Joan Gil
Biographic Data
| ID | 3583833 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joan Gil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joan |
| FAMILY NAME | Gil |
| SIGNATURE | GIL J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de Barcelona |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4159-379X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Maternal Employment and Child Malnutrition in Ecuador
Background: This paper estimates the causal impact of maternal employment on childhood malnutrition status in Ecuador to understand the trade-off between the time mothers devote to work and the time they dedicate to child-caring activities. Methods: We use the instrumental variables (IV) approach and exogenous cantonal variation in maternal labor market conditions to account for the potential endogeneity of mothers’ employment. The analysis emplo…
Does health information affect lifestyle behaviours? The impact of a diabetes diagnosis
Despite an increasing interest in the effect of health information on health-behaviours, evidence on the causal impact of a diagnosis on lifestyle factors is still mixed and does not often account for long-term effects. We explore the role of health information in individual health-related decisions by identifying the causal impact of a type-2 diabetes diagnosis on body mass index (BMI) and lifestyle behaviours. We employ a fuzzy regression disco…
Missing Diagnoses during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had major impacts on population health not only through COVID-positive cases, but also via the disruption of healthcare services, which in turn has impacted the diagnosis and treatment of all other diseases during this time. We study changes in all new registered diagnoses in ICD-10 groups during 2020 with respect to a 2019 baseline. We compare new diagnoses in 2019 and 2020 based on administrative records of the public …
Information and choice of residential care provider for older people
This study compared how older people use quality information to choose residential care providers in England, the Netherlands and Spain (Catalonia). The availability of information varies between each country, from detailed inspection and survey information in the Netherlands, through to a lack of publicly available information in Catalonia. We used semi-structured interviews and group workshops with older people, families and professionals to co…
Intergenerational and socioeconomic gradients of child obesity
The determinants of misreporting weight and height
Housing Wealth and Housing Decisions in Old Age
Population ageing brings new challenges to long-term household economic decisions. In the event of old-age dependency, housing assets become a key self-insurance device. However, little empirical evidence has been reported regarding an individual's expectations of having to use their housing wealth for such a purpose. This paper draws upon two complementary data sources to empirically examine: (1) the influence of housing assets on an individual'…
Decomposing cross-country differences in levels of obesity and overweight
Decomposing body mass index gaps between Mediterranean countries
Exploring the pathways of inequality in health, health care access and financing in decentralized Spain
The regional organization of the Spanish national health system offers a ‘unique field’ for exploring the sources of health inequalities as well as for testing the effects of political decentralization on health and healthcare inequalities. Drawing from the results of an empirical analysis where inequalities in three dimensions of health (outcome), healthcare (access) and healthcare payments (financing) are estimated, this article first explores …
Generational effects and gender height dimorphism in contemporary Spain
What lies behind socio-economic inequalities in obesity in Spain? A decomposition approach
Revisiting the 'Fat and Jolly' hypothesis
The hypothesis of the reciprocal determination of obesity and depression (OD) epidemics, contrasts with the anecdotal wisdom of a person being ‘jolly and fat’, and calls for a better understanding of any underpinning socioenvironmental determinants. This paper deals with the influence of socioenvironmental factors (mainly social and personal interactions) in explaining the empirical association between OD. We draw upon a unique representative hea…
Obesity and the incidence of chronic diseases in Spain
Decomposing cross-country differences in levels of obesity and overweight
Intergenerational and socioeconomic gradients of child obesity
What lies behind socio-economic inequalities in obesity in Spain? A decomposition approach
Housing Wealth and Housing Decisions in Old Age
Population ageing brings new challenges to long-term household economic decisions. In the event of old-age dependency, housing assets become a key self-insurance device. However, little empirical evidence has been reported regarding an individual's expectations of having to use their housing wealth for such a purpose. This paper draws upon two complementary data sources to empirically examine: (1) the influence of housing assets on an individual'…
Exploring the pathways of inequality in health, health care access and financing in decentralized Spain
The regional organization of the Spanish national health system offers a ‘unique field’ for exploring the sources of health inequalities as well as for testing the effects of political decentralization on health and healthcare inequalities. Drawing from the results of an empirical analysis where inequalities in three dimensions of health (outcome), healthcare (access) and healthcare payments (financing) are estimated, this article first explores …
Does health information affect lifestyle behaviours? The impact of a diabetes diagnosis
Despite an increasing interest in the effect of health information on health-behaviours, evidence on the causal impact of a diagnosis on lifestyle factors is still mixed and does not often account for long-term effects. We explore the role of health information in individual health-related decisions by identifying the causal impact of a type-2 diabetes diagnosis on body mass index (BMI) and lifestyle behaviours. We employ a fuzzy regression disco…
Information and choice of residential care provider for older people
This study compared how older people use quality information to choose residential care providers in England, the Netherlands and Spain (Catalonia). The availability of information varies between each country, from detailed inspection and survey information in the Netherlands, through to a lack of publicly available information in Catalonia. We used semi-structured interviews and group workshops with older people, families and professionals to co…
Obesity and the incidence of chronic diseases in Spain
Revisiting the 'Fat and Jolly' hypothesis
The hypothesis of the reciprocal determination of obesity and depression (OD) epidemics, contrasts with the anecdotal wisdom of a person being ‘jolly and fat’, and calls for a better understanding of any underpinning socioenvironmental determinants. This paper deals with the influence of socioenvironmental factors (mainly social and personal interactions) in explaining the empirical association between OD. We draw upon a unique representative hea…
Generational effects and gender height dimorphism in contemporary Spain
What lies behind socio-economic inequalities in obesity in Spain? A decomposition approach
Decomposing body mass index gaps between Mediterranean countries
Exploring the pathways of inequality in health, health care access and financing in decentralized Spain
The regional organization of the Spanish national health system offers a ‘unique field’ for exploring the sources of health inequalities as well as for testing the effects of political decentralization on health and healthcare inequalities. Drawing from the results of an empirical analysis where inequalities in three dimensions of health (outcome), healthcare (access) and healthcare payments (financing) are estimated, this article first explores …
The determinants of misreporting weight and height
Housing Wealth and Housing Decisions in Old Age
Population ageing brings new challenges to long-term household economic decisions. In the event of old-age dependency, housing assets become a key self-insurance device. However, little empirical evidence has been reported regarding an individual's expectations of having to use their housing wealth for such a purpose. This paper draws upon two complementary data sources to empirically examine: (1) the influence of housing assets on an individual'…
Decomposing cross-country differences in levels of obesity and overweight
Intergenerational and socioeconomic gradients of child obesity
Information and choice of residential care provider for older people
This study compared how older people use quality information to choose residential care providers in England, the Netherlands and Spain (Catalonia). The availability of information varies between each country, from detailed inspection and survey information in the Netherlands, through to a lack of publicly available information in Catalonia. We used semi-structured interviews and group workshops with older people, families and professionals to co…
Missing Diagnoses during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had major impacts on population health not only through COVID-positive cases, but also via the disruption of healthcare services, which in turn has impacted the diagnosis and treatment of all other diseases during this time. We study changes in all new registered diagnoses in ICD-10 groups during 2020 with respect to a 2019 baseline. We compare new diagnoses in 2019 and 2020 based on administrative records of the public …
Does health information affect lifestyle behaviours? The impact of a diabetes diagnosis
Despite an increasing interest in the effect of health information on health-behaviours, evidence on the causal impact of a diagnosis on lifestyle factors is still mixed and does not often account for long-term effects. We explore the role of health information in individual health-related decisions by identifying the causal impact of a type-2 diabetes diagnosis on body mass index (BMI) and lifestyle behaviours. We employ a fuzzy regression disco…
Maternal Employment and Child Malnutrition in Ecuador
Background: This paper estimates the causal impact of maternal employment on childhood malnutrition status in Ecuador to understand the trade-off between the time mothers devote to work and the time they dedicate to child-caring activities. Methods: We use the instrumental variables (IV) approach and exogenous cantonal variation in maternal labor market conditions to account for the potential endogeneity of mothers’ employment. The analysis emplo…
Economics (10 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Demography (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works) · Obesity (6 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (6 works)