prof.dr. (Owen) O.A. O'Donnell

Endowed Professor Erasmus School of Economics Applied Economics

Location: Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
Room: H 13-29
Telephone: +31 10 4082566
Email: odonnell@ese.eur.nl

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Owen O'Donnell is an Associate Professor in the Erasmus School of Economics and the University of Macedonia (Greece). He is a Research Fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and NETSPAR. He obtained his DPhil from the University of York (UK) and has held faculty or visiting positions at the universities of Kent (UK), Lausanne (CH) and Wisconsin-Madison (US). His research is mainly within the field of health economics, covering topics such as inequality in health and health care, the interactions between health, employment and income, and health care financing in low and middle income countries. He is co-organiser of the European Workshops on Econometrics and Health Economics and an Associate Editor of Health Economics.

- - S. Neelsen, S. Limwattananon, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2019). Universal health coverage: A (social insurance) job half done? World Development, 113, 246-258. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.09.004
  - L.R. Buisman, E. Van de Poel, O.A. O'Donnell & E. van Doorslaer (2019). What explains the fall in child stunting in Sub-Saharan Africa? SSM - Population Health, 8:100384. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100384
  - A. Murphy, B. Palafox, O.A. O'Donnell, D. Stuckler, P. Perel, K.F. AlHabib, A. Avezum, X.L. Bai, J. Chifamba, C.K. Chow, D.J. Corsi, G. Dagenais, A.L. Dans, R. Diaz, A.N. Erbakan, N. Ismail, R. Iqbal, R. Kelishadi, R. Khatib, F. Lanas, S.A. Lear, W. Li, J. Liu, P. Lopez-Jaramillo, V. Mohan, N. Monsef, P.K. Mony, T. Puoane, S. Rangarajan, A. Rosengren, A.E.M. Schutte, M. Sintaha, K. Teo, A. Wielgosz, K. Yeates, L. Yin, K. Yusoff, K. Zatonska, S. Yusuf & M. McKee (2018). Inequalities in the use of secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease by socioeconomic status: evidence from the PURE observational study. The Lancet Global Health, 6 (3), E292-E301. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30031-7
  - E.B. French, J. McCauley, M. Aragon, P.L.H. Bakx, M. Chalkley, S. Chen, B.J. Christensen, H. Chuang, A. Côté-Sergent, M. De Nardi, E. Fan, D. Échevin, P.Y. Geoffard, C. Gastaldi-Ménager, M. Gørtz, Y. Ibuka, J. Jones, M. Kallestrup-Lamb, M. Karlsson, T. Klein, G. de Lagasnerie, P. Michaud, O.A. O'Donnell, N. Rice, J. Skinner, E.K.A. van Doorslaer, N. Ziebarth & E. Kelley (2017). End-of-life medical spending in last twelve months of life is lower than previously reported. Health Affairs, 36 (7), 1211-1217. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0174
  - T.M. Marreiros Bago d'Uva, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2017). Who can predict their Own Demise? Heterogeneity in the Accuracy and Value of Longevity Expectations. Journal of the Economics of Ageing. doi: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2017.10.003
  - O.A. O'Donnell & S. Neelsen (2017). Progressive Universalism? The Impact of Targeted Coverage on Healthcare Access and Expenditures in Peru. Health Economics, 26 (12), e179-e203. doi: 10.1002/hec.3492
  - P.L.H. Bakx, E.K.A. van Doorslaer & O.A. O'Donnell (2016). Spending on Health Care in the Netherlands: Not Going so Dutch. Fiscal Studies (London), 37 (3-4), 593-625. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2016.12114
  - O.A. O'Donnell, T.G.M. Van Ourti, S. O'Neil & B. Walsh (2016). conindex: Estimation of Concentration Indices. Stata Journal, 16 (1), 112-138.
  - S. Limwattananon, S. Neelsen, O.A. O'Donnell, P. Prakongsai, V. Tangcharoensathien, E.K.A. van Doorslaer & V. Vongmongkol (2015). Universal coverage with supply-side reform: The impact on medical expenditure risk and utilization in Thailand. Journal of Public Economics, 121 (January), 79-94. doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.11.012
  - E. Van de Poel, G. Flores, P. Ir & O.A. O'Donnell (2015). Impact of Performance-Based Financing in a Low-Resource Setting: A Decade of Experience in Cambodia. Health Economics, 25 (6), 688-705. doi: 10.1002/hec.3219
  - E. van de Poel, G. Flores, P. Ir, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2014). Can vouchers deliver? An evaluation of vouchers for maternal health care in Cambodia. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 91, 331-339. doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.129122
  - C.A.M. de Meijer, O.A. O'Donnell, M.A. Koopmanschap & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2013). Health expenditure growth: Looking beyond the average through decomposition of the full distribution. Journal of Health Economics, 32 (1), 88-105. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.10.009
  - G. Flores, P. Ir, C.R. Men, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2013). Financial Protection of Patients through Compensation of Providers: The Impact of Health Equity Funds in Cambodia. Journal of Health Economics, 32 (6), 1180-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.09.012
  - M.P. Garcia Gomez, J.L.W. van Kippersluis, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2013). Long Term and Spillover Effects of Health Shocks on Employment and Income. Journal of Human Resources, 48 (4), 873-909. doi: 10.1353/jhr.2013.0031
  - C.A.M. de Meijer, M.A. Koopmanschap, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2013). Looking beyond the average through decomposition of the full distribution. Journal of Health Economics, 32 (1), 88-105. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.10.009
  - E. van de Poel, E.K.A. van Doorslaer & O.A. O'Donnell (2012). Measurement of inequity in health care with heterogeneous response of use to need. Journal of Health Economics, 31 (4), 676-689. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.05.005
  - E. van de Poel, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2012). Is there a health penalty of China's rapid urbanization? Health Economics, 21 (4), 367-385. doi: 10.1002/hec.1717
  - D. Lambrelli & O.A. O'Donnell (2011). The impotence of price controls: Failed attempts to constrain pharmaceutical expenditures in Greece. Health Policy, 101 (2), 162-171. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.08.023
  - T.M. Bago d'Uva, M. Lindeboom, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2011). Slipping Anchor? Testing the Vignettes Approach to Identification and Correction of Reporting Heterogeneity. Journal of Human Resources, 46 (4), 872-903. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2011.00706.x
  - T.M. Bago d'Uva, M. Lindeboom, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2011). Education-related Inequity in Health Care with Heterogeneous Reporting of Health. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A. Statistics in Society, 174 (3), 639-664. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2011.00706.x
  - J.L.W. van Kippersluis, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2011). Long Run Returns to Education: Does Education lead to an Extended Old Age? Journal of Human Resources, 46 (4), 695-721. doi: 10.3368/jhr.46.4.695
  - J.L.W. van Kippersluis, O.A. O'Donnell, E.K.A. van Doorslaer & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2010). Socioeconomic Differences in Health over the Lifecycle in an Egalitarian country. Social Science & Medicine, 70 (3), 428-438. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.020
  - O.A. O'Donnell (2009). Measuring health inequalities in Europe: Methodological issues in the analysis of survey data. Eurohealth, 15 (3), 10-14.
  - E. van de Poel, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2009). Urbanization and the spread of diseases of affluence in China. Economics and Human Biology, 7 (2), 200-216. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.05.004
  - O.A. O'Donnell, A. Lopez-Nicolas & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2009). Growing richer, growing taller: explaining change in the distribution of child height during Vietnam's economic boom. Journal of Development Economics, 88 (1), 45-58. doi: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.01.004
  - G.M. Leung, K.Y.K. Tin & O.A. O'Donnell (2009). Redistribution or horizontal equity in Hong Kong’s mixed public-private health system: a policy conundrum. Health Economics, 18 (1), 37-54. doi: 10.1002/hec.1342
  - E. van de Poel, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2009). What explains the Rural-Urban Gap in Infant Mortality, Household or Community Characteristics? Demography, 46 (4), 827-850. doi: 10.1353/dem.0.0074
  - T.M. Bago d'Uva, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2008). Differential health reporting by education level and its impact on the measurement of health inequalities among older Europeans. International Journal of Epidemiology, 37 (6), 1375-1383. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyn146 [go to publisher's site]
  - T.M. Bago d'Uva, E.K.A. van Doorslaer, M. Lindeboom & O.A. O'Donnell (2008). Does Reporting Heterogeneity bias the Measurement of Health Disparities. Health Economics, 17 (3), 351-375. doi: 10.1002/hec.1269 [go to publisher's site]
  - G. Floris, J. Krishnakumar, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2008). Coping with health-care costs: implications for the measurement of catastrophic expenditures and poverty. Health Economics, 17 (12), 1393-1412. doi: 10.1002/hec.1338 [go to publisher's site]
  - O.A. O'Donnell, E.K.A. van Doorslaer, R.P. Rannan-Eliya, A. Somanathan, S.R. Adhikari, B. Akkazieva, D. Harbianto, C.C. Garg, P. Hanvoravongchai, A.N. Herrin, M.N. Huq, S. Ibragimova, A. Karan, S.M. Kwon, G.M. Leung, J.F.R. Lu, Y. Ohkusa, B.R. Pande, R. Racelis, K. Tin, K. Tisayaticom, L. Trisnantoro, Q. Wan, B.M. Yang & Y. Zhao (2008). Who pays for health care in Asia? Journal of Health Economics, 27 (2), 460-475. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.08.005
  - J.F.R. Lu, G.M. Leung, S. Kwon, K.Y.K. Tin, E.K.A. van Doorslaer & O.A. O'Donnell (2007). Horizontal equity in health care utilization - evidence from three high-income Asian economics. Social Science & Medicine, 64 (1), 199-212. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.08.033
  - E. van de Poel, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2007). Are urban children really healthier? Evidence from 47 developing countries. Social Science & Medicine, 65. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.06.032
  - O.A. O'Donnell, E.K.A. van Doorslaer, R.P. Rannan-Eliya, A. Somanathan, S.R. Adhikari, D. Harbianto, C.C. Garg, P. Hanvoravongchai, N. Huq, A. Karan, G.M. Leung, K.Y.A. Ng, B.R. Pande, K. Tin, L. Trisnantoro, C. Vasavid, Y. Zhang & Y. Zhao (2007). The incidence of public spending on health care: comparative evidence from Asia. The World Bank Economic Review, 21 (11), 93-123.
  - E.K.A. van Doorslaer, O.A. O'Donnell, R.P. Rannan-Eliya, A. Somanathan, S.R. Adhikari, B. Akkazieva, D. Harbianto, C.C. Garg, P. Hanvoravongchai, A.N. Herrin, N. Huq, S. Ibragimova, A. Karan, T.J. Lee, G.M. Leung, J.F.R. Lu, K.Y.A. Ng, B.R. Pande, R. Racelis, S. Tao, K. Tin, L. Trisnantoro, C. Vasavid, B.M. Yang & Y. Zhao (2007). Castastrophic payments for health care in Asia. Health Economics, 16 (11), 1159-1184. doi: 10.1002/hec.1209
  - O.A. O'Donnell (2007). Access to health care in devoleping countries: Breaking down barriers on the demand side. Public Health, 16 (11), 1-15.
  - E.K.A. van Doorslaer, O.A. O'Donnell, R.P. Rannan-Eliya, A. Somanathan, S.R. Adhikari, C.C. Garg, D. Harbianto, A.N. Herrin, M. Nazmul Hug, S. Ibragimova, A. Karan, C. Wan Ng, B.R. Pande, R. Racelis, S. Tao, K. Tin, K. Tisayaticom, L. Trisnantoro & C. Vasavid (2006). Effect of payments or health care on poverty estimates in 11 countries in Asia: an analysis of houshold survey data. Lancet (VS), 368, 1357-1364. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69560-3
  - O.A. O'Donnell, F. Rosati & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2005). Health effects of child work: Evidence from rural Vietnam. Journal of Population Economics, 18 (3), 437-467. doi: 10.1007/s00148-004-0197-y
  - O.A. O'Donnell, F. Rosati & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2004). Health effects of childwork: evidence from rural Vietnam. Journal of Population Economics, 1-1.
  - E.K.A. van Doorslaer, A. Wagstaff, H. van der Burg, T. Christiansen, D. de Graeve, I. Duchesne, U.G. Gerdtham, M. Gerfin, J. Geurts, L. Gross, U. Hakkinen, J. John, J. Klavus, R.E. Leu, B. Nolan, O.A. O'Donnell, C. Propper, F. Puffer, M. Schellhorn, G. Sundberg & O. Winkelhake (2000). Equity in the delivery of health care in Europe and the US. Journal of Health Economics, 19, 553-583. doi: 10.1016/S0167-6296(00)00050-3
  - E.K.A. van Doorslaer, A. Wagstaff, H. Bleichrodt, S. Calonge, U.G. Gerdtham, M. Gerfin, J.L.A. Geurts, L. Gross, U. Hakkinen, R.E. Leu, O.A. O'Donnell, C. Propper, F. Puffer, M. Rodriguez, G. Sundberg & O. Winkelhake (1997). Income-related inequalities in health: some international comparisons. Journal of Health Economics, 16, 93-112. doi: 10.1016/S0167-6296(96)00532-2
  - O.A. O'Donnell & C. Propper (1991). Equity and the distribution of UK National Health Service resources: Reply. Journal of Health Economics, 10, 247-249.
- - P. Rosa Dias & O.A. O'Donnell (2013). Research on Economic Inequality Volume 21: Health and Inequality. Bingley: Emerald
  - O.A. O'Donnell, E.K.A. van Doorslaer, A. Wagstaff & M. Lindelow (2007). Analyzing Health Equity Using Household Survey Data: A Guide to Techniques and Their Implementation. Washington DC: World Bank 2007
- - Z. Yilma, O.A. O'Donnell, A. Mebratie, G. Alemu & A.S. Bedi (2018). Subjective Expectations of Medical Expenditures and Insurance in Rural Ethiopia. In B.H. Baltagi & F. Moscone (Eds.), Health Econometrics (Contributions to Economic Analysis, 294) (pp. 23-55). Bingley, UK: Emerald
  - O.A. O'Donnell, E.K.A. van Doorslaer & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2015). Health and Inequality. In A.B. Atkinson & F. Bourguignon (Eds.), Handbook of Income Distribution vol. 2B (pp. 1419-1533). Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V.
  - K. Moschetti, K. Lamiraud, O.A. O'Donnell & A. Holly (2011). Does Poor Childhood Health Explain Increased Health Care Utilisation and Payments in Middle and Old Age? In A. Börsch-Supan, M. Brandt, K. Hank & M. Schröder (Eds.), The Individual and the Welfare State. Life Histories in Europe. Heidelberg: Springer
  - E.K.A. van Doorslaer & O.A. O'Donnell (2010). Measurement and explanation of inequality in health and health care in low-income settings. In M. McGillivray, I. Dutta & D. Lawson (Eds.), Health inequality and development, Studies in Development Economics and Policy (Studies in Development Economics and Policy) (pp. 20-2). Basingstoke: Palgrave McMillan
  - O.A. O'Donnell, E.K.A. van Doorslaer & A. Wagstaff (2006). Decomposition of inequalities in health and health care. In A.M. Jones (Ed.), The Elgar Companion to Health Economics (pp. 179-192). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
- - Z.Y. Debebe, O.A. O'Donnell, A.D. Mebratie, G. Alemu & A.S. Bedi (2015). Subjective expectations of medical expenditures and insurance in rural Ethiopia. (Preprints, ISS working papers. General series, no 611). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies
  - S. Neelsen, S. Limwattananon, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2015). Economic Impact of Illness with Health Insurance but without Income Insurance. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no TI 2015-060/V). : Tinbergen Institute [go to publisher's site]
  - T.M. Bago d'Uva, E. Erdogan Ciftci, O.A. O'Donnell & E.K.A. van Doorslaer (2015). Who Can Predict their Own Demise? Heterogeneity in the Accuracy of Longevity Expectations. (Preprints, TI Discussion Paper, no TI 2015-052/V). : Tinbergen Institute
  - G. Flores & O.A. O'Donnell (2012). Catastrophic medical expenditure risk. (Preprints). Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper TI 2012-078/3
  - E.K.A. van Doorslaer, J.L.W. van Kippersluis, O.A. O'Donnell & T.G.M. Van Ourti (2008). Socioeconomic differences in health over the life cycle: evidence and explanations. (Extern rapport, no 12). Tilburg: Netspar Panel Paper
Elsevier (Journal of Health Economics)
Start date approval
Feb/2019
End date approval
Dec/2021
Place
AMSTERDAM (WORK ONLINE)
Description
Editorial
Specialty
Applied Economics, with focus on Health
John Wiley (Health Economics)
Start date approval
Feb/2019
End date approval
Dec/2019
Place
CHICHESTER (WORK ONLINE)
Description
Editorial
Specialty
Applied Economics, with focus on Health
Swiss School of Public Health
Start date approval
Feb/2019
End date approval
Jul/2019
Place
LAUSANNE
Specialty
Applied Economics, with focus on Health
University of Hamburg
Start date approval
Feb/2019
End date approval
May/2019
Place
ODENSE
Specialty
Applied Economics, with focus on Health
University of Lausanne
Start date approval
Mar/2016
End date approval
Dec/2021
Place
LAUSANNE
Specialty
Applied Economics, with focus on Health
Economics of the Welfare State
Title
Economics of the Welfare State
Year
2018
Year level
(bachelor 2) (bachelor 3)
Master Thesis HEPL
Title
Master Thesis HEPL
Year
2018
Year level
(master)
Health Economics
Title
Health Economics
Year
2018
Year level
(Master)
- Wen Qian Toh
  Economics of medical adherence
  2018 -
- Silvia Garcia Mandico
  “Earnings Capacity of Disability Insurance Claimants”
  2015 -
Health Economics
Role
Associate Editor
Start date approval
Jan/2007
Endowed Professor
University
Erasmus University Rotterdam
School
Erasmus School of Economics
Department
Applied Economics
Country
Nederland
Telephone
+31 10 4082566
University of Macedonia
Role
Associate Professor
Obtained Wage
yes
Start date approval
Jan/2002

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