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Robert Kaestner

Global rank #948 98%

Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Primary Field: Health (weighted toward more recent publications)

First Publication: 1991

Most Recent: 2025

RePEc ID: pka42 ↗

Publication Scores

Scores use coauthorship adjustment: α/n credit per paper, where n = number of authors. α = 2.01: calibrated so average adjusted count equals average raw count (a zero-sum adjustment).

Period S (4x) A (2x) B (1x) C (½x) Total
Last 5 Years 0.00 0.00 3.85 0.00 4.69
Last 10 Years 0.00 1.58 8.55 0.00 13.54
All Time 1.68 10.96 24.13 0.00 55.10

Publication Statistics

Raw Publications 44
Coauthorship-Adjusted Count 41.63

Publications (44)

Year Article Journal Tier Authors
2025 Effects of income on infant health: Evidence from the expanded child tax credit and pandemic stimulus checks Journal of Health Economics B 3
2024 Why higher copayments for opioids did not reduce use among Medicare beneficiaries Health Economics B 3
2024 Effect of prescription opioid control policies on infant health Southern Economic Journal C 2
2023 Effects of prescription opioids on employment, earnings, marriage, disability and mortality: Evidence from state opioid control policies Labour Economics B 2
2022 Smoking, selection, and medical care expenditures Journal of Risk and Uncertainty B 2
2022 Effects of the Minimum Wage on Child Health American Journal of Health Economics B 4
2021 DO SUPPLY‐SIDE FORCES EXPLAIN GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN HEALTH CARE USE? Economic Inquiry C 3
2020 A Cautionary Tale of Evaluating Identifying Assumptions: Did Reality TV Really Cause a Decline in Teenage Childbearing? Journal of Business & Economic Statistics A 3
2020 Education and health over the life cycle Economics of Education Review B 3
2019 Does public insurance coverage for pregnant women affect prenatal health behaviors? Journal of Population Economics B 3
2019 The geography of family differences and intergenerational mobility Journal of Economic Geography B 3
2019 Infant mortality and adult wellbeing: Evidence from wartime Britain Labour Economics B 3
2018 An Assessment of the Forward‐Looking Hypothesis of the Demand for Cigarettes Southern Economic Journal C 2
2018 The effect of the affordable care act Medicaid expansions on financial wellbeing Journal of Public Economics A 5
2018 Childhood Medicaid Coverage and Later-Life Health Care Utilization Review of Economics and Statistics A 4
2018 In honor of Michael Grossman Southern Economic Journal C 2
2016 Do `Skills Beget Skills'? Evidence on the effect of kindergarten entrance age on the evolution of cognitive and non-cognitive skill gaps in childhoodAuthor-Name: Lubotsky, Darren Economics of Education Review B 1
2015 The Effect of Medicaid Expansions in the Late 1980s and Early 1990s on the Labor Supply of Pregnant Women American Journal of Health Economics B 4
2015 Does seeing the doctor more often keep you out of the hospital? Journal of Health Economics B 2
2014 DO HIGHER TOBACCO TAXES REDUCE ADULT SMOKING? NEW EVIDENCE OF THE EFFECT OF RECENT CIGARETTE TAX INCREASES ON ADULT SMOKING Economic Inquiry C 2
2014 Are investments in disease prevention complements? The case of statins and health behaviors Journal of Health Economics B 3
2014 Self-Selection and International Migration: New Evidence from Mexico Review of Economics and Statistics A 2
2013 Acculturation and Health Insurance of Mexicans in the USA Review of International Economics B 2
2012 Effect of immigrant nurses on labor market outcomes of US nurses Journal of Urban Economics A 2
2011 Long-Term Effects of Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws on Adult Alcohol Use and Driving Fatalities Journal of Law and Economics B 2
2010 Effects of urban sprawl on obesity Journal of Health Economics B 2
2009 Effects of weight on children's educational achievement Economics of Education Review B 2
2008 Medicare reimbursement, nurse staffing, and patient outcomes Journal of Health Economics B 2
2007 Labor Market Effects of September 11th on Arab and Muslim Residents of the United States Journal of Human Resources A 3
2005 An Investigation of the Effects of Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Policies on Youth Risky Sexual Behaviors American Economic Review S 3
2005 Immigrant and native responses to welfare reform Journal of Population Economics B 2
2005 The effect of welfare reform on prenatal care and birth weight Health Economics B 2
2004 Teenage sex, drugs and alcohol use: problems identifying the cause of risky behaviors Journal of Health Economics B 2
2003 Welfare reform and health insurance coverage of low-income families Journal of Health Economics B 2
2003 Migration consequences of welfare reform Journal of Urban Economics A 3
2002 Alcohol taxes and labor market outcomes Journal of Health Economics B 2
2001 Medical malpractice liability and its effect on prenatal care utilization and infant health Journal of Health Economics B 3
1999 The impact of malpractice fears on cesarean section rates Journal of Health Economics B 3
1998 The effect of drug use on workplace accidents Labour Economics B 2
1997 Are Brothers Really Better? Sibling Sex Composition and Educational Achievement Revisited Journal of Human Resources A 1
1996 State reproductive policies and adolescent pregnancy resolution: The case of parental involvement laws Journal of Health Economics B 2
1995 Wages, Workers' Compensation Benefits, and Drug Use: Indirect Evidence of the Effect of Drugs on Workplace Accidents. American Economic Review S 2
1994 The Effect of Illicit Drug Use on the Labor Supply of Young Adults Journal of Human Resources A 1
1991 The Effect of Illicit Drug Use on the Wages of Young Adults. Journal of Labor Economics A 1