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Overview

Christopher J. Ruhm is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research spans interdisciplinary fields prominently including Medicine, Social Sciences, and Health Professions, with a notable presence in subfields such as General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Demography, Health, and Epidemiology.

Their main research topics encompass Employment and Welfare Studies, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Retirement, Disability, and Employment, Health disparities and outcomes, Global Health Care Issues, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, and Work-Family Balance Challenges.

Christopher J. Ruhm has published in several academic journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Health Economics
  • Health Affairs
  • Economics & Human Biology
  • JAMA Network Open

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Estimated Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Clinically Significant Anxiety and Depression Among US Adults During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2022), published in JAMA Network Open
  • "The Impacts of Paid Family and Medical Leave on Worker Health, Family Well-Being, and Employer Outcomes" (2022), published in Annual Review of Public Health
  • "The Opioid Crisis, Health, Healthcare, and Crime: A Review of Quasi-Experimental Economic Studies" (2022), published in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • "Marijuana legalization and opioid deaths" (2023), published in Journal of Health Economics
  • "Has mortality risen disproportionately for the least educated?" (2021), published in Journal of Health Economics

Frequent co-authors in Ruhm's research network include Ann P. Bartel, Jane Waldfogel, Justine Mallatt, Kosali Simon, and Adam Leive, with collaboration counts ranging from four to six joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Are Recessions Good For Your Health

    Christopher J. Ruhm

  • The Economic Consequences of Parental Leave Mandates: Lessons from Europe

    Christopher J. Ruhm

  • ECONOMIC CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF OBESITY

    Eric A. Finkelstein;Christopher J. Ruhm;Katherine M. Kosa

  • Healthy Living in Hard Times

    Christopher J. Ruhm

  • Parental Employment and Child Cognitive Development

    Christopher J. Ruhm

  • Does Prekindergarten Improve School Preparation and Performance

    Katherine A Magnuson;Christopher J Ruhm;Jane Waldfogel

  • Deaths Rise in Good Economic Times: Evidence from the OECD

    Ulf-G. Gerdtham;Christopher J. Ruhm

  • Are Workers Permanently Scarred by Job Displacements

    Christopher J Ruhm

  • Parental Leave and Child Health

    Christopher J. Ruhm;Christopher J. Ruhm

  • The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors

    John Cawley;Christopher J. Ruhm

  • Good times make you sick.

    Christopher J Ruhm

  • Bridge Jobs and Partial Retirement

    Christopher J Ruhm

  • The Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Program on Mothers' Leave-Taking and Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes.

    Maya Rossin-Slater;Christopher J. Ruhm;Jane Waldfogel

  • Maternal Employment and Adolescent Development

    Christopher J. Ruhm

  • Recessions, healthy no more?

    Christopher J. Ruhm

  • Does drinking really decrease in bad times

    Christopher J. Ruhm;William E. Black

  • Alcohol policies and highway vehicle fatalities

    Christopher J. Ruhm

  • Nurses' presenteeism and its effects on self-reported quality of care and costs.

    Susan A. Letvak;Christopher J. Ruhm;Sat N. Gupta

  • Macroeconomic conditions and opioid abuse.

    Alex Hollingsworth;Christopher J Ruhm;Kosali Simon

  • Age, socioeconomic status and obesity growth

    Charles L. Baum;Christopher J. Ruhm

  • Parental leave policies and parents' employment and leave-taking.

    Wen-Jui Han;Christopher J. Ruhm;Jane Waldfogel

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane Waldfogel
Jane Waldfogel Columbia University
Albert N. Link
Albert N. Link University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Ann P. Bartel
Ann P. Bartel Columbia University
Wen Jui Han
Wen Jui Han New York University
Ellen Meara
Ellen Meara Harvard University
David M. Cutler
David M. Cutler Harvard University
Kosali Simon
Kosali Simon Indiana University
John T. Addison
John T. Addison University of South Carolina
Thomas K. Greenfield
Thomas K. Greenfield Alcohol Research Group
David C. Ribar
David C. Ribar Georgia State University

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