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50
Citations
8935
World Ranking
2799
National Ranking
484

Overview

Aaron Reeves is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and specializes in research spanning Social Sciences and Health Professions. Their work covers several subfields, including General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics explored in their research include Employment and Welfare Studies, Global Health Care Issues, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Social and Cultural Dynamics, Social Policy and Reform Studies, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology.

They have published extensively in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to the European Journal of Public Health, The Lancet Public Health, Journal of Social Policy, Social Forces, and Social Policy and Administration.

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on public health, social policy, and mental health outcomes. Notable recent publications include:

  • How do income changes impact on mental health and wellbeing for working-age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, The Lancet Public Health
  • From Aristocratic to Ordinary: Shifting Modes of Elite Distinction, 2020, American Sociological Review
  • Adverse childhood experiences and related outcomes among adults experiencing homelessness: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, The Lancet Public Health
  • Outsourcing health-care services to the private sector and treatable mortality rates in England, 2013-20: an observational study of NHS privatisation, 2022, The Lancet Public Health
  • The Impact of Monetary Poverty Alleviation Programs on Children's and Adolescents' Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Across Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries, 2022, Journal of Adolescent Health

Additionally, Aaron Reeves has contributed to multiple book publications. Their works have appeared with Harvard University Press, including two editions of Born to Rule published in 2024, and with Cambridge University Press, notably Ageing and Health published in 2021.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research practice. Frequent co-authors include Scott L. Greer, Julia Lynch, Michelle Falkenbach, Jane Gingrich, and Jonathan Cylus, each having co-authored eleven papers alongside Aaron Reeves.

Best Publications

  • Greece's health crisis: from austerity to denialism

    Alexander Kentikelenis;Marina Karanikolos;Marina Karanikolos;Aaron Reeves;Martin McKee;Martin McKee

  • Austerity and health: the impact in the UK and Europe

    David Stuckler;Aaron Reeves;Rachel Loopstra;Marina Karanikolos

  • Increase in state suicide rates in the USA during economic recession

    Aaron Reeves;David Stuckler;David Stuckler;Michael McKee;David Gunnell

  • Austerity, sanctions, and the rise of food banks in the UK.

    Rachel Loopstra;Aaron Reeves;David Taylor-Robinson;Benjamin Barr

  • ‘First, do no harm’: are disability assessments associated with adverse trends in mental health? A longitudinal ecological study

    Ben Barr;David Taylor-Robinson;David Stuckler;Rachel Loopstra

  • Economic suicides in the Great Recession in Europe and North America

    Aaron Reeves;Michael McKee;David Stuckler

  • The political economy of austerity and healthcare: Cross-national analysis of expenditure changes in 27 European nations 1995–2011

    Aaron Reeves;Martin McKee;Sanjay Basu;David Stuckler

  • Financing universal health coverage—effects of alternative tax structures on public health systems: cross-national modelling in 89 low-income and middle-income countries

    Aaron Reeves;Yannis Gourtsoyannis;Sanjay Basu;Sanjay Basu;David McCoy

  • Unhealthy diets, obesity and time discounting: a systematic literature review and network analysis.

    Pepita Barlow;Aaron Reeves;Martin McKee;Gauden Galea

  • The impact of persistent poor housing conditions on mental health: A longitudinal population-based study

    David J Pevalin;Aaron Reeves;Emma Baker;Rebecca Bentley

  • The Decline and Persistence of the Old Boy: Private Schools and Elite Recruitment 1897 to 2016:

    Aaron Reeves;Sam Friedman;Charles Rahal;Magne Flemmen

  • Impact of welfare benefit sanctioning on food insecurity: a dynamic cross-area study of food bank usage in the UK.

    Rachel Loopstra;Jasmine Fledderjohann;Aaron Reeves;David Stuckler

  • Economic shocks, resilience, and male suicides in the Great Recession: cross-national analysis of 20 EU countries

    Aaron Reeves;Michael McKee;David Gunnell;Shu-Sen Chang

  • A systematic review on health resilience to economic crises.

    Ketevan Glonti;Vladimir S. Gordeev;Yevgeniy Goryakin;Aaron Reeves

  • Introduction of a National Minimum Wage Reduced Depressive Symptoms in Low-Wage Workers: A Quasi-Natural Experiment in the UK.

    Aaron Reeves;Martin McKee;Johan Mackenbach;Margaret Whitehead

  • Food insecurity and social protection in Europe: quasi-natural experiment of Europe's great recessions 2004–2012

    Rachel Loopstra;Aaron Reeves;Martin McKee;David Stuckler

  • From Aristocratic to Ordinary: Shifting Modes of Elite Distinction:

    Sam Friedman;Aaron Reeves

  • Rising food insecurity in Europe.

    Rachel Loopstra;Aaron Reeves;David Stuckler

  • Housing affordability, tenure and mental health in Australia and the United Kingdom: a comparative panel analysis

    Rebecca J. Bentley;David Pevalin;Emma Baker;Kate Mason

  • Austere or not? UK coalition government budgets and health inequalities:

    Aaron Reeves;Sanjay Basu;Martin McKee;Michael Marmot

  • The attack on universal health coverage in Europe: recession, austerity and unmet needs

    Aaron Reeves;Martin McKee;David Stuckler

  • Data Resource Profile: The European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)

    Vishal S Arora;Marina Karanikolos;Amy Clair;Aaron Reeves

Frequent Co-Authors

David Stuckler
David Stuckler Bocconi University
Martin McKee
Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Sanjay Basu
Sanjay Basu Stanford University
Marina Karanikolos
Marina Karanikolos London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Margaret Whitehead
Margaret Whitehead University of Liverpool
Shu-Sen Chang
Shu-Sen Chang National Taiwan University
Jan C. Semenza
Jan C. Semenza European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Rebecca Bentley
Rebecca Bentley University of Melbourne
Valerie Tarasuk
Valerie Tarasuk University of Toronto
Danny Dorling
Danny Dorling University of Oxford

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