Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Fair Pension Policies with Occupation-Specific Aging (with Volker Grossmann and Holger Strulik)
Economic Journal, Volume 134, Issue 663, 2835–2875, 2024. [Article] [WP]
Health and economic growth: Reconciling the micro and macro evidence (with David E. Bloom, David Canning, Rainer Kotschy, and Klaus Prettner)
World Development 178, 106575, 2024. [Article] [WP]
Anticipation of deteriorating health and information avoidance (with Holger Strulik and Timo Trimborn)
Journal of Health Economics 89, 102755, 2023. [Article] [WP]
Boosting taxes for boasting about houses? Status concerns in the housing market (with Timo Trimborn)
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 205, 120-143, 2023. [Article] [WP]
Optimal Demand for Medical and Long-Term Care (with Holger Strulik and Timo Trimborn)
Journal of the Economics of Ageing 23, 100400, 2022. [Article] [WP]
The marriage gap: Optimal aging and death in partnerships (with Holger Strulik and Timo Trimborn)
Review of Economic Dynamics 36, 158-176, 2020. [Article] [WP]
The gender gap in mortality: How much is explained by behavior? (with Holger Strulik and Timo Trimborn)
Journal of Health Economics 54, 79-90, 2017. [Article] [WP]
Going from bad to worse: Adaptation to poor health, health spending, longevity, and the value of life (with Holger Strulik and Timo Trimborn)
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 140, 130-146, 2017. [Article] [WP]
Working Papers
Sick Pay Policies and the Socioeconomic Gradient in Health and Welfare (with Volker Grossmann and Holger Strulik)
CESifo Working Paper No. 12265 CESifo Munich, 2025. [WP]
Anticipation of Future Consumption, Excessive Savings, and Long-Run Growth (with Holger Strulik and Timo Trimborn)
Economics Working Papers 2023-10, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University, 2023. [WP]
Selected Work in Progress
Who Benefits from Public Health Care Reform? The Role of Age, Education, and Private Health Adjustments
Public Health Care Rationing, Private Health Investments, and the Socioeconomic Health Gradient
Long-term Care Insurance with Socioeconomic Differences in Morbidity and Mortality Risk
Value of Life Gains Based on Biologically Founded Human Ageing
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications for a Wider Audience
Health and Economic Growth: Reconciling the Micro and Macro Evidence (with David E. Bloom, David Canning, Rainer Kotschy, and Klaus Prettner)
published online on VoxEU, September 2022.