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Publications

by members of

Department of Health Policy and Management
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

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Working papers

2021

  1. Lei Wang & Yiwei Qian & Nele Warrinnier & Orazio Attanasio & Scott Rozelle & Sean Sylvia, 2021. "Parental Investment, School Choice, and the Persistent Benefits of Intervention in Early Childhood," LICOS Discussion Papers 42721, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, KU Leuven.

2018

  1. Sean Sylvia & Xiaochen Ma & Yaojiang Shi & Scott Rozelle & C. -Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell, 2018. "Ordeal Mechanisms, Information, and the Cost-Effectiveness of Subsidies: Evidence from Subsidized Eyeglasses in Rural China," Papers 1812.00383, arXiv.org.
  2. Sean Sylvia & Nele Warrinnier & Renfu Luo & Ai Yue & Orazio Attanasio & Alexis Medina & Scott Rozelle, 2018. "From Quantity to Quality: Delivering a Home-based Parenting Intervention through China’s Family Planning Cadres," Working Papers of LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance 631300, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance.

2015

  1. Renfu Luo & Grant Miller & Scott Rozelle & Sean Sylvia & Marcos Vera-Hernández, 2015. "Can Bureaucrats Really Be Paid Like CEOs? School Administrator Incentives for Anemia Reduction in Rural China," NBER Working Papers 21302, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

2014

  1. Richard Akresh & German Daniel Caruso & Harsha Thirumurthy, 2014. "Medium-Term Health Impacts of Shocks Experienced In Utero and After Birth: Evidence from Detailed Geographic Information on War Exposure," NBER Working Papers 20763, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

2013

  1. Young Kyung Do & Edward C. Norton & Sally Stearns & Courtney H. Van Houtven, 2013. "Informal Care and Caregiver's Health," NBER Working Papers 19142, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

2010

  1. Joshua Graff Zivin & Maria Damon & Harsha Thirumurthy, 2010. "Health Shocks and Natural Resource Management: Evidence from Western Kenya," NBER Working Papers 16594, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Richard Akresh & Leonardo Lucchetti & Harsha Thirumurthy, 2010. "Wars and Child Health: Evidence from the Eritrean-Ethiopian Conflict," HiCN Working Papers 89, Households in Conflict Network.

2006

  1. Joshua S. Graff Zivin & Harsha Thirumurthy & Markus Goldstein, 2006. "AIDS Treatment and Intrahousehold Resource Allocations: Children's Nutrition and Schooling in Kenya," NBER Working Papers 12689, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

2005

  1. Harsha Thirumurthy & Joshua Graff-Zivin & Markus Goldstein, 2005. "The Economic Impact of AIDS Treatment: Labor Supply in Western Kenya," NBER Working Papers 11871, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

2004

  1. Justin G. Trogdon, 2004. "Regionalization of Cardiac Services and the Responsiveness of Treatment Choices," School of Economics and Public Policy Working Papers 2004-03, University of Adelaide, School of Economics and Public Policy.
  2. Frank A. Sloan & Justin G. Trogdon, 2004. "Litigation and the Political Clout of the Tobacco Companies: Cigarette Taxes, Prices, and the Master Settlement Agreement," School of Economics and Public Policy Working Papers 2004-04, University of Adelaide, School of Economics and Public Policy.
  3. Justin G. Trogdon, 2004. "Demand for and Regulation of Cardiac Services," School of Economics and Public Policy Working Papers 2004-12, University of Adelaide, School of Economics and Public Policy.

Journal articles

2022

  1. Sylvia, Sean & Ma, Xiaochen & Shi, Yaojiang & Rozelle, Scott, 2022. "Ordeal mechanisms, information, and the cost-effectiveness of strategies to provide subsidized eyeglasses," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
  2. Sylvia, Sean & Luo, Renfu & Zhong, Jingdong & Dill, Sarah-Eve & Medina, Alexis & Rozelle, Scott, 2022. "Passive versus active service delivery: Comparing the effects of two parenting interventions on early cognitive development in rural China," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).
  3. Chen, Yunwei & Sylvia, Sean & Wu, Paiou & Yi, Hongmei, 2022. "Explaining the declining utilization of village clinics in rural China over time: A decomposition approach," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 301(C).
  4. Qi Jiang & Xinshu She & Sarah-Eve Dill & Sean Sylvia & Manpreet Kaur Singh & Huan Wang & Matthew Boswell & Scott Rozelle, 2022. "Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms among Children and Adolescents in Rural China: A Large-Scale Epidemiological Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(9), pages 1-16, April.

2021

  1. Sylvia, Sean & Rozelle, Scott, 2021. "Publishing and assessing the research of economists: Lessons from public health," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
  2. Huan Wang & Sarah‐Eve Dill & Huan Zhou & Yue Ma & Hao Xue & Sean Sylvia & Kumi Smith & Matthew Boswell & Alexis Medina & Prashant Loyalka & Cody Abby & Dimitris Friesen & Nathan Rose & Yian Guo & Scot, 2021. "Health, economic, and social implications of COVID‐19 for China's rural population," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 52(3), pages 495-504, May.
  3. Xiaochen Ma & Huan Wang & Yaojiang Shi & Sean Sylvia & Lei Wang & Yiwei Qian & Scott Rozelle, 2021. "Improving learning by improving vision: evidence from two randomized controlled trials of providing vision care in China," Journal of Development Effectiveness, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(1), pages 1-26, January.
  4. Sean Sylvia & Nele Warrinnier & Renfu Luo & Ai Yue & Orazio Attanasio & Alexis Medina & Scott Rozelle, 2021. "From Quantity to Quality: Delivering a Home-Based Parenting Intervention Through China’s Family Planning Cadres," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 131(635), pages 1365-1400.
  5. Rui Li & Nathan Rose & Yi Ming Zheng & Yunwei Chen & Sean Sylvia & Henry Wilson-Smith & Alexis Medina & Sarah-Eve Dill & Scott Rozelle, 2021. "Early Childhood Reading in Rural China and Obstacles to Caregiver Investment in Young Children: A Mixed-Methods Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-27, February.
  6. Min Su & Zhongliang Zhou & Yafei Si & Sean Sylvia & Gang Chen & Yanfang Su & Scott Rozelle & Xiaolin Wei, 2021. "Comparing the Quality of Primary Care between Public and Private Providers in Urban China: A Standardized Patient Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(10), pages 1-16, May.

2020

  1. Renfu Luo & Grant Miller & Scott Rozelle & Sean Sylvia & Marcos Vera-Hernández, 2020. "Can Bureaucrats Really Be Paid Like Ceos? Substitution Between Incentives and Resources Among School Administrators in China," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 18(1), pages 165-201.
  2. Jingchun Nie & Xiaopeng Pang & Lei Wang & Scott Rozelle & Sean Sylvia, 2020. "Seeing Is Believing: Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Eyeglasses on Academic Performance, Aspirations, and Dropout among Junior High School Students in Rural China," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 68(2), pages 335-355.
  3. Chang, Fang & Wang, Huan & Qu, Yaqiong & Zheng, Qiang & Loyalka, Prashant & Sylvia, Sean & Shi, Yaojiang & Dill, Sarah-Eve & Rozelle, Scott, 2020. "The impact of pay-for-percentile incentive on low-achieving students in rural China," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
  4. Ai Yue & Yu Bai & Yaojiang Shi & Renfu Luo & Scott Rozelle & Alexis Medina & Sean Sylvia, 2020. "Parental Migration and Early Childhood Development in Rural China," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 57(2), pages 403-422, April.
  5. Hongmei Yi & Paiou Wu & Xiaoyuan Zhang & Dirk E Teuwen & Sean Sylvia, 2020. "Market competition and demand for skills in a credence goods market: Evidence from face-to-face and web-based non-physician clinician training in rural China," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(6), pages 1-17, June.

2019

  1. Prashant Loyalka & Sean Sylvia & Chengfang Liu & James Chu & Yaojiang Shi, 2019. "Pay by Design: Teacher Performance Pay Design and the Distribution of Student Achievement," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 37(3), pages 621-662.
  2. Luo, Renfu & Emmers, Dorien & Warrinnier, Nele & Rozelle, Scott & Sylvia, Sean, 2019. "Using community health workers to deliver a scalable integrated parenting program in rural China: A cluster-randomized controlled trial," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 239(C).

2018

  1. Wang Lei & Mengjie Li & Siqi Zhang & Yonglei Sun & Sean Sylvia & Enyan Yang & Guangrong Ma & Linxiu Zhang & Di Mo & Scott Rozelle, 2018. "Contract teachers and student achievement in rural China: evidence from class fixed effects," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 62(2), pages 299-322, April.
  2. Hao Xue & Jennifer Hager & Qi An & Kai Liu & Jing Zhang & Emma Auden & Bingyan Yang & Jie Yang & Hongyan Liu & Jingchun Nie & Aiqin Wang & Chengchao Zhou & Yaojiang Shi & Sean Sylvia, 2018. "The Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Urban Migrant Clinics in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-15, September.

2017

  1. Ahn, Tom & Trogdon, Justin G., 2017. "Peer delinquency and student achievement in middle school," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 192-217.

2016

  1. Zhou, H. & Sun, S. & Luo, R. & Sylvia, S. & Yue, A. & Shi, Y. & Zhang, L. & Medina, A. & Rozelle, S., 2016. "Impact of text message reminders on caregivers' adherence to a home fortification program against child anemia in rural western China: A cluster-randomized controlled trial," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 106(7), pages 1256-1262.

2015

  1. Yunfan Yang & Huan Wang & Linxiu Zhang & Sean Sylvia & Renfu Luo & Yaojiang Shi & Wei Wang & Scott Rozelle, 2015. "The Han-Minority Achievement Gap, Language, and Returns to Schools in Rural China," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 63(2), pages 319-359.

2014

  1. Trogdon, Justin G. & Allaire, Benjamin T., 2014. "The effect of friend selection on social influences in obesity," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 15(C), pages 153-164.
  2. Justin Trogdon & Donatus Ekwueme & Sujha Subramanian & Wesley Crouse, 2014. "Economies of scale in federally-funded state-organized public health programs: results from the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Programs," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 17(4), pages 321-330, December.

2013

  1. Sylvia, Sean & Luo, Renfu & Zhang, Linxiu & Shi, Yaojiang & Medina, Alexis & Rozelle, Scott, 2013. "Do you get what you pay for with school-based health programs? Evidence from a child nutrition experiment in rural China," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 37(C), pages 1-12.
  2. Li-Jung E. Ku & Sally C. Stearns & Courtney H. Van Houtven & Shoou-Yih D. Lee & Peggye Dilworth-Anderson & Thomas R. Konrad, 2013. "Impact of Caring for Grandchildren on the Health of Grandparents in Taiwan," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 68(6), pages 1009-1021.

2012

  1. Thirumurthy Harsha & Pop-Eleches Cristian & Habyarimana James P. & Goldstein Markus & Graff Zivin Joshua, 2012. "Behavioral Responses of Patients in AIDS Treatment Programs: Sexual Behavior in Kenya," Forum for Health Economics & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 15(2), pages 1-31, January.
  2. Miller, Grant & Luo, Renfu & Zhang, Linxiu & Sylvia, Sean & Shi, Yaojiang & Foo, Patricia & Zhao, Qiran & Martorell, Reynaldo & Medina, Alexis & Rozelle, Scott, 2012. "Effectiveness of provider incentives for anaemia reduction in rural China: a cluster randomised trial," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 345, pages 1-10.
  3. Li-Jung Ku & Sally Stearns & Courtney Houtven & George Holmes, 2012. "The health effects of caregiving by grandparents in Taiwan: an instrumental variable estimation," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 10(4), pages 521-540, December.

2011

  1. Ahmed Khwaja & Gabriel Picone & Martin Salm & Justin G. Trogdon, 2011. "A comparison of treatment effects estimators using a structural model of AMI treatment choices and severity of illness information from hospital charts," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(5), pages 825-853, August.

2009

  1. Justin G. Trogdon, 2009. "Demand For And Regulation Of Cardiac Services," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 50(4), pages 1183-1204, November.
  2. Zivin, Joshua Graff & Thirumurthy, Harsha & Goldstein, Markus, 2009. "AIDS treatment and intrahousehold resource allocation: Children's nutrition and schooling in Kenya," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 93(7-8), pages 1008-1015, August.
  3. Sukyung Chung & Marisa E. Domino & Sally C. Stearns, 2009. "The Effect of Retirement on Weight," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 64(5), pages 656-665.

2008

  1. Trogdon, Justin G. & Nonnemaker, James & Pais, Joanne, 2008. "Peer effects in adolescent overweight," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 27(5), pages 1388-1399, September.
  2. Harsha Thirumurthy & Joshua Graff Zivin & Markus Goldstein, 2008. "The Economic Impact of AIDS Treatment: Labor Supply in Western Kenya," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 43(3), pages 511-552.
  3. Heather L. Bednarek & Rowena A. Pecchenino & Sally C. Stearns, 2008. "Do Your Neighbors Influence Your Health?," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 10(2), pages 301-315, April.
  4. Sally C. Stearns & Laura P. D'Arcy, 2008. "Staying the Course: Facility and Profession Retention Among Nursing Assistants in Nursing Homes," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 63(3), pages 113-121.

2007

  1. Michele Wilson & Courtney Houtven & Sally Stearns & Elizabeth Clipp, 2007. "Depression and Missed Work among Informal Caregivers of Older Individuals with Dementia," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 28(4), pages 684-698, December.

2006

  1. Justin G. Trogdon & Frank A. Sloan, 2006. "Cigarette Taxes and the Master Settlement Agreement," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 44(4), pages 729-739, October.
  2. R. Konetzka & Edward Norton & Sally Stearns, 2006. "Medicare payment changes and nursing home quality: effects on long-stay residents," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, vol. 6(3), pages 173-189, September.
  3. Edward Norton & Hua Wang & Sally Stearns, 2006. "Behavioral Implications of Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditures," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES), vol. 142(V), pages 3-11.

2005

  1. Sloan, Frank A. & Trogdon, Justin G. & Mathews, Carrie A., 2005. "Litigation and the value of tobacco companies," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 24(3), pages 427-447, May.
  2. Sheryl Zimmerman & Philip D. Sloane & J. Kevin Eckert & Ann L. Gruber-Baldini & Leslie A. Morgan & J. Richard Hebel & Jay Magaziner & Sally C. Stearns & Cory K. Chen, 2005. "How Good Is Assisted Living? Findings and Implications From an Outcomes Study," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 60(4), pages 195-204.

2004

  1. Gabriel A. Picone & Frank Sloan & Justin G. Trogdon, 2004. "The effect of the tobacco settlement and smoking bans on alcohol consumption," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(10), pages 1063-1080, October.
  2. Frank A. Sloan & Justin G. Trogdon, 2004. "The impact of the master settlement agreement on cigarette consumption," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 23(4), pages 843-855.
  3. Sally C. Stearns & Edward C. Norton, 2004. "Time to include time to death? The future of health care expenditure predictions," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(4), pages 315-327, April.

2003

  1. Zhou Yang & Edward C. Norton & Sally C. Stearns, 2003. "Longevity and Health Care Expenditures," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 58(1), pages 2-10.

2002

  1. Beck A. Taylor & Justin G. Trogdon, 2002. "Losing to Win: Tournament Incentives in the National Basketball Association," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 20(1), pages 23-41, January.
  2. Michelle M. Mello & Sally C. Stearns & Edward C. Norton, 2002. "Do Medicare HMOs still reduce health services use after controlling for selection bias?," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 11(4), pages 323-340, June.

1998

  1. Ghosh, C. S. & Ravindran, P. & Joshi, M. & Stearns, Sally C., 1998. "Reductions in hospital use from self management training for chronic asthmatics," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 46(8), pages 1087-1093, April.
  2. Ming Tai‐Seale & Thomas H. Rice & Sally C. Stearns, 1998. "Volume responses to medicare payment reductions with multiple payers: a test of the McGuire–Pauly model," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 7(3), pages 199-219, May.

1993

  1. Weintraub, Jane A. & Stearns, Sally C. & Burt, Brian A. & Beltran, Eugenio & Eklund, Stephen A., 1993. "A retrospective analysis of the cost-effectiveness of dental sealants in a children's health center," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 36(11), pages 1483-1493, June.

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