Investigación
Publicaciones
Joint with Joan Gil and Dolores Jiménez-Rubio.
The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, NaN.
Using polygenic scores in ELSA, we estimate the relationship between genetic predisposition to ADHD and later-life health, documenting cross-spousal spillovers concentrated on women, the less educated, and poorer households.
Joint with Ángel Mesa-Pedrazas and Ángel Fernández-Pérez.
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, NaN.
A regression-discontinuity analysis of Andalusia's two-week closures of non-essential businesses around the 14-day infection cut-off of 1,000 per 100,000 — the policy delivered a 23% drop in new COVID-19 cases and a 2% drop in deaths.
Joint with Olesya Ajnakina, Eugenio Zucchelli and Ruth A. Hackett.
Addictive Behaviors, NaN.
A time-to-event Mendelian Randomisation analysis in 8,164 ELSA participants, using a polygenic risk score as an instrument to identify the causal effect of heavy smoking on retirement risk.
Nicotine & Tobacco Research, NaN.
Using fixed-effects regressions on the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (N=60,160), I find a significant positive effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on smoking behaviour in older adults, stronger for men and the employed.
Joint with Joan Gil, Dolores Jiménez-Rubio and Eugenio Zucchelli.
Health Economics Review, NaN.
Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity around the HbA1c diagnostic cut-off and rich Spanish administrative data, we identify the causal impact of a diabetes diagnosis on clinical depression — with heterogeneous effects by gender and lifestyle response.
Joint with Pasha Normahani, David M. Epstein, Alun H. Davies, Viknesh Sounderajah and Usman Jaffer.
Annals of Surgery, NaN, 277(1): e184–e191.
A Markov-model evaluation comparing point-of-care duplex ultrasound (PAD-scan) with other bedside tests for diagnosing peripheral arterial disease in people with diabetes — PAD-scan emerges as the most cost-effective option.
Joint with Modou Diop and Manuel Ruiz-Adame.
Personality and Mental Health, NaN.
Using waves 5–6 of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (n=6,562), we estimate the association between Big-Five personality traits and obesity, controlling for the individual's economic situation.
Joint with Denni Tommasi.
The Economic Journal, NaN.
First causal evidence that the time of day is an important condition affecting performance in high-stake cognitive assessments — peak performance occurs in the early afternoon, with patterns consistent with the circadian rhythm.
Joint with Ángel Fernández-Pérez and Dolores Jiménez-Rubio.
Health Policy, NaN.
Using seven waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2010–2020), this paper investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on depression in older adults — a vulnerable group for which empirical evidence remains limited.
Joint with Joan Gil, Dolores Jiménez-Rubio and Eugenio Zucchelli.
Social Science & Medicine, NaN.
Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design on Spanish administrative data, we identify the causal impact of a type-2 diabetes diagnosis on BMI and lifestyle behaviours — including sustained long-term effects on weight up to three years on.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, NaN.
A Mendelian randomisation analysis using polygenic scores in 29,139 UK older adults from ELSA, testing whether smoking causally affects physical function (body mobility and activities-of-daily-living indices).
Joint with A. Abubakar, Sarah Bridges and Trudy Owens.
Oxford Development Studies, NaN.
Using data from an orthotic intervention in Kampala, Uganda, we estimate the health and economic impacts of providing orthotic equipment to adults with lower-limb disabilities — with noticeably gendered effects on functional mobility and earnings.
Joint with Getinet Haile.
The Manchester School, NaN.
Using administrative data from a UK Russell Group university and a regression discontinuity design around a class-size policy change, we estimate the impact of class size on postgraduate grades.
Economics & Human Biology, NaN.
Using a regression discontinuity around the diagnostic blood-test cut-off in ELSA biomarker data, I estimate the effect of a type 2 diabetes diagnosis on physical and mental health in older adults.
Joint with Simon Appleton and Lina Song.
Journal of the Economic Science Association, NaN.
We replicate a one-shot bribery game in two highly corrupt countries — China and Uganda — to test whether social-context framing changes bribery behaviour. Strong framing effects show up for Uganda, but not for China.
Joint with Sarah Bridges and Trudy Owens.
African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, NaN, 13(2).
Using a unique dataset of employment histories in urban Tanzania, we show how households adjust their labour supply in response to employment shocks faced by other family members — with the household functioning as a risk-sharing institution built around women's labour supply.
Joint with Sarah Bridges, Louise Fox and Trudy Owens.
Journal of African Economies, NaN, 26(2): 119–139.
Using a unique dataset of individual labour-market histories in urban Tanzania, we estimate how four entry states — wage employment, self-employment, family work, and unemployment — shape adult earnings, finding evidence of an entrapment effect.
Proyectos de investigación
Advances in Natural Experiments in Social Sciences (EXPERIMENTA). Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. IP: María Dolores Jiménez-Rubio (Universidad de Granada). 01/09/2024 – 31/12/2027. 33.000 €.
APLICAciones en Técnicas de Evaluación en Salud. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. IP: María Dolores Jiménez-Rubio. 01/06/2020 – 31/05/2023. 14,28 €.
RETOTUR-Andalucía. 01/02/2021 – 01/05/2022. 100 €.
Local government, economic growth and human development: Chinese lessons for Kenya and Uganda. University of Nottingham. 01/09/2015 – 30/11/2018. 774.479,61 €.
El impacto desigual de la COVID-19 sobre la ciudadanía: cambios sociales, bienestar e insostenibilidad. Universidad de Granada. Desde 01/04/2021.