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Mauricio Avendano is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions predominantly lie within the fields of Social Sciences and Health Professions, cumulatively accounting for a significant number of their publications. The subfields they focus on include General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, Health, Safety Research, and Demography.

Their scholarly work extensively explores topics such as Employment and Welfare Studies, Health disparities and outcomes, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Child Nutrition and Water Access, and Retirement, Disability, and Employment.

Several frequent co-authors collaborate with Mauricio Avendano, including Sara Evans-Lacko, Philipp Hessel, Ricardo Araya, Crick Lund, and Yadira Díaz. These partnerships highlight an active engagement in multidisciplinary research within their fields.

Their research is published in a range of reputable venues. Frequent publication outlets include Social Science & Medicine, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, AEA Randomized Controlled Trials, BMJ Global Health, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Recent papers authored include:

  • Should I Care or Should I Work? The Impact of Work on Informal Care, 2022, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  • The impact of cash transfers on mental health in children and young people in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, BMJ Global Health
  • Integrating youth mental health into cash transfer programmes in response to the COVID-19 crisis in low-income and middle-income countries, 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Special Report: The Biology of Inequalities in Health: The Lifepath Consortium, 2020, Frontiers in Public Health
  • The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need for an equity-focused global health agenda, 2021, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Best Publications

  • Socioeconomic status and the 25 × 25 risk factors as determinants of premature mortality: a multicohort study and meta-analysis of 1·7 million men and women

    Silvia Stringhini;Cristian Carmeli;Markus Jokela;Mauricio Avendaño;Mauricio Avendaño

  • A systematic review of studies on socioeconomic inequalities in dietary intakes associated with weight gain and overweight/obesity conducted among European adults

    K Giskes;M Avendano;J Brug;A E Kunst

  • 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

  • Social Participation and Depression in Old Age: A Fixed-Effects Analysis in 10 European Countries

    Simone Croezen;Mauricio Avendano;Alex Burdorf;Frank J. van Lenthe

  • Self-reported health assessments in the 2002 World Health Survey: how do they correlate with education?

    SV Subramanian;Tim Huijts;Mauricio Avendano

  • Socioeconomic status and ischaemic heart disease mortality in 10 western European populations during the 1990s

    Mauricio Avendano;Anton E Kunst;Martijn Huisman;Frank V Lenthe

  • Socioeconomic Status and Health

    M. Maria Glymour;Mauricio Avendano;Ichiro Kawachi

  • Why do Americans have shorter life expectancy and worse health than do people in other high-income countries?

    Mauricio Avendano;Ichiro Kawachi

  • Social support, volunteering and health around the world: cross-national evidence from 139 countries.

    Santosh Kumar;Rocio Calvo;Rocio Calvo;Mauricio Avendano;Mauricio Avendano;Mauricio Avendano;Kavita Sivaramakrishnan

  • Socioeconomic status and stroke incidence in the US elderly: the role of risk factors in the EPESE study.

    Mauricio Avendano;Ichiro Kawachi;Frank J. van Lenthe;Hendriek C. Boshuizen

  • Are different measures of self-rated health comparable? An assessment in five European countries.

    Hendrik Jürges;Mauricio Avendano;Johan P. Mackenbach

  • The impact of ill health on exit from paid employment in Europe among older workers

    Tilja I J van den Berg;Merel Schuring;Mauricio Avendano;Johan Mackenbach

  • The long-run effect of maternity leave benefits on mental health: evidence from European countries

    Mauricio Avendano;Mauricio Avendano;Lisa F. Berkman;Agar Brugiavini;Giacomo Pasini

  • Job loss, wealth and depression during the Great Recession in the USA and Europe

    Carlos Riumallo-Herl;Sanjay Basu;David Stuckler;Emilie Courtin

  • Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Early Childhood Obesity.

    Inyang A. Isong;Inyang A. Isong;Sowmya R. Rao;Marie-Abèle Bind;Mauricio Avendaño;Mauricio Avendaño

  • Have health trends worsened in Greece as a result of the financial crisis? A quasi-experimental approach.

    Sotiris Vandoros;Philipp Hessel;Tiziana Leone;Mauricio Avendano;Mauricio Avendano;Mauricio Avendano

  • Do Generous Unemployment Benefit Programs Reduce Suicide Rates? A State Fixed-Effect Analysis Covering 1968–2008

    Jonathan Cylus;M. Maria Glymour;Mauricio Avendano

  • Socioeconomic status, non-communicable disease risk factors, and walking speed in older adults: multi-cohort population based study

    Silvia Stringhini;Cristian Carmeli;Markus Jokela;Mauricio Avendaño;Mauricio Avendaño

  • Can self-reported strokes be used to study stroke incidence and risk factors?: evidence from the health and retirement study.

    M. Maria Glymour;Mauricio Avendano

  • Should I Care or Should I Work? The Impact of Work on Informal Care

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  • Educational level and stroke mortality: a comparison of 10 European populations during the 1990s

    Mauricio Avendano;Anton E. Kunst;Martijn Huisman;Frank J. van Lenthe

  • Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

    M. Avendano;E.A. Balster;M.G.J. Martens;C.M. Vis

  • HealthDisadvantageinUSAdultsAged50to74Years: AComparisonoftheHealthofRichandPoorAmericans WithThatofEuropeans

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

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Maria Glymour
M. Maria Glymour Boston University
Frank J. van Lenthe
Frank J. van Lenthe Erasmus University Rotterdam
Lisa F. Berkman
Lisa F. Berkman Harvard University
Pekka Martikainen
Pekka Martikainen University of Helsinki
S. V. Subramanian
S. V. Subramanian Harvard University
Anton E. Kunst
Anton E. Kunst University of Amsterdam
Martijn Huisman
Martijn Huisman Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Matthias Bopp
Matthias Bopp University of Zurich
Richard Layte
Richard Layte Trinity College Dublin
Giuseppe Costa
Giuseppe Costa University of Turin

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