of tooth retention and replacement across 15 countries in the over-50s (with C. Stock, J. Shen, K. Bozorgmehr, S. Listl). Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 44 (3) 2015, 223–231
Ramadan fasting, sex-ratio at birth, and birth weight: No effects on Muslim infants born in Germany. Economics Letters 137 (2015), 13–16
What explains DRG upcoding in neonatology? The roles of financial incentives and infant health (with J. Köberlein). Journal of Health Economics 43 (2015), 13–26
Compulsory Schooling Reforms, Education and Mortality in Twentieth Century Europe (with C. Gathmann, S. Reinhold). Social Science & Medicine 127 (2015) 74–82

2014

Bildungspolitik versus Gesundheitspolitik – Evidenzbasierte Interventionen gegen soziale Ungleichheit in Gesundheit. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 15 (3) 2014, 246–255
The Consortium on Health and Ageing: Network of Cohorts in Europe and the United States (CHANCES) project design, population and data harmonization of a large-scale, international study (with P. Boffetta et al.). European Journal of Epidemiology 29 (12) 2014: 929–936

2013

The effect of compulsory schooling on health—evidence from biomarkers (with S. Reinhold, E. Kruk). Journal of Population Economics 26 (2) 2013, 645–672
Are anchoring vignettes ratings sensitive to vignette age and sex? (with J. Winter). Health Economics 22 (1) 2013, 1–13
Collateral damage: The German food crisis, educational attainment and labor market outcomes of German post-war cohorts. Journal of Health Economics 32 (1) 2013, 286–303

2012

Do workers underreport morbidity? The accuracy of self-reports of chronic conditions (with N. Datta Gupta). Social Science & Medicine 75 (9) 2012, 1589–94
Parental Income and Child Health in Germany (with S. Reinhold). Health Economics 21 (4) 2012, 562–579
Medical Guidelines, Physician Density, and Quality of Care: Evidence from German SHARE Data (with V. Pohl). European Journal of Health Economics 13, 2012: 635–649
Assessment drives learning: The effect of central exit exams on curricular knowledge and mathematical literacy (with K. Schneider, M. Senkbeil, C. Carstensen). Economics of Education Review 31 (1) 2012, 56–65

2011

Why young boys stumble: Early tracking, age and gender bias in the German school system (with K. Schneider). German Economic Review 12 (4) 2011, 371–394
Does Schooling Affect Health Behavior? Evidence from the Educational Expansion in Western Germany (with S. Reinhold, M. Salm). Economics of Education Review 30 (5) 2011, 862–872
Changes in Compulsory Schooling and the Causal Effect of Education on Health: Evidence from Germany (with D. Kemptner, S. Reinhold). Journal of Health Economics 30 (2) 2011, 340–354

2010

The last year of life in Europe: Initial findings from the SHARE study (with K. Hank). Ageing & Society 30, 2010, 1–14
Health inequalities by education, income, and wealth: a comparison of 11 European countries and the US. Applied Economics Letters 17 (1) 2010, 87–92
Secondary School Fees and the Causal Effect of Schooling on Health Behavior (with S. Reinhold). Health Economics 19 (8) 2010, 921–938
Central exit examinations increase performance… but take the fun out of mathematics (with K. Schneider). Journal of Population Economics 23, 2010, 497–517

2009

Educational level and changes in health across Europe: Longitudinal results from SHARE (with M. Avendano, J. Mackenbach). Journal of European Social Policy 19 (4) 2009, 301–316
Healthy Minds in Healthy Bodies. An International Comparison of Education-Related Inequality in Physical Health Among Older Adults. Scottish Journal of Political Economy 56 (3) 2009, 296–320
Health insurance status and physician behavior in Germany. Journal of Applied Social Science Studies (Schmollers Jahrbuch) 129 (2) 2009, 297–308
Isometrische Greifkraft und sozialgerontologische Forschung: Ergebnisse und Analysepotenziale des SHARE und SOEP (with K. Hank, J. Schupp, G. Wagner). Zeitschrift für Gerontologie & Geriatrie 2/2009, 117–126

2008

Ressourcen und Anreize im Bildungswesen (with K. Schneider). Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft 11 (2) 2008, 234–252
Are different measures of self-rated health comparable? An assessment in five European countries (with M. Avendano, J. Mackenbach). European Journal of Epidemiology 23 (12) 2008, 773–781
Self-assessed health, reference levels, and mortality. Applied Economics 40 (5) 2008, 569–582

2007

Gender and the Division of Household Labor in Older Couples: A European Perspective (with K. Hank). Journal of Family Issues 28 (3) 2007: 399–421
Fair ranking of teachers (with K. Schneider). Empirical Economics 32 (2/3) 2007, 411–431
Unemployment, life satisfaction, and retrospective error. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A 170 (1) 2007, 43–61
True health vs. response styles: Exploring cross-country differences in self-reported health. Health Economics 16 (2) 2007, 163–178
Leistungsgerechtere Bezahlung von Lehrern (with K. Schneider). Recht der Jugend und des Bildungswesens 2007 (1), 83–97
Quality of Work and Well-being of Older Employees—Baseline Results from the SHARE Study (with J. Siegrist, M. Wahrendorf, O. v. d. Knesebeck, A. Börsch-Supan). European Journal of Public Health 17 (1) 2007: 62–68

2006

Gender Ideology, Division of Housework, and the Geographic Mobility of Families. Review of Economics of the Household 4 (4) 2006, 299–323 Kanter Award Nominee

2005

Teacher quality and incentives: Theoretical and empirical effects of standards on teacher quality (with W. Richter, K. Schneider). FinanzArchiv 61 (3) 2005, 298–326
The Effect of Central Exit Examinations on Student Achievement: Quasi-experimental Evidence from TIMSS Germany (with K. Schneider, F. Büchel). Journal of the European Economic Association 3 (5) 2005, 1134–1155
Retrospective error in SOEP calendar data: the case of unemployment. Journal of Applied Social Science Studies (Schmollers Jahrbuch) 125 (1) 2005, 157–165
A New Comprehensive and International View on Ageing: Introducing the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (with A. Börsch-Supan, K. Hank). European Journal of Ageing 2 (4) 2005, 245–253

2004

The Welfare Costs of Addiction. Journal of Applied Social Science Studies (Schmollers Jahrbuch) 124 (3) 2004, 327–353
International Differences in Student Achievement: An Economic Perspective (with K. Schneider). German Economic Review 5 (3) 2004, 357–380

2003

Die Auswirkungen zentraler Abschlussprüfungen auf die Schulleistung (with F. Büchel, K. Schneider). Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 72 (2) 2003, 238–251
Age, Cohort, and the Slump in Job Satisfaction among West German Workers. Labour 17 (4) 2003, 489–518

2002

The Distribution of the German Public-Private Wage Gap. Labour 16 (2) 2002, 347–381

2001

Do Germans Save to Leave an Estate? An Examination of the Bequest Motive. Scandinavian Journal of Economics 103 (3) 2001, 391–414

2000

Of Rotten Kids and Rawlsian Parents. The Optimal Timing of Intergenerational Transfers. Journal of Population Economics 13 (1) 2000, 147–157

1999

Parent-Child Transfers in Germany: A Study of Magnitude and Motivations. Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften 119 (3) 1999, 429–453

1998

Beruflich bedingte Umzüge von Doppelverdienern—Eine empirische Analyse mit Daten des SOEP. Zeitschrift für Soziologie 27 (5), 1998, 358–377 First Prize Best Junior Paper 1984–1998/99 (SOEP)
Einkommen und berufliche Situation von Doppelverdienern nach Umzügen. Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung 31 (2), 1998, 234–243

Other Publications & Book Chapters

Bildungsbezogene Ungleichheit und Gesundheit. Kapitel 9 in Stiftung Männergesundheit (Hg.) Junge Männer und ihre Gesundheit. Fünfter Deutscher Männergesundheitsbericht. Gießen 2022: Psychosozial-Verlag. (2022)
Melting Pot Kindergarten: Diversität und frühkindlicher Bildungserwerb (with A. Makles, A. Naghavi, K. Schneider). BUW Output 02/2020, 6–11 (2020)
Gewonnene Zeit? Die Zeitverwendung von Männern vor und nach Renteneintritt. In Jürges/Siegrist/Stiehler (Hg.) Männer und der Übergang in die Rente. Vierter Männergesundheitsbericht. Gießen 2020: Psychosozial-Verlag. (2020)
Health insurance coverage and access to care among European elders. Ch. 27 in Börsch-Supan, A. et al. (eds.) Ageing in Europe – supporting policies for an inclusive society. De Gruyter, Berlin, 2015
Social inequalities in oral health (with S. Listl). Ch. 11 in Börsch-Supan, A. et al. (eds.) Ageing in Europe – supporting policies for an inclusive society. De Gruyter, Berlin, 2015
Gesundheit, kognitive Entwicklung und Bildungserfolg. BUW Output 11/2014, 12–17 (2014)
Multimorbidity, incentives, and the use of health services in Europe (with J. Köberlein), in Börsch-Supan, A. et al. (eds.) Active ageing and solidarity between generations in Europe. De Gruyter, 2013
Individual and social determinants of home death (with A. Künn-Nelen), in Börsch-Supan, A. et al. (eds.) Active ageing and solidarity between generations in Europe. De Gruyter, 2013
GKV-Überschüsse als Anlass zu einer wettbewerbsorientierten Neujustierung der Krankenversicherung. Ifo Schnelldienst 65 (23) 2012, 10–12
Comparing the Well-Being of Older Europeans: Introduction (with A. van Soest). Social Indicators Research 105 (2) 2012, 187–190
Disability, Pension Reform and Early Retirement in Germany (with A. Börsch-Supan), in: Wise, D. (ed.) Social Security and Retirement around the World. University of Chicago Press, 2011
Longitudinal Data Collection in Continental Europe: Experiences from SHARE (with A. Börsch-Supan, K. Hank, M. Schröder), in: Harkness, J. et al. (eds.) Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional and Multicultural Contexts. Wiley, 2010
Early Retirement, Social Security and Well-Being in Germany (with A. Börsch-Supan), in: Wise, D. (ed.) Developments in the Economics of Aging. University of Chicago Press, 2009
Introduction: empirical research on health, ageing and retirement in Europe (with A. Börsch-Supan, K. Hank, M. Schröder). Journal of European Social Policy 19 (4) 2009, 293–300
Die Erhebung biometrischer Daten im SHARE (with K. Hank, B. Schaan). Methoden Daten Analysen 3 (1) 2009, 97–108
Bildung als soziale Determinante gesundheitlicher Ungleichheit im Alter (with K. Hank). Public Health Forum 16 (59) 2008, 23–24
SHARE - Measuring the Ageing Process in Europe (with A. Börsch-Supan, O. Lipps). ZUMA-Nachrichten 53, 2003, 96–113
Bildung und Wissenschaft. Mehr Mut zu marktorientierten Reformen (with W. Richter). RWI-Mitteilungen 49 (3/4) 1998, 199–210

Editorships

2020 Männer und der Übergang in die Rente. Vierter Männergesundheitsbericht (Hrsg. von Hendrik Jürges, Johannes Siegrist und Matthias Stiehler). Psychosozial-Verlag Gießen
2019–2020 B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Editor
2017 Journal of Economics and Statistics, Guest Editor Special Issue on Empirical Health Economics (with J. Winter)
2014–2018 B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Editor-in-Chief
2011 Social Indicators Research, Guest Editor Special Issue on Anchoring Vignettes (with A. v. Soest)
2009 50+ in Deutschland und Europa: Ergebnisse des Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (with A. Börsch-Supan, K. Hank, M. Schröder). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden
2009 Challenges and Opportunities of Ageing in Europe. Special Issue Journal of European Social Policy 19 (4) 2009 (with A. Börsch-Supan, K. Hank)
2008 Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe 2004–2007 (with A. Börsch-Supan et al.). Mannheim, MEA
2005 Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. First Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (with A. Börsch-Supan et al.). Mannheim, MEA
2005 The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe – Methodology (with A. Börsch-Supan). Mannheim, MEA

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