Research

Publications

The prevalence, trends and heterogeneity in maternal smoking around birth between the 1930s and 1970s (with Stephanie von Hinke, Hans H. Sievertsen, Emil Sorensen, Nicolai Vitt) Forthcoming in Baltagi, B. and Moscone, F. (eds.) Recent Developments in Health Econometrics: A volume in honour of Andrew Jones, Emerald Publishing.

Changing Dietary Habits Early in Life: A Field Experiment with Low-Income Families (with Michele Belot, Noemi Berlin, and Valeria Skafida) Forthcoming. Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics

Smoking, Information and Education: The Royal College of Physicians and the New
Public Health Movement (open access) Forthcoming. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Let There Be Light: Daylight Saving Time and Road Traffic Collisions (open access). 2023. Economic Inquiry, 61(3): 523-545

Put Your FTSE Down: Wealth shocks and road traffic collisions. (open access). 2022. (with Zisen Chen). Social Science & Medicine, 314: 115488.

     Policy Brief: Cato 

Incentivizing Dietary Choices among Children: Review of Experimental Evidence. (open access). 2022. (with Michele Belot). Food Policy, 111: 102319.

Maternal Stress During Pregnancy and Children’s Food Preferences 2022. (with Michele Belot, Martina Vecchi, Nicolai Vitt). Nutrition, 93: 111423.

     Working paper version: IZA CESifo

     Blogs: IPR IAS

     Presentations: Road Safety GB Conference

     Media: The Scotsman 

Daily stressors and Food Choices: A Lab Experiment with Low-SES Mothers 2021. (with Michele Belot, Martina Vecchi and Nicolai Vitt). European Economic Review, 136: 103754.

Facilitating Healthy Dietary Habits: An Experiment with a Low Income Population 2020. (with Michele Belot and Jonathan Spiteri). European Economic Review, 129: 103550.

Freedom of Information (FOI) as a data collection tool for social scientists. 2020. (with Joanna Clifton-Sprigg, and Suncica Vujic). PLoS ONE, 15(2): e0228392.

Liquid Assets? The Short-Run Liabilities of Binge Drinking. 2019. (with Marco Francesconi). The Economic Journal, 129(621): 2090-2136.

From high school to the high chair: Education and fertility timing. 2019. (with Suncica Vujic). Economics of Education Review, 69: 1-24.

A computer-based incentivized food basket choice tool: Presentation and evaluation. 2019. (with Michele Belot and Jonathan Spiteri). PLoS ONE, 14(1): e0210061.

     Policy Brief: IPR

Partner selection into policy relevant field experiments. 2016. (with Michele Belot). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 123: 31-56.

Health and Education Expansion. 2015. Economics of Education Review, 49: 193-215.

A new perspective on the issue of selection bias in randomized controlled trials. 2014. Economics Letters, 124(3): 326-328.

Healthy school meals and educational outcomes. 2011. Journal of Health Economics, 30(3): 489-504.

Working papers & work in progress

Love thy neighbour? Brexit and Hate Crime (with Joel Carr, Joanna Clifton-Sprigg and Suncica Vujic) (Submitted)

Hate in the Time of COVID-19: Racial Crimes against East Asians (with Joel Carr, Joanna Clifton-Sprigg and Suncica Vujic) (Submitted)

The Friday Effect: School Attendance over the Week (with Joanna Clifton-Sprigg) (Submitted)

The Brexit referendum as a trigger of migration: Insights into the decision to migrate (with Joanna Clifton-Sprigg, Ines Homburg and Suncica Vujic)

Drunk Driving and Labor Market Repercussions (with Kabir Dastgupta, Marco Francesconi and Alexander Plum)

Pick your Poison: Arsenic, beer and fertility

The Impact of a Personalised Blood Pressure Warning on Health Behaviours (with
Sonia Bhalotra, Adeline Delavande, Paul Fisher)