research

 Selected work in progress 

"High school dropout and the intergenerational transmission of crime" with D.Dragone (Bologna) and G.Migali (Lancaster and Magna Graecia). IZA Discussion Paper. Under review.

"Health, retirement and economic shocks" with B. Hollingsworth (Lancaster) and M. Martinez-Jimenez (Lancaster) - IZA Discussion Paper and a HEDG Working Paper. Under review.

"Deprivation and health inequalities among millennials" with B. Hollingsworth (Lancaster) and M. Martinez-Jimenez (Lancaster). R&R.

"The impact of education and prenatal smoking on birth weight: an intergenerational approach" with C. Costi (Lancaster), G. Migali (Lancaster).

"The intergenerational transmission of risky health-behaviours" with G. Migali (Lancaster). 

"Free access to health care and long-term health outcomes" with R. Thomas (LSE).

Journal articles 

[1] Shawa, K. C., Hollingsworth, B., Zucchelli, E. A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of ill health and health shocks on labour supply. BMC Systematic Reviews, 2024, 13(1), 52. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-024-02454-y  

[2] Gaggero, A., Jimenez-Rubio, D., Gil, J., Zucchelli, E. "Sick and depressed? The causal impact of a diabetes diagnosis on depression", Health Economics Review, 2023, 13:38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-023-00451-w. Nada es Gratis blog entry. 

[3] Costi, C., Hollinsgsworth, B., O' Sullivan, V., Zucchelli, E. "Does caring for others affect our mental health? Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic", Social Science and Medicine, 2023, 321, 115721. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115721. [Media: YouTube video presentation; Lancaster University Press Office; Health Europa; Alpha Galileo].

[4] Berrigan, P., Zucchelli, E. "Public preferences for safe consumption sites for opioid use: a discrete-choice experiment", Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2022, 238, 109578. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109578 

[5] Gaggero, A., Gil, J., Jiménez-Rubio, D., Zucchelli, E. “Does health information affect lifestyle behaviours? The impact of a diabetes diagnosis”, Social Science and Medicine, 2022, 314, 115420. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115420. Nada es Gratis blog entry.

[6] Harris, M., Zhao, X., Zucchelli, E. “Ageing workforces, ill-health and multi-state labour market transitions”, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 83(1) 199-227, DOI:  10.1111/obes.12379  [Media: The National Tribune (Australia); 6PR882 News Talk Radio; top cited article between 2021-22 according to Wiley]. 

[7] Gil, J., Li Donni, P., Zucchelli, E. "Uncontrolled diabetes and health care utilisation: a bivariate Latent Markov model approach", Health Economics, 2019, 28 (11), 1262-1276. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3939 

[8] Jones, A. M., Laporte, A., Rice, N., Zucchelli, E. "Dynamic panel data estimation of an integrated Grossman and Becker-Murphy model of health and addiction", 2019, Empirical Economics, 56, 703–733. DOI: 10.1007/s00181-017-1367-6  

[9] Bosu, W. K., Aheto, J.M.K., Reilly, S.T., Zucchelli, E. "Hypertension in older adults in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis", PLoS ONE, 201914(4): e0214934. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214934 

[10] Bosu, W.K., Aheto, J.M.K., Zucchelli, E., Reilly, S.T. "Determinants of systemic hypertension in older adults in Africa: a systematic review",  BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2019, 19 (1), 173. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-019-1147-7 

[11] Gil, J., Sicras-Mainar, A., Zucchelli, E. "Uncontrolled diabetes and health care utilisation: panel data evidence from Spain”, European Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-017-0920-8 

[12] Migali, G., Zucchelli, E., 2017. "Personality traits, forgone health care and high school dropout: evidence from US adolescents", Journal of Economic Psychology, 2017,62, 98-219. DOI:10.1016/j.joep.2017.06.007  [Media: Medical Xpress (US), October 2017]. 

[13] Yang, M., Zucchelli, E. "The impact of public smoking bans on well-being externalities: evidence from a policy experiment”, 2017, 1-24, Scottish Journal of Political Economy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12150  [Media: Daily Mail, Huffington Post, Yahoo, Lancaster Guardian, AlphaGalileo, The Journal.ie, LBC Radio; top 20 most downloaded papers of 2017 according to Wiley].  

[14] Kronenberg, C., Jacobs, R., Zucchelli, E. "The impact of the UK minimum wage on mental health", Social Science and Medicine (S.S.M.) – Population Health, 2017, 3, 749-755. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.08.007  

[15] Bosu, W. K., Aheto, J. M. K., Zucchelli, E., Reilly, S. “Prevalence, awareness, and associated risk factors of hypertension in older adults in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol”, BMC Systematic Reviews, 2017, 6(192), 1-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0585-5

[16] Jones, A.M., Laporte, A., Rice, N., Zucchelli, E. “Do public smoking bans have an impact on active smoking? Evidence from the UK”, Health Economics, 2015, 24(2), 175-192. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3009 

[17] Leroch, M., Reggiani, C., Rossini, G., Zucchelli, E. “Religious attitudes and home bias: theory and new evidence from primary data”, Review of Development Economics, 2014, 18(2), 401-414. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12092 

[18] Zucchelli, E., Jones, A.M., Rice, N. “The evaluation of health policies through dynamic microsimulation methods”, International Journal of Microsimulation, 2012, 5(1), 2-20. http://www.microsimulation.org/IJM/V5_1/1_IJM_5_1_spring_2012_Zuchelli_Rice_Jones.pdf

[19] Zucchelli E., Harris, A., Jones, A.M., Rice, N. “Health shocks and labour market exits: evidence from the HILDA Survey”, Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 2010, 13(2), 191-218. https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=496905059127698;res=IELBUS 

OTHER publications - BOOK CHAPTERS AND INVITED CONTRIBUTIONS  


Zucchelli, E. “Income-related health inequalities in Italy and in the rest of Europe: an empirical analysis using SHARE”. In: Brandolini A., Saraceno C., Schizzerotto A., (Dimensions of inequality in Italy: poverty, health and housing). 2009. Il Mulino (in Italian).


Graves J., Zucchelli, E. "Consecuencias no intencionadas de las medidas de politica publica: ejemplos de sanidad y educacion", Papeles de Economia Española, 2022 (invited contribution part of a special issue on the Evaluation of Public Policies). Direct link to the paper (in Spanish): https://www.funcas.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PEE_172_Jennifer-GRAVE S.pdf