research

 Selected work in progress 

[8] "Intergenerational persistence of education, smoking and birth weight" with C. Costi (Luxembourg) and G. Migali (Lancaster and Magna Graecia). IZA Discussion Paper. Under review

[7] "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.

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

[5] "Labour productivity and efficiency of general practices in England" with M. Neri (OHE), G. Cookson (OHE) and B. Hollingsworth (Lancaster).


[4] “Energy poverty and health” with P. Li Donni (Universita’ di Palermo) and S. Budria (Nebrija).

[3] "The intergenerational transmission of risky health-behaviours" with G. Migali (Lancaster and Magna Graecia). 

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

[1] "The joint effects of health shocks and social protection on the intensive margin of labour supply: evidence from Malawi" with K. Shawa (ILO) and B. Hollingsworth (Lancaster), R&R

Journal articles 

[21] Gaggero, A.,  Ajnakina, O., Zucchelli, E., Hackett, R.A. "The Effect of Heavy Smoking on Retirement Risk: A Mendelian Randomisation Analysis". Addictive Behaviors. 2024, 108078. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108078 

[20] Martínez-Jiménez, M., Hollingsworth, B., Zucchelli, E. "Socioeconomic Deprivation, Health and Healthcare Utilisation among Millennials". Social Science and Medicine, 2024, 351, 116961. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116961 

[19] 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   

[18] 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. 

[17] 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].

[16] 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 

[15] 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.

[14] 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]. 

[13] 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 

[12] 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  

[11] 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 

[9] 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 

[8] 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]. 

[7] 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].  

[6] 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  

[5] 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

[4] 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 

[3] 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 

[2] 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

[1] 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 POLICY PAPERS 

[3] Adem, A., Hollingsworth, B., Zucchelli, E. “Types of inactivity and depression among older individuals”. In: Baltagi, B., Moscone, F. “Recent Developments in Health Econometrics”, CEA Vol. 297. Emerald Publishing, Leeds, United Kingdom, forthcoming.


[2] 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 


[1] 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).