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Overview

James Banks is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans various fields including Medicine, Social Sciences, and Health Professions, with notable work also in subfields such as General Health Professions, Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, and Demography.

Their contributions cover a range of topics including:

  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies

James Banks has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Fiscal Studies
  • Journal of the American College of Radiology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Oxford Open Economics
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Among recent publications are:

  • The Mental Health Effects of the First Two Months of Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK, 2020, Fiscal Studies
  • The Evolution of Mortality Inequality in 11 OECD Countries: Introduction, 2021, Fiscal Studies
  • Inequality in mortality between Black and White Americans by age, place, and cause and in comparison to Europe, 1990 to 2018, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Recessions and Health: The Long-Term Health Consequences of Responses to the Coronavirus, 2020, Fiscal Studies
  • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Suspected Osteomyelitis, Septic Arthritis, or Soft Tissue Infection (Excluding Spine and Diabetic Foot): 2022 Update, 2022, Journal of the American College of Radiology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Mónica Costa Dias
  • Sonya Krutikova
  • Lucy Kraftman
  • Daniel E. Wessell
  • Sarah Cattan

James Banks' research emphasizes intersections of health outcomes, economic factors, and social conditions, addressing critical questions relevant to public health and policy. Their work on mortality inequality and the effects of economic recessions on health contributes to understanding disparities in health care and social welfare.

Best Publications

  • Quadratic Engel Curves and Consumer Demand

    James Banks;Richard Blundell;Arthur Lewbel

  • Is there a retirement-savings puzzle?

    James Banks;Richard Blundell;Tanner Tanner

  • Disease and Disadvantage in the United States and in England

    James Banks;Michael G. Marmot;Zoe Oldfield;James P. Smith

  • Humps and Bumps in Lifetime Consumption

    Orazio P. Attanasio;James Banks;Costas Meghir;Guglielmo Weber

  • Understanding pensions: cognitive function, numerical ability and retirement saving

    James Banks;Zoë Oldfield

  • The base for direct taxation

    James Banks;Peter A. Diamond

  • Asset holding and consumption volatility

    Orazio P. Attanasio;James Banks;Sarah Tanner

  • Health Disadvantage in US Adults Aged 50 to 74 Years: A Comparison of the Health of Rich and Poor Americans With That of Europeans

    Mauricio Avendano;M. Maria Glymour;James Banks;Johann P. Mackenbach

  • Cognitive function, numeracy and retirement saving trajectories.

    James Banks;Cormac O'Dea;Zoë Oldfield

  • The Base for Direct Taxation

    James W. Banks;Peter A. Diamond;Peter A. Diamond;Peter A. Diamond

  • The Effect of Education on Old Age Cognitive Abilities: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design

    James Banks;Fabrizio Mazzonna

  • Tax reform and welfare measurement: Do we need demand system estimation?

    James Banks;Richard Blundell;Arthur Lewbel

  • Money, Well-Being, and Loss Aversion: Does an Income Loss Have a Greater Effect on Well-Being Than an Equivalent Income Gain?

    Christopher J. Boyce;Alex M. Wood;James Banks;Andrew E. Clark

  • Money, Well-Being, and Loss Aversion: Does an Income Loss Have a Greater Effect on Well-Being Than an Equivalent Income Gain?

    Christopher J. Boyce;Christopher J. Boyce;Alex M. Wood;James Banks;Andrew E. Clark;Andrew E. Clark

  • The Mental Health Effects of the First Two Months of Lockdown during the COVID‐19 Pandemic in the UK *

    James Banks;Xiaowei Xu

  • Is there a retirement-savings puzzle?

    James Banks;Richard Blundell;Tanner Tanner

  • The Impact of Income Shocks on Health: Evidence from Cohort Data

    Jérome Adda;James Banks;Hans-Martin von Gaudecker

  • Risk Pooling, Precautionary Saving and Consumption Growth

    James Banks;Richard Blundell;Agar Brugiavini

  • THE IMPACT OF INCOME SHOCKS ON HEALTH: EVIDENCE FROM COHORT DATA

    Jerome Adda;James Banks;Hans-Martin von Gaudecker

  • Equivalence Scale Relativities Revisited

    James Banks;Paul Johnson

  • Housing Price Volatility and Downsizing in Later Life

    James Banks;Richard Blundell;Zoe Oldfield;James Smith

  • Attrition and Health in Ageing Studies: Evidence from ELSA and HRS

    James Banks;Alastair Muriel;James P. Smith

  • Retirement in the UK

    James Banks;Sarah Smith

  • THE SES HEALTH GRADIENT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC

    James Banks;Michael Marmot;Zoe Oldfield;James P. Smith

  • Humps and Bumps in Lifetime Consumption

    Orazio Attanasio;James W. Banks;Costas Meghir;Guglielmo Weber;Guglielmo Weber

  • Asset holding and consumption volatility

    Orazio Attanasio;James Banks;Tanner Tanner

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Blundell
Richard Blundell University College London
James P. Smith
James P. Smith Princeton University
Orazio Attanasio
Orazio Attanasio Yale University
James Nazroo
James Nazroo University of Manchester
Arie Kapteyn
Arie Kapteyn University of Southern California
Andrew Steptoe
Andrew Steptoe University College London
Arthur van Soest
Arthur van Soest Tilburg University
Richard Disney
Richard Disney London School of Economics and Political Science
Thomas F. Crossley
Thomas F. Crossley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Arthur Lewbel
Arthur Lewbel Boston College

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