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Owen Thompson

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First Name:Owen
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Last Name:Thompson
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RePEc Short-ID:pth225
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https://sites.google.com/site/othompsonecon/
Terminal Degree:2013 Department of Economics; University of Massachusetts-Amherst (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

Economics Department
Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)
http://econ.williams.edu/
RePEc:edi:edwilus (more details at EDIRC)

Research output

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Working papers

  1. Owen Thompson & Jason Fletcher & Karin Wu, 2026. "The Rise of the Modern Hospital and Early-Life Health: Evidence from the Hill-Burton Act," NBER Working Papers 34976, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Owen Thompson, 2025. "Human Capital and Racial Inequality in the US Labor Market," NBER Working Papers 34251, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  3. William W. Olney & Owen Thompson, 2024. "The Determinants of Declining Internal Migration," NBER Working Papers 32123, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Garrett Anstreicher & Jason Fletcher & Owen Thompson, 2022. "The Long Run Impacts of Court-Ordered Desegregation," Working Papers 22-11, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
  5. Owen Thompson, 2021. "Human Capital and Black-White Earnings Gaps, 1966-2017," NBER Working Papers 28586, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  6. Owen Thompson, 2021. "Human Capital and Black-White Earnings Gaps, 1996–2017," Upjohn Working Papers 21-343, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
  7. Owen Thompson, 2021. "Gifted & Talented Programs and Racial Segregation," NBER Working Papers 29546, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  8. Owen Thompson, 2019. "Fertility Decline in the Civil Rights Era," NBER Working Papers 26047, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  9. Owen Thompson, 2019. "School Desegregation and Black Teacher Employment," NBER Working Papers 25990, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  10. Dube, Arindrajit & Kaplan, Ethan & Thompson, Owen, 2014. "Nurse Unions and Patient Outcomes," IZA Discussion Papers 8259, IZA Network @ LISER.
  11. Owen Thompson, 2011. "The Returns to Skill and Racial Difference in Parenting: Evidence from the Civil Rights Movement," UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers 2011-06, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Economics.
  12. Owen Thompson, 2011. "Racial Disparities in the Cognition-Health Relationship," UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers 2011-02, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Economics.

Articles

  1. Owen Thompson, 2024. "Selected Fertility and Racial Inequality," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 59(3), pages 684-710.
  2. Owen Thompson, 2024. "Gifted & Talented Programs and Racial Segregation," Education Finance and Policy, MIT Press, vol. 19(4), pages 692-715, Fall.
  3. Thompson, Owen, 2024. "Human capital and black-white earnings gaps, 1966–2019," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 227(C).
  4. Owen Thompson, 2022. "School Desegregation and Black Teacher Employment," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 104(5), pages 962-980, December.
  5. Owen Thompson, 2019. "Tribal Gaming and Educational Outcomes in the Next Generation," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 38(3), pages 629-652, June.
  6. Owen Thompson, 2018. "The Determinants of Racial Differences in Parenting Practices," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 126(1), pages 438-449.
  7. Owen Thompson, 2018. "Head Start’s Long-Run Impact: Evidence from the Program’s Introduction," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 53(4), pages 1100-1139.
  8. Thompson, Owen, 2017. "Black–white differences in self-rated health, 1972–2015," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 154(C), pages 69-73.
  9. Thompson, Owen, 2017. "The long-term health impacts of Medicaid and CHIP," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 26-40.
  10. Owen Thompson, 2017. "Gene–Environment Interaction in the Intergenerational Transmission of Asthma," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(11), pages 1337-1352, November.
  11. Owen Thompson, 2016. "Drug Policy And Intergenerational Income Mobility In The United States," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 34(1), pages 127-145, January.
  12. Classen, Timothy J. & Thompson, Owen, 2016. "Genes and the intergenerational transmission of BMI and obesity," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 23(C), pages 121-133.
  13. Arindrajit Dube & Ethan Kaplan & Owen Thompson, 2016. "Nurse Unions and Patient Outcomes," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 69(4), pages 803-833, August.
  14. Kroeger, Sarah & Thompson, Owen, 2016. "Educational mobility across three generations of American women," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 72-86.
  15. Thompson, Owen, 2014. "Genetic mechanisms in the intergenerational transmission of health," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 132-146.
  16. Owen Thompson, 2014. "Economic Background and Educational Attainment: The Role of Gene-Environment Interactions," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 49(2), pages 263-294.
  17. Owen Thompson, 2011. "The estimated cost impact of privatizing student transportation in Minnesota school districts," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 146(3), pages 319-339, March.
  18. Thompson, Owen, 2011. "Racial disparities in the cognition-health relationship," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 30(2), pages 328-339, March.

Citations

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  1. Owen Thompson, 2018. "The Determinants of Racial Differences in Parenting Practices," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 126(1), pages 438-449.

    Mentioned in:

    1. The Determinants of Racial Differences in Parenting Practices (JPE 2018) in ReplicationWiki ()

Working papers

  1. William W. Olney & Owen Thompson, 2024. "The Determinants of Declining Internal Migration," NBER Working Papers 32123, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Bergantino, Angela Stefania & Clemente, Antonello & Iandolo, Stefano & Turati, Riccardo, 2025. "Shaped by Urban-Rural Divide and Skill: The Drivers of Internal Mobility in Italy," IZA Discussion Papers 18203, IZA Network @ LISER.
    2. Brian J. Asquith & Evan Mast, 2024. "Birth Dearth and Local Population Decline," Upjohn Working Papers 24-406, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
    3. Croce, Giuseppe & Piselli, Paolo, 2024. "Are the best jobs created in largest cities? Evidence from Italy 1993-2016," MPRA Paper 121228, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Hanson, Gordon H. & Moretti, Enrico, 2025. "Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone? Changes in the Geography of Work in the U.S., 1980-2021," SocArXiv z6qkn_v1, Center for Open Science.

  2. Garrett Anstreicher & Jason Fletcher & Owen Thompson, 2022. "The Long Run Impacts of Court-Ordered Desegregation," Working Papers 22-11, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.

    Cited by:

    1. Elizabeth Setren, 2024. "Busing to Opportunity? The Impacts of the METCO Voluntary School Desegregation Program on Urban Students of Color," CESifo Working Paper Series 11320, CESifo.

  3. Owen Thompson, 2021. "Human Capital and Black-White Earnings Gaps, 1966-2017," NBER Working Papers 28586, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Álvarez Pereira, Brais & Aman-Rana, Shan & Delfino, Alexia, 2024. "Team size and diversity," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 224(C), pages 924-948.
    2. John Edward Sabelhaus & Jeffrey P. Thompson, 2021. "Racial Wealth Disparities: Reconsidering the Roles of Human Capital and Inheritance," Working Papers 22-3, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
    3. Borjas, George J. & Hamermesh, Daniel S., 2023. "The Mismeasurement of Work Time: Implications for Wage Discrimination and Inequality," IZA Discussion Papers 16699, IZA Network @ LISER.
    4. Hope Bodenschatz & Gerald Eric Daniels Jr. & Jeffrey P. Thompson, 2023. "Decomposing Lifetime-Earnings Differences between White, Black, and Hispanic Families," Working Papers 23-14, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
    5. Dionissi Aliprantis & Daniel Carroll & Eric Young, 2022. "The Dynamics of the Racial Wealth Gap," Working Papers 2022-044, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.

  4. Owen Thompson, 2021. "Human Capital and Black-White Earnings Gaps, 1996–2017," Upjohn Working Papers 21-343, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

    Cited by:

    1. Álvarez Pereira, Brais & Aman-Rana, Shan & Delfino, Alexia, 2024. "Team size and diversity," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 224(C), pages 924-948.
    2. John Edward Sabelhaus & Jeffrey P. Thompson, 2021. "Racial Wealth Disparities: Reconsidering the Roles of Human Capital and Inheritance," Working Papers 22-3, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
    3. Borjas, George J. & Hamermesh, Daniel S., 2023. "The Mismeasurement of Work Time: Implications for Wage Discrimination and Inequality," IZA Discussion Papers 16699, IZA Network @ LISER.
    4. Gouzoulis, Giorgos & Papadopoulou, Aggela, 2025. "Financialization, Personal Debt Burden, & the Black-White Pay Gap in the United States," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1686, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    5. Hope Bodenschatz & Gerald Eric Daniels Jr. & Jeffrey P. Thompson, 2023. "Decomposing Lifetime-Earnings Differences between White, Black, and Hispanic Families," Working Papers 23-14, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

  5. Owen Thompson, 2019. "School Desegregation and Black Teacher Employment," NBER Working Papers 25990, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Anderson, D. Mark & Charles, Kerwin Kofi & Rees, Daniel I., 2020. "The Federal Effort to Desegregate Southern Hospitals and the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap," IZA Discussion Papers 13920, IZA Network @ LISER.

  6. Dube, Arindrajit & Kaplan, Ethan & Thompson, Owen, 2014. "Nurse Unions and Patient Outcomes," IZA Discussion Papers 8259, IZA Network @ LISER.

    Cited by:

    1. Dinlersoz, Emin & Greenwood, Jeremy & Hyatt, Henry R., 2014. "Who Do Unions Target? Unionization over the Life-Cycle of U.S. Businesses," IZA Discussion Papers 8416, IZA Network @ LISER.
    2. Nick Krachler & Jennie Auffenberg & Luigi Wolf, 2021. "The Role of Organizational Factors in Mobilizing Professionals: Evidence from Nurse Unions in the United States and Germany," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 59(3), pages 643-668, September.
    3. Ge, Qi & Kim, Donggeun & Kim, Myongjin & Yoon, Jangsu, 2025. "Mergers and unionization: Roll together or clash?," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 103(PB).
    4. Naqvi, Asjad & Zwickl, Klara, 2017. "Fifty shades of green: Revisiting decoupling by economic sectors and air pollutants," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 133(C), pages 111-126.
    5. Nick Krachler, 2023. "Institutional support for new work roles: The case of care coordinators in the United States and England," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 61(4), pages 951-974, December.
    6. Pauline Stanton & Timothy Bartram & Greg J. Bamber, 2022. "The role of nurses' unions in workplace innovation in Australian and Canadian hospitals: Analysing union strategies," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 53(5), pages 484-500, September.
    7. Adam Seth Litwin, 2017. "Collective Bargaining and Technological Investment: The Case of Nurses’ Unions and the Transition from Paper-Based to Electronic Health Records," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 55(4), pages 802-830, December.

  7. Owen Thompson, 2011. "Racial Disparities in the Cognition-Health Relationship," UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers 2011-02, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Michelle S. Goeree & John C. Ham & Daniela Iorio, 2011. "Race, Social Class, and Bulimia Nervosa," Working Papers 2011-034, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
    2. Robert Kaestner & Kevin Callison, 2011. "Adolescent Cognitive and Noncognitive Correlates of Adult Health," Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press, vol. 5(1), pages 29-69.
    3. Yuriy Pylypchuk & James B. Kirby, 2017. "The role of marriage in explaining racial and ethnic disparities in access to health care for men in the US," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 807-832, September.
    4. Deshpande, Ashwini & Ramachandran, Rajesh, 2022. "Early childhood stunting and later life outcomes: A longitudinal analysis," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 44(C).

Articles

  1. Thompson, Owen, 2024. "Human capital and black-white earnings gaps, 1966–2019," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 227(C).
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Owen Thompson, 2022. "School Desegregation and Black Teacher Employment," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 104(5), pages 962-980, December.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  3. Owen Thompson, 2019. "Tribal Gaming and Educational Outcomes in the Next Generation," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 38(3), pages 629-652, June.

    Cited by:

    1. Randall Akee & Maggie R. Jones & Emilia Simeonova, 2025. "Place Based Economic Development and Tribal Casinos," Working Papers 25-24, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
    2. Elizabeth Ananat & Irwin Garfinkel, 2023. "The Potential Long-Run Impact of a Permanently Expanded Child Tax Credit," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 710(1), pages 192-208, November.
    3. Randall Akee & Maggie R. Jones & Emilia Simeonova, 2025. "Place-Based Economic Development and Tribal Casinos," NBER Chapters, in: The Economics of Place-Based Policies, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

  4. Owen Thompson, 2018. "The Determinants of Racial Differences in Parenting Practices," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 126(1), pages 438-449.

    Cited by:

    1. Tenev, Nicholas H, 2020. "Social Connections and Racial Wage Inequality," SocArXiv vm82w, Center for Open Science.
    2. Dario Cestau & Dennis Epple & Richard Romano & Holger Sieg & Carl Wojtaszek, 2020. "College Achievement and Attainment Gaps: Evidence from West Point Cadets," NBER Working Papers 27162, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Joel Kaiyuan Han, 2022. "Parental involvement and neighborhood quality: evidence from public housing demolitions in Chicago," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 1193-1238, December.
    4. Gary Charness & John List & Aldo Rustichini & Anya Samek & Jeroen van de Ven, 2020. "Theory of Mind among Disadvantaged Children: Evidence from a Field Experiment," Framed Field Experiments 00686, The Field Experiments Website.
    5. Cornelissen, Thomas & Dang, Thang, 2022. "The multigenerational impacts of educational expansion: Evidence from Vietnam," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).

  5. Owen Thompson, 2018. "Head Start’s Long-Run Impact: Evidence from the Program’s Introduction," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 53(4), pages 1100-1139.

    Cited by:

    1. Pihl, Ariel Marek, 2022. "Head Start and mothers’ work: Free child care or something more?," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
    2. Wikle, Jocelyn & Wilson, Riley, 2021. "Access to Head Start and Maternal Labor Supply: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers 14880, IZA Network @ LISER.
    3. Lindsey Lacey, 2023. "The physical and mental health returns of Head Start 25 years after participation: Evidence from income eligibility cutoffs," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 61(4), pages 870-890, October.
    4. Jonas Lau-Jensen Hirani & Hans Henrik Sievertsen & Miriam Wust, 2020. "The Timing of Early Interventions and Child and Maternal Health," Bristol Economics Discussion Papers 20/720, School of Economics, University of Bristol, UK.
    5. Herbst, Chris M. & Kose, Esra, 2021. "Head Start Funding Expansions and Program Inputs," IZA Discussion Papers 14670, IZA Network @ LISER.
    6. Lovett, Nicholas & Xue, Yuhan, 2020. "Family first or the kindness of strangers? Foster care placements and adult outcomes," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).

  6. Thompson, Owen, 2017. "The long-term health impacts of Medicaid and CHIP," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 26-40.

    Cited by:

    1. Wojciech Gryzbowski & Aleksandra Adamicz & Hanna Wysocki, 2021. "The Social Externality of Health Insurance: Evidence from Unemployment Insurance Generosity and Children Mortality," Economic Alternatives, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, issue 2, pages 262-279, July.
    2. O'Donnell, Owen, 2024. "Health and health system effects on poverty: A narrative review of global evidence," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 142(C).
    3. Brady, David & Gao, Manjing & Guerra, Christian & Kohler, Ulrich & Link, Bruce, 2024. "The long term relationship between childhood Medicaid expansions and severe chronic conditions in adulthood," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 58(1), pages 39-60.
    4. Chloe N. East & Sarah Miller & Marianne Page & Laura R. Wherry, 2017. "Multi-generational Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net: Early Life Exposure to Medicaid and the Next Generation’s Health," NBER Working Papers 23810, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Sarah Miller & Norman Johnson & Laura R. Wherry, 2019. "Medicaid and Mortality: New Evidence from Linked Survey and Administrative Data," NBER Working Papers 26081, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    6. Stock, Wendy & Schultz, Gunnar, 2025. "Public health insurance and special education enrollment," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    7. Hull, Marie C. & Yan, Ji, 2024. "The Impact of Children's Access to Public Health Insurance on Their Cognitive Development and Behavior," IZA Discussion Papers 17190, IZA Network @ LISER.
    8. Toshiaki Iizuka & Hitoshi Shigeoka, 2018. "Free for Children? Patient Cost-sharing and Healthcare Utilization," NBER Working Papers 25306, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    9. Tung Yu Marco Chan, 2020. "An Empirical Evaluation On The Effectiveness Of Medicaid Expansion Across 49 States," Papers 2012.11286, arXiv.org.
    10. Gopalan, Maithreyi & Lombardi, Caitlin McPherran & Bullinger, Lindsey Rose, 2022. "Effects of parental public health insurance eligibility on parent and child health outcomes," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 44(C).
    11. Jiajing Li & Chen Jiao & Stephen Nicholas & Jian Wang & Gong Chen & Jinghua Chang, 2020. "Impact of Medical Debt on the Financial Welfare of Middle- and Low-Income Families across China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(12), pages 1-13, June.
    12. Conti, Gabriella & Mason, Giacomo & Poupakis, Stavros, 2019. "Developmental Origins of Health Inequality," IZA Discussion Papers 12448, IZA Network @ LISER.
    13. Huang, Wei & Liu, Hong, 2023. "Early childhood exposure to health insurance and adolescent outcomes: Evidence from rural China," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 160(C).
    14. Guldi, Melanie & Hamersma, Sarah, 2023. "The effects of pregnancy-related Medicaid expansions on maternal, infant, and child health," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
    15. Lu, Shengfeng & Chen, Sixia & Wang, Peigang, 2019. "Language barriers and health status of elderly migrants: Micro-evidence from China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 94-112.
    16. Noghanibehambari, Hamid & Bagheri, Hesamaldin & Toranji, Mostafa & Vu, Hoa & Tavassoli, Nasrin, 2025. "Womb to wisdom: Early-life exposure to midwifery laws and later-life disability," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 372(C).
    17. Gopalan, Maithreyi & Lombardi, Caitlin & Bullinger, Lindsey Rose, 2021. "Effects of Parental Public Health Insurance Eligibility on Parent and Child Health Outcomes," SocArXiv vghk6, Center for Open Science.
    18. Cheolmin Kang & Akira Kawamura & Haruko Noguchi, 2019. "Does Free Healthcare Affect Children's Healthcare Use and Outcomes?," Working Papers 1914, Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics.
    19. Kang, Cheolmin & Kawamura, Akira & Noguchi, Haruko, 2022. "Does free healthcare improve children's healthcare use and outcomes? Evidence from Japan's healthcare subsidy for young children," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 202(C), pages 372-406.

  7. Owen Thompson, 2017. "Gene–Environment Interaction in the Intergenerational Transmission of Asthma," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(11), pages 1337-1352, November.

    Cited by:

    1. Panka Bencsik & Timothy J. Halliday & Bhashkar Mazumder, 2021. "The Intergenerational Transmission of Mental and Physical Health in the United Kingdom," Working Papers 202101, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics.
    2. Jiao Lu & Yang Yang & Yang Gao, 2024. "Research on the Spatial and Temporal Patterns and Formation Mechanisms of Intergenerational Health Mobility in China," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 173(3), pages 709-740, July.

  8. Owen Thompson, 2016. "Drug Policy And Intergenerational Income Mobility In The United States," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 34(1), pages 127-145, January.

    Cited by:

    1. Lovett, Nicholas & Xue, Yuhan, 2025. "Do greater sanctions deter youth crime? Evidence from a regression discontinuity design," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 236(C).

  9. Classen, Timothy J. & Thompson, Owen, 2016. "Genes and the intergenerational transmission of BMI and obesity," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 23(C), pages 121-133.

    Cited by:

    1. Stoklosa, Michal & Shuval, Kerem & Drope, Jeffrey & Tchernis, Rusty & Pachucki, Mark & Yaroch, Amy & Harding, Matthew, 2018. "The intergenerational transmission of obesity: The role of time preferences and self-control," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 28(C), pages 92-106.
    2. Gago, Cristina M. & Jurkowski, Janine & Beckerman-Hsu, Jacob P. & Aftosmes-Tobio, Alyssa & Figueroa, Roger & Oddleifson, Carly & Mattei, Josiemer & Kenney, Erica L. & Haneuse, Sebastien & Davison, Kir, 2022. "Exploring a theory of change: Are increases in parental empowerment associated with healthier weight-related parenting practices?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 296(C).
    3. Finaret, Amelia B. & Masters, William A., 2020. "Can shorter mothers have taller children? Nutritional mobility, health equity and the intergenerational transmission of relative height," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 39(C).
    4. Namal N. Balasooriya & Jayatilleke S. Bandara & Nicholas Rohde, 2021. "The intergenerational effects of socioeconomic inequality on unhealthy bodyweight," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(4), pages 729-747, April.
    5. Jajtner, Katie & Wang, Yang, 2025. "The effects of earned income tax credits on intergenerational health mobility in the United States," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    6. Chakraborty, Suparna & Wang, Miao Grace & Wong, M. C. Sunny, 2024. "Coupling and decoupling of ancestral linkages and current cross-border economic activities: Genetics and policy," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 54(C).
    7. Costa-Font, Joan & Jofre-Bonet, Mireia, 2020. "Is the intergenerational transmission of overweight ‘gender assortative’?," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 39(C).
    8. Jiao Lu & Yang Yang & Yang Gao, 2024. "Research on the Spatial and Temporal Patterns and Formation Mechanisms of Intergenerational Health Mobility in China," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 173(3), pages 709-740, July.
    9. Abrahamsson, Sara & Bütikofer, Aline & Karbownik, Krzysztof, 2023. "Swallow This: Childhood and Adolescent Exposure to Fast Food Restaurants, BMI, and Cognitive Ability," IZA Discussion Papers 16109, IZA Network @ LISER.
    10. Björkegren, Evelina & Lindahl, Mikael & Palme, Mårten & Simeonova, Emilia, 2019. "Pre- and Post-Birth Components of Intergenerational Persistence in Health and Longevity: Lessons from a Large Sample of Adoptees," IZA Discussion Papers 12451, IZA Network @ LISER.
    11. Halliday, Timothy & Mazumder, Bhashkar & Wong, Ashley, 2021. "Intergenerational mobility in self-reported health status in the US," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).
    12. Jason Fletcher & Katie M. Jajtner, 2021. "Intergenerational health mobility: Magnitudes and Importance of Schools and Place," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(7), pages 1648-1667, July.
    13. Aline Bütikofer & Rita Ginja & Krzysztof Karbownik & Fanny Landaud, 2024. "(Breaking) intergenerational transmission of mental health," Post-Print hal-04322084, HAL.
    14. Dimitrios Minos, 2020. "“Eat, my child.” Obesity among children in developing countries: Evidence from South Africa," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 24(4), pages 1300-1311, November.
    15. Zhiwei Dong & Liping Wu & Yang Chen & Oleksii Lyulyov & Tetyana Pimonenko, 2022. "Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity: Role of Education and Income," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-13, November.
    16. Sari, Emre & Moilanen, Mikko & Sommerseth, Hilde Leikny, 2021. "Transgenerational health effects of in utero exposure to economic hardship: Evidence from preindustrial Southern Norway," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 43(C).
    17. Halliday, Timothy & Mazumder, Bhashkar & Sinha, Kompal & Wang, Huixia, 2026. "Intergenerational Persistence of Health in Indonesia: The Importance of Using Biomarkers," IZA Discussion Papers 18365, IZA Network @ LISER.
    18. Rafał Baran & Joanna Baran & Justyna Leszczak & Agnieszka Bejer & Justyna Wyszyńska, 2022. "Sociodemographic and Socioeconomic Factors Influencing the Body Mass Composition of School-Age Children," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(18), pages 1-14, September.
    19. Fletcher, Jason & Jajtner, Katie M., 2023. "Multidimensional intergenerational mobility," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 328(C).
    20. Amin, Vikesh & Dunn, Paul & Spector, Tim, 2018. "Does education attenuate the genetic risk of obesity? Evidence from U.K. Twins," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 200-208.
    21. Costa-Font, Joan & Jofre-Bonet, Mireia & Le Grand, Julian, 2020. "Vertical transmission of overweight: evidence from a sample of English adoptees," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 106288, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    22. Noghanibehambari, Hamid, 2022. "Intergenerational health effects of Medicaid," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 45(C).
    23. Duncan, Roberto & Toledo, Patricia, 2018. "Long-run overweight levels and convergence in body mass index," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 26-39.
    24. Rougeaux, Emeline & Vázquez-Vázquez, Adriana & Busert-Sebela, Laura & Fewtrell, Mary & Wells, Jonathan C.K., 2025. "Associations of parental internal migration with child growth and nutritional status in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 371(C).
    25. Carrieri, Vincenzo & Jones, Andrew M., 2018. "Intergenerational transmission of nicotine within families: Have e-cigarettes influenced passive smoking?," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 83-93.

  10. Arindrajit Dube & Ethan Kaplan & Owen Thompson, 2016. "Nurse Unions and Patient Outcomes," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 69(4), pages 803-833, August.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  11. Kroeger, Sarah & Thompson, Owen, 2016. "Educational mobility across three generations of American women," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 72-86.

    Cited by:

    1. Ciaschi, Matías & Marchionni, Mariana & Neidhöfer, Guido, 2025. "Intergenerational mobility in Latin America: The multiple facets of social status and the role of mothers," ZEW Discussion Papers 25-042, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    2. Olivetti, Claudia & Paserman, M. Daniele & Salisbury, Laura, 2018. "Three-generation mobility in the United States, 1850–1940: The role of maternal and paternal grandparents," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 73-90.
    3. A. Hector Moreno M., 2018. "Good things come in threes: multigenerational transmission of human capital," PSE Working Papers halshs-01945784, HAL.
    4. Brunello, Giorgio & Yamamura, Eiji, 2021. "With a Little Help from My Mother. The Matrilineal Advantage in European Grand Parenting," IZA Discussion Papers 14379, IZA Network @ LISER.
    5. Jørgen Modalsli, 2016. "Multigenerational persistence. Evidence from 146 years of administrative data," Discussion Papers 850, Statistics Norway, Research Department.
    6. Wang, Sophie Xuefei & Bansak, Cynthia, 2024. "Are grandparents a good substitute for parents as the primary caregiver? The impact of grandparents on Children's academic performance," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
    7. Wei, Yuexin & Liu, Zeyun, 2025. "Family environment and multi-generational educational transmission in China: A perspective on paternal and maternal lineage differences," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
    8. Colagrossi, Marco & d'Hombres, Beatrice & Schnepf, Sylke V., 2019. "Like (Grand)Parent, like Child? Multigenerational Mobility across the EU," IZA Discussion Papers 12302, IZA Network @ LISER.
    9. Blanden, Jo & Doepke, Matthias & Stuhler, Jan, 2022. "Education inequality," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 117857, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    10. Hector Moreno, 2021. "The Influence of Parental and Grandparental Education in the Transmission of Human Capital," Working Papers 588, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
    11. Bhaskar Jyoti Neog, 2025. "Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in India: The Role of Gender and the Extended Family," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 37(4), pages 839-859, August.
    12. Bühler Jonas & Erhardt Tamara & Häner-Müller Melanie & Schaltegger Christoph A., 2025. "Ist Blut dicker als Wasser? Wie die Familie den sozialen Aufstieg beeinflusst," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 26(1), pages 62-79.
    13. Giovanni Razzu & Ayago Wambile, 2020. "Three-generation educational mobility in six African countries," Economics Discussion Papers em-dp2020-23, Department of Economics, University of Reading.
    14. Federičová, Miroslava & Pertold, Filip, 2025. "Multigenerational education mobility in Europe: Exploring the mechanism," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    15. Wang, Sophie Xuefei & Bansak, Cynthia, 2022. "Are Grandparents a Good Substitute for Parents as the Primary Caregiver? The Impact of Grandparents on Children's Academic Performance," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1100, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    16. Steven B. Caudill & Stephanie O. Crofton & João Ricardo Faria & Neela D. Manage & Franklin G. Mixon & Mary Greer Simonton, 2020. "Property confiscation and the intergenerational transmission of education in post-1948 Eastern Europe," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 184(1), pages 1-41, July.

  12. Thompson, Owen, 2014. "Genetic mechanisms in the intergenerational transmission of health," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 132-146.

    Cited by:

    1. Kim, Younoh & Sikoki, Bondan & Strauss, John & Witoelar, Firman, 2015. "Intergenerational correlations of health among older adults: Empirical evidence from Indonesia," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 6(C), pages 44-56.
    2. Andreella, Claudia & Karlsson, Martin & Nilsson, Therese & Westphal, Matthias, 2015. "The long shadows of past insults intergenerational transmission of health over 130 years," Ruhr Economic Papers 571, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    3. Finaret, Amelia B. & Masters, William A., 2020. "Can shorter mothers have taller children? Nutritional mobility, health equity and the intergenerational transmission of relative height," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 39(C).
    4. Frimmel, Wolfgang & Halla, Martin & Paetzold, Jörg, 2017. "The Intergenerational Causal Effect of Tax Evasion: Evidence from the Commuter Tax Allowance in Austria," VfS Annual Conference 2017 (Vienna): Alternative Structures for Money and Banking 168244, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    5. Katie M Jajtner, 2020. "Work‐Limiting Disability and Intergenerational Economic Mobility," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 101(5), pages 2001-2016, September.
    6. Alexander Ahammer & Martin Halla, 2022. "The intergenerational persistence of opioid dependence: Evidence from administrative data," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 31(11), pages 2425-2444, November.
    7. Barbieri, Paolo Nicola & Nguyen, Hieu M., 2021. "When in America, do as the Americans? The evolution of health behaviors and outcomes across immigrant cohorts," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 43(C).
    8. Huong Thu Le & Ha Trong Nguyen, 2018. "The Impact of Maternal Mental Health Shocks on Child Health: Estimates from Fixed-Effects Instrumental Variables Models for Two Cohorts of Australian Children," American Journal of Health Economics, MIT Press, vol. 4(2), pages 185-225, Spring.
    9. Owen Thompson, 2017. "Gene–Environment Interaction in the Intergenerational Transmission of Asthma," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(11), pages 1337-1352, November.
    10. Jajtner, Katie & Wang, Yang, 2025. "The effects of earned income tax credits on intergenerational health mobility in the United States," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 103(C).
    11. Michael Darden & Donna Gilleskie, 2016. "The Effects of Parental Health Shocks on Adult Offspring Smoking Behavior and Self‐Assessed Health," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 25(8), pages 939-954, August.
    12. Bethencourt, Carlos & Kunze, Lars, 2022. "The economics of crime and socialization: The role of the family," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 197(C), pages 579-597.
    13. Björkegren, Evelina & Lindahl, Mikael & Palme, Mårten & Simeonova, Emilia, 2019. "Pre- and Post-Birth Components of Intergenerational Persistence in Health and Longevity: Lessons from a Large Sample of Adoptees," IZA Discussion Papers 12451, IZA Network @ LISER.
    14. Petter Lundborg & Martin Nordin & Dan Olof Rooth, 2018. "The intergenerational transmission of human capital: the role of skills and health," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 31(4), pages 1035-1065, October.
    15. Jason Fletcher & Katie M. Jajtner, 2021. "Intergenerational health mobility: Magnitudes and Importance of Schools and Place," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(7), pages 1648-1667, July.
    16. Aline Bütikofer & Rita Ginja & Krzysztof Karbownik & Fanny Landaud, 2024. "(Breaking) intergenerational transmission of mental health," Post-Print hal-04322084, HAL.
    17. Dugord, Clara & Franc, Carine, 2025. "Intergenerational transmission of preventive health-seeking behaviors: Like mother, like daughter? The case of cancer screening in France," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 381(C).
    18. Tamayo Martinez, Nathalie & Serdarevic, Fadila & Tahirovic, Emin & Daenekindt, Stijn & Keizer, Renske & Jansen, Pauline W. & Tiemeier, Henning, 2024. "What maternal educational mobility tells us about the mother’s parenting routines, offspring school achievement and intelligence," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 345(C).
    19. Ahammer, Alexander & Halla, Martin, 2020. "The Intergenerational Transmission of Opioid Dependence: Evidence from Administrative Data," IZA Discussion Papers 13395, IZA Network @ LISER.
    20. Elodie ROSSI, 2023. "Child malnutrition in Nepal: Women’s empowerment or promotion of their socioeconomic status?," Bordeaux Economics Working Papers 2023-04, Bordeaux School of Economics (BSE).
    21. Goodman, Michael L. & Gibson, Derrick C. & Baker, Larissa & Seidel, Sarah E., 2020. "Family-level factors to reintegrate street-involved children in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
    22. Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. & Dahmann, Sarah C. & Salamanca, Nicolás & Zhu, Anna, 2017. "Intergenerational Disadvantage: Learning about Equal Opportunity from Social Assistance Receipt," IZA Discussion Papers 11070, IZA Network @ LISER.
    23. Noghanibehambari, Hamid, 2022. "Intergenerational health effects of Medicaid," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 45(C).
    24. Le, Huong & Nguyen, Ha, 2015. "Intergenerational transmission in health: Causal estimates from fixed effects instrumental variables models for two cohorts of Australian children," MPRA Paper 68175, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    25. Zheng, Xiaodong & Fang, Zuyi & Wang, Yajun & Fang, Xiangming, 2022. "When left-behind children become adults and parents: The long-term human capital consequences of parental absence in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
    26. Classen, Timothy J. & Thompson, Owen, 2016. "Genes and the intergenerational transmission of BMI and obesity," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 23(C), pages 121-133.
    27. Marte E. S. Ulvestad & Simen Markussen, 2023. "Born or bred? The roles of nature and nurture for intergenerational persistence in labour market outcomes," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 36(2), pages 1005-1047, April.
    28. Eyal, Katherine & Burns, Justine, 2019. "The parent trap: Cash transfers and the intergenerational transmission of depressive symptoms in South Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 211-229.
    29. Fletcher, Jason, 2023. "Decoupling genetics from attainments: The role of social environments," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 50(C).

  13. Owen Thompson, 2014. "Economic Background and Educational Attainment: The Role of Gene-Environment Interactions," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 49(2), pages 263-294.

    Cited by:

    1. Deepti Goel & Bidisha Barooah, 2018. "Drivers of Student Performance: Evidence from Higher Secondary Public Schools in Delhi," Working papers 289, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
    2. Shinsuke Asakawa, 2020. "Can Child Benefits Shape Parents' Attitudes toward Childrearing in Japan?: Effects of Child Benefit Policy Expansions," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 19-04-Rev.2, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
    3. Susnaningsih Muat & Nurul Shahnaz Mahdzan & Mohd Edil Abd Sukor, 2024. "What shapes the financial capabilities of young adults in the US and Asia-Pacific region? A systematic literature review," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-15, December.
    4. Jason Fletcher, 2018. "Environmental Bottlenecks on Children's Genetic Potential for Adult Socioeconomic Attainments: Evidence from a Health Shock," Working Papers 2018-036, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
    5. Papageorge, Nicholas W. & Thom, Kevin, 2016. "Genes, Education, and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study," IZA Discussion Papers 10200, IZA Network @ LISER.
    6. Steven F. Lehrer & Weili Ding, 2017. "Are genetic markers of interest for economic research?," IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 6(1), pages 1-23, December.
    7. Rauscher, Emily, 2017. "Plastic and Immobile," OSF Preprints cjweu, Center for Open Science.
    8. Pehkonen, Jaakko & Viinikainen, Jutta & Böckerman, Petri & Lehtimäki, Terho & Pitkänen, Niina & Raitakari, Olli, 2017. "Genetic endowments, parental resources and adult health: Evidence from the Young Finns Study," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 188(C), pages 191-200.
    9. Barth, Daniel & Papageorge, Nicholas W. & Thom, Kevin, 2017. "Genetic Ability, Wealth, and Financial Decision-Making," IZA Discussion Papers 10567, IZA Network @ LISER.
    10. Amin, Vikesh & Dunn, Paul & Spector, Tim, 2018. "Does education attenuate the genetic risk of obesity? Evidence from U.K. Twins," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 31(C), pages 200-208.
    11. Justin Cook, C. & Fletcher, Jason M., 2015. "Understanding heterogeneity in the effects of birth weight on adult cognition and wages," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 107-116.

  14. Owen Thompson, 2011. "The estimated cost impact of privatizing student transportation in Minnesota school districts," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 146(3), pages 319-339, March.

    Cited by:

    1. Andersson, Fredrik & Jordahl, Henrik, 2011. "Outsourcing Public Services: Ownership, Competition, Quality and Contracting," Working Papers 2011:20, Lund University, Department of Economics.
    2. Andersson, Fredrik W. & Jordahl, Henrik & Josephson, Jens, 2019. "Outsourcing Public Services: Contractibility, Cost, and Quality," IZA Discussion Papers 12401, IZA Network @ LISER.

  15. Thompson, Owen, 2011. "Racial disparities in the cognition-health relationship," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 30(2), pages 328-339, March.
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  1. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (7) 2019-07-15 2019-07-22 2019-09-16 2019-09-16 2022-05-16 2023-02-06 2026-03-30. Author is listed
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  4. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (4) 2011-06-11 2024-03-04 2025-09-29 2026-03-23
  5. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (4) 2019-07-15 2021-04-05 2021-04-05 2022-05-16
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  7. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (2) 2024-03-04 2026-03-23
  8. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (1) 2011-06-11
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