Publications of the IHE

Herr, A., Karimi, S., Wichert, J. (2026): Weather shocks, recall error and health,  Journal of Development Economics, 179, 103644
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103644

Augurzky, B., Bauer, T.K., Reichert, A., Schmidt, C.M., Tauchmann, H. (2025): Obesity and Cash Rewards,  Economics & Human Biology
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2025.101492

Coville, A., Zivin, J., Reichert, A., Reitmann, A.-K. (2025): Quality Signaling and Demand for Renewable Energy Technology: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment,  Journal of Development Economics, 103514.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103514

Heger, D., Herr, A., Lückemann. M., Reichert, A., Tycher, L. (2025): Personnel shortages and the provision of long-term care: an empirical analysis of german nursing homes.,  Eur J Health Econ
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-025-01782-7

Herr, A., Lückemann, M., Saric-Babin, A. (2025): Regional variation in the utilization of nursing home care in Germany,  Eur J Health Econ 26, 757-776
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-024-01732-9

Strupat, C., Nshakira-Rukundo, E., Reichert, A. (2025): The Impact of Shock-Responsive Social Cash Transfers: Evidence from an Aggregate Shock in Kenya,  Journal of Development Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2025.2504425

Aunger, R., Coville, A., Kwezi, L., Mwakitalima, A., Mwambuli, K., Reichert, A., Sansonetti, J. (2024): Experimenting to increase the effectiveness of a national campaign on hygiene behavior in Tanzania,  Sci Rep 14, 16703
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-67144-0

Bodnar, O., Gravelle, H., Gutacker, N., Herr, A. (2024): Financial incentives and prescribing behavior in primary care.,  Health Economics, 33(4), 696–713
DOI: 10.1002/hec.4793

Coville, A., Orozco-Olvera, V., Reichert, A. (2024): Can mass media campaigns increase demand for renewable energy? Experimental evidence from Senegal,  Oxford Open Economics, Volume 3
DOI: 10.1093/ooec/odae023

Martínez Flores, F., Milusheva, S., Reichert, A., Reitmann, A.-K. (2024): Climate anomalies and international migration: A disaggregated analysis for West Africa,  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 126, 102997
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102997

Reitmann, A.-K. (2024): Measuring Youth Empowerment: An Application to Tunisia.,  Journal of International Development, , 36 (4), 1945-1964
DOI: 10.1002/jid.3886

Brönneke, J.B., Herr, A., Reif, S., Stern, A.D. (2023): Dynamic HTA for digital health solutions: opportunities and challenges for patient-centered evaluation.,  International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 39(1), e72, 1–11
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462323002726

Herr, A., Stühmeier, T., Wenzel, T. (2023): More cost-sharing, less cost? Evidence on reference price drugs,  Health Economics, 32( 2), 413– 435.
DOI: 10.1002/hec.4627

Marty, R., Ramos-Maqueda, M., Khan, N., Reichert, A. (2023): The Evolution of the COVID-19 Pandemic Through the Lens of Google Searches,  Sci Rep 13, 19843
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104314

Mensen, A., Heger, D., Herr, A. (2022): Paying for the view? How nursing home prices affect certified staffing ratios,  Health Economics, 31(8), 1618–1632
DOI: 10.1002/hec.4532

Garcia-Mandicó, S., Reichert, A., Strupat, C. (2021): The Social Value of Health Insurance: Results from Ghana,  Journal of Public Economics 194
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104314

Grimm, M., Hartwig, R., Reitmann, A.-K., Bocoum, F. Y. (2021): Inter-household transfers: An empirical investigation of the income-transfer relationship with novel data from Burkina Faso,  World Development, 144, 105486
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105486

Nillesen, E., Grimm, M., Goedhuys, M., Reitmann, A.-K., Meysonnat, A. (2021): On the malleability of gender attitudes: Evidence from implicit and explicit measures in Tunisia,  World Development 138
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105263

Quis, J.S., Bela, A., Heineck, G. (2021): Preschoolers' self-regulation and early mathematical skill differentials,  Education Economics 29(2), 173-193
DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2020.1866498

Reitmann, A.-K., Goedhuys, M., Grimm, M., Nillesen, E.E.M. (2020): Gender attitudes in the Arab region – the role of framing and priming effects,  Journal of Economic Psychology 80
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2020.102288

Herr, A., Normann, H.-T. (2019): How much priority bonus should be given to registered organ donors? An experimental analysis,  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 158, 367-378.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2018.12.006

Stern, A.D., Herr, A., Pietrulla, F., Kesselheim, A.S., Sarpatwari, A. (2019): The impact of price regulation on the availability of new drugs in Germany,  Health Affairs 38(7), 1182-1187
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05142

Goeddeke, A., Haucap, J., Herr, A., Wey, C. (2018): Flexibility in wage setting under the threat of relocation,  Labour 32(1), 1-22
DOI: 10.1111/labr.12118

Kolodziej, I.W.K., Reichert, A., Schmitz, H. (2018): New Evidence on Employment Effects of Informal Care Provision in Europe,  Health Services Research 53(4), 2027-2046
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12840

Quis, J.S. (2018): Does Compressing High School Duration Affect Students' Stress and Mental Health? Evidence from the National Educational Panel Study,  Journal of Economics and Statistics 238(5), 441-476
DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2018-0004

Reichert, A., Stroka, M. (2018): Nursing Home Prices and Quality of Care - Evidence from Administrative Data,  Health Economics 27(1), 129-140
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3518

Herber, S.P., Quis, J.S., Heineck, G. (2017): Does the Transition into Daylight Saving Time Affect Students' Performance?,  Economics of Education Review 61, 130-139
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2017.07.002

Herr, A., Suppliet, M. (2017): Tiered co-payments, pricing, and demand in reference price markets for pharmaceuticals,  Journal of Health Economics, 56, 19-29.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.08.008

Reichert, A., Tauchmann, H. (2017): Workforce Reduction, Subjective Job Insecurity, and Mental Health,  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 133:187-212
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2016.10.018

Groß, M., Herr, A., Hower, M., Kuhlmann, A., Mahlich, J., Stoll, M. (2016): Unemployment, health, and education of HIV-infected males in Germany,  International Journal of Public Health 61, 593-602.
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0750-3

Herr, A., Hottenrott, H. (2016): Higher prices, higher quality? Evidence from German nursing homes,  Health Policy 120(2), 179-89.
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.01.008

Herr, A., Nguyen, T., Schmitz, H. (2016): Public reporting and the quality of care of German nursing homes,  Health Policy 120(10), 1162-1170.
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.09.004

Herr, A., Normann, H.-T. (2016): Organ donation in the lab: Preferences and votes on the priority rule,  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 161, Part B, 139-149.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.09.001

Paloyo, A.R., Reichert, A. (2016): Biting Back at Malaria: Assessing Health-Service Providers' Compliance with Treatment Guidelines,  Review of Development Economics 21(3), 591-626
DOI: 10.1111/rode.12283

Paloyo, A.R., Reichert, A., Reuss-Borste, M., Tauchmann, H. (2015): Who responds to financial incentives for weight loss? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial,  Social Science & Medicine, Volume 145, 44-52
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.09.034

Duso, T., Herr, A., Suppliet, M. (2014): The welfare impact of parallel imports: A structural approach applied to the German market for oral anti-diabetics,  Health Economics 23(9), 1036-1057.
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3068

Frank, B., Haucap, J., Herr, A. (2014): Social drinking versus administering alcohol,  Economic Inquiry, 52, 1245-1247.
DOI: 10.1111/ecin.12079

Haucap, J., Herr, A. (2014): A note on social drinking: In vino veritas,  European Journal of Law and Economics 37(3), 381-392.
DOI: 10.1007/s10657-013-9412-1

Reichert, A. (2014): Obesity, Weight Loss, and Employment Prospects – Evidence from a Randomized Trial,  The Journal of Human Resources 50(3), 759-810
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.50.3.759

Reichert, A., Tauchmann, H. (2014): When outcome heterogeneously matters for selection: a generalized selection correction estimator,  Applied Economics 46(7), 762-768
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2013.851780

Paloyo, A.R., Reichert, A., Reinermann, H., Tauchmann, H. (2013): The Causal Link Between Financial Incentives and Weight Loss – An Evidence Based Survey of the Literature,  Journal of Economic Surveys 28(3), 401-420
DOI: 10.1111/joes.12010

Reichert, A., Augurzky, B., Tauchmann, H. (2013): Self-perceived Job Insecurity and the Demand for Medical Rehabilitation: Does Fear of Unemployment Reduce Health Care Utilization?,  Health Economics 24(1), 8-25
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2995

Herr, A. (2011): Quality and welfare in a mixed duopoly with regulated prices: The case of a public and a private hospital,  German Economic Review 12(4), 422-437.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2010.00527.x

Herr, A., Schmitz, H., Augurzky, B. (2011): Profit efficiency and ownership of German hospitals,  Health Economics 20(6), 660-674.
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1622

Herr, A. (2008): Cost and technical efficiency of German hospitals: Does ownership matter?,  Health Economics 17(9), 1057-71
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1388

Araujo Piedra, M.D., Quis, J.S. (2025): The Long-term Effect of Classroom Quality Differences in German Primary Schools,  Available at SSRN.
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5608834

Herr, A., Karimi, S., Schröder, M. (2025): Avoid, recycle, compensate - nudging environmental behavior,  mimeo.

Herr, A., Probst, D., Gutacker, N. (2025): Concentration and prescribing behaviour in the English primary care,  mimeo.

Coville, A., Reichert, A., Reitmann, A.-K., Zivin, J. (2024): Quality Signaling and Demand for Renewable Energy Technology: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment,  NBER Working Paper
DOI: 10.3386/w32397

Herr, A., Lückemann, M. (2024): Increasing density of home health care providers and quality of care,  mimeo.

Strupat, C., Nshakira-Rukundo, E., Reichert, A. (2024): The Impact of Shock-Responsive Social Cash Transfers: Evidence from an Aggregate Shock in Kenya,  Ruhr Economic Papers 1073
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4419/96973246

Elice, P., Martínez Flores, F., Reichert, A. (2023): Religious Terrorism, Forced Migration, and Women’s Empowerment: Evidence from the Boko Haram Insurgency,  World Bank Policy Research Working Papers 10424
DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/10986/40292

Reitmann, A.-K. (2020): Changing environmental conservation attitudes: Evidence from a framed field experiment among small-scale coffee farmers in Colombia,  Passauer Diskussionspapiere-Volkswirtschaftliche Reihe V-82-20

Quis, J.S., Reif, S. (2017): Health Effects of Instruction Intensity - Evidence from a Natural Experiment in German High-Schools,  FAU Discussion Papers in Economics No. 12-2017 / BERG Working Paper 123 / SOEP Papers 916
DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/162590

Saric, A., Herr, A. (2016): The welfare effects of private rooms in German nursing homes: A structural approach,  Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 16/23, Accessed November 7, 2025, https://www.york.ac.uk/media/economics/documents/hedg/workingpapers/1623.pdf

Stahmeyer, J.T., Zeidler, J., Schütte, S., Warnemünde-Jagau, P., Eidt-Koch, D., Schulte, F., Breitner, M.H., Jankowski, I., Herr, A., Kahl, K. (2025): Digitale Versorgungsangebote – Eine Befragung zu Kenntnisstand und Nutzungsabsicht von Menschen mit Depression,  Gesundheitswesen
DOI: 10.1055/a-2652-0694

Werth, O., Jankowski, I., Müller, N.S., Schulte, F., Warnemünde-Jagau, P., Breitner, M.H., Herr, A., Kahl, K.G. (2025): Success by design: A holistic analysis of design principles for depression apps.,  DIGITAL HEALTH. 2025;11.
DOI: 10.1177/20552076251336276

Brinkmann, M., Stolz, M., Herr, A., Herrmann-Lingen, C., Koch, I., Müller, C., Müller, F., Sekanina, U., Stahmeyer, JT., de Zwaan, M., Krauth, C., Schneider, N. (2024): Care for post-COVID-19 condition in Germany from the perspectives of patients, informal caregivers and general practitioners: Study protocol for a mixed methods study,  PLoS One, 2024 Dec 31;19(12):e0316335.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316335

Damm, K., de Jong, L., Lückemann, M., Herr, A. (2022): Der CCI-6D: Indexinstrument zur Messung der Pflegeheimqualität,  Public Health Forum, 30(3):190-192.
DOI: 10.1515/pubhef-2022-0054

Stern, A.D., Brönneke, J., Debatin, J., Hagen, J., Matthies, H., Patel, S., Clay, I., Eskofier, B., Herr, A., Hoeller, K., Jaksa, A., Kramer, D.B., Kyhlstedt, M., Lofgren, K.T., Mahendraratnam, N., Muehlan, H., Reif, S., Riedemann, L., Goldsack, J.C. (2022): Advancing digital health applications: priorities for innovation in real-world evidence generation,  The Lancet Digital Health, 4(3), e200-e206
DOI: 10.1016/S2589-7500(21)00292-2

Stahmeyer, J.T., Hemmerling, M., Burger, B., Eberhard, S., Krauth, C., Zeidler, J., Herr, A., Weseloh, H., Rossol, S. (2021): Die Häufigkeit von diagnostizierten Fettlebererkrankungen (NAFLD) in der deutschen Bevölkerung–Eine Analyse auf der Basis von GKV-Routinedaten.,  Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
DOI: 10.1055/a-1402-1263

Felder, S., Herr, A. (2013): Competent in Competition and Health: Das gesundheitsökonomische Forschungszentrum CINCH,  Public Health Forum, 21 (4), 25.e1-25.e3.
DOI: 10.1016/j.phf.2013.09.010

Herr, A. (2013): Wettbewerb und Rationalisierung im deutschen Arzneimittelmarkt: Ein Überblick,  List-Forum für Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik, 39(2), 163-181.
DOI: 10.1007/BF03373047

Haucap, J., Coenen, M., Herr, A., Kuchinke, B.A. (2012): Der deutsche Apothekenmarkt: Reformoptionen für eine effiziente und nachhaltige Versorgung,  Haucap, J., Krämer, G., Kühling, J., Waschbusch, G. (Hrsg.), Wettbewerb und Regulierung von Märkten und Unternehmen, Band 19, NOMOS Verlag, Baden-Baden.

Herr, A. (2012): Effizienz und Trägerschaft deutscher Krankenhäuser: Analysen mit Daten der amtlichen Statistik,  Wirtschaft und Statistik 2/2012: 187-194.

Coenen, M., Haucap, J., Herr, A. (2011): Regionalität: Wettbewerbliche Überlegungen zum Krankenhausmarkt,  Klauber, J. et al. (Hrsg.), Krankenhausreport 2012, Schattauer: Stuttgart: 149-163.

Coenen, M., Haucap, J., Herr, A., Kuchinke, B.A. (2011): Wettbewerbspotenziale im deutschen Apothekenmarkt,  ORDO 62(1), 205-230.
DOI: 10.1515/ordo-2011-0110

Goeddeke, A., Haucap, J., Herr, A., Wey, C. (2011): Stabilität und Wandel von Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen aus wettbewerbsökonomischer Sicht,  Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung 44(1), 143-154.
DOI: 10.1007/s12651-011-0080-8