Published research and Working Papers
Some of my published research and on-going projects and research
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Socioeconomic patterns in budget share allocation of regulated foods and beverages in Chile: a longitudinal analysis (jointly with Daniela Montes de Oca and others), Nutrients (2023), 15, 679, https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15030679
Effective alcohol policies and lifetime abstinence: an analysis of the International Alcohol Control (IAC) Policy Index (jointly with June Leung and others), Drug and Alcohol Review (2022), https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13582
Prices, taxes and alcohol use: a systematic umbrella review of reviews (jointly with Emmanuel Guindon et al), Addiction (2022), 12, 117, pp 3004-3023; https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15966
Benchmarking alcohol policy based on stringency and impact: The International Alcohol Control (IAC) Policy Index (jointly with Sally Casswell and others), PLOS Global Public Health (2022), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000592
Comparing taxes as a percentage of sugar-sweetened beverage prices in Latin America and the Caribbean (with Maxime Roche and others), The Lancet Regional Health - Americas (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100257
The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in Jamaica and its association with household expenditure allocation (jointly with Fabio Gomes), BMC Public Health (2022), https://rdcu.be/cJLRD
Illicit trade in tobacco products: recent trends and coming challenges (jointly with Michal Stoklosa and Evan Blecher), Tobacco Control (2022), 31, 257-262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056557
Use of medical services: How sensitive are the results to different econometric models? (jointly with Alejandra Chovar, Felipe Vasquez and Manuel Barrientos), International Journal of Health Planning and Management (2022), http://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3421
Front-of-pack labeling in Chile: effects on employment, real wages and firms’ profits after three years of its implementation (jointly with Daniela Montes de Oca, Barry Popkin et al), Nutrients (2022), 14(2), 295, https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14020295
The impacts on food purchases and tax revenues of a tax based on Chile’s nutrient profiling model Chile (jointly with Arantxa Colchero and Barry Popkin), PLOS One (2021), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260693
Changes in parental smoking behavior and children’s health status in Chile (jointly with Nieves Valdez), Preventive Medicine (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106792
Front-of-the-package warning label effects on manufacturing labor outcomes in Chile (jointly with Marcos Wlasiuk, Arantxa Colchero, Antonio Martner and Barry Popkin), Food Policy (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.102016
Excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages in Latin America and the Caribbean (jointly with Rosa Sandoval and other co-authors), Pan-American Health Organization Journal of Public Health (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2021.21
Prices, alcohol use initiation and heavy episodic drinking among Chilean youth (jointly with Emmanuel Guindon and Frank Chaloupka), Addiction (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15167
The price and expenditure elasticity of cigarette demand in El Salvador: A household level analysis and simulation of a tax increase (with Daniel Araya, Adonay de Paz and Nigar Nargis), Tobacco Control (2020), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055568
Understanding the Role of Values in Health Policy Decision-Making from the Perspective of policy-makers and Stakeholders: A Multiple-Case Embedded Study in Chile and Colombia (with Marcela Velez, Michael Wilson, Julia Abelson and John Lavis), International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2019): doi: e0224217.10.15171/ijhpm.2019.94
The association between flavor capsule cigarette use and sociodemographic variables: Evidence from Chile (jointly with Daniel Araya and Jeff Drope), PLoS One (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224217
Association of Tobacco Control Policies With Youth Smoking Onset in Chile (jointly with Emmanuel Guindon and Frank Chaloupka), JAMA Pediatrics (2019), doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1500
The economics of tobacco control (Part 3): evidence from the ITC Project (jointly with Corne Van Walbeeck), Tobacco Control (2019); 28: s1-s2.
Chile: Tackling the illicit tobacco trade, In: Dutha S. (eds) Confronting Illicit Tobacco Trade: A Global Review of Country Experiences. The World Bank Group, Washington DC.
Healthy Ageing and Health Equity: Broader Determinants of Health with a Spotlight on Climate Change (jointly with Ritu Sadana, Erik Blas, Suman Budhwani, Theadora Koller), In: Michel JP. (eds) Prevention of Chronic Diseases and Age-Related Disability. Practical Issues in Geriatrics. Springer, Cham.
Illicit Cigarette Trade in the Metropolitan Santiago de Chile (jointly with Daniel Araya and Jeffrey Drope), Tobacco Control (2018): doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054546.
The impact of prices on alcoholic beverage consumption in Chile (jointly with Daniel Araya), PLoS ONE 13(10) (2018): e0205932. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0205932
Own-price, cross-price, and expenditure elasticities on sugar-sweetened beverages in Guatemala (jointly with Violeta Chacón, Joaquín Barnoya and Frank Chaloupka), PLoS ONE 13(10) (2018): e0205931. https:// doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205931
Illicit cigarette trade in five South American countries: A gap analysis for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru, Nicotine & Tobacco Research; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty098
Affordability of beer and sugar-sweetened beverages in 15 Latin American countries (jointly with Pablo Pincheira), Pan-American Health Organization Journal of Public Health, vol 42 (2018); DOI: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.49
Health Care Reforms across the World (jointly with Kieke Okma, David Chinitz, Tim Tenbensel, Toni Ashton, Tsung-Mei Cheng, and Santiago Illescas Correa ), American Affairs, vol 2 (2018), No. 1, pp 158-189. Available at https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2018/02/health-care-reforms-across-world/
Prices, inflation and smoking onset: the case of Argentina (jointly with Emmanuel Guindon and Ricardo Chávez), Economic Inquiry, vol 56 (2018), No. 1, pp 424-445.
The relationship between smoking and health and education spending in Chile (jointly with Daniel Araya), Tobacco Control; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-053857
Efecto de la exposición a la publicidad de tabaco sobre el consumo de tabaco en los adolescentes de América del Sur (Tobacco advertisement exposure and tobacco consumption among youth in South America) (jointly with Genevieve Plamondon and Emmanuel Guindon). Salud Pública de México, vol. 59 (2017), suplemento 1, S80-S87.
Healthy ageing: raising awareness of inequalities, determinants, and what could be done to improve health equity (jointly with Ritu Sadana, Erik Blas, Suman Budhwani, Theadora Koller). The Gerontologist, vol. 56 (2016), No. S2, S178-S193.
The effect of price and socio-economic level on the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB): The case of Ecuador, PLoS ONE, 11(3) (2016): e0152260. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0152260.
Assessing Latin America’s Progress Toward Achieving Universal Health Coverage (jointly with several authors), Health Affairs, vol. 34, Issue 10 (2015), pp. 1704-1712.
Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in LAC: Outcomes, Utilization and Financial Protection (jointly with several authors), in Toward Universal Health Coverage and Equity in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evidence from Selected Countries. Edited by Tania Dmytraczenko and Gisele Almeida (2015). The World Bank, Washington, DC.
La Reforma AUGE 10 años después (jointly with Antonio Infante), in Las Nuevas Políticas de Protección Social en Chile. Edited by Osvaldo Larrañaga y Dante Contreras (2015), Editorial Uqbar Chile.
Changes in socioeconomic inequalities in the use of dental care following major healthcare reform in Chile, 2004-2009 (jointly with other authors), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 12 (2015), pp. 2823-2836.
The impact of prices and taxes on the use of tobacco products in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic review (jointly with Emmanuel Guindon and Frank Chaloupka), American Journal of Public Health, vol.105, no. 3 (2015), pp. e9-e19.
Inequality and inequity in the use of medical services in Chile, by age group, 2000-2011 (jointly with Alejandra Chovar and Felipe Vásquez), Pan-American Health Organization Journal of Public Health, vol. 36 (2014), pp. 171-178.
Health research and Health Technology Assessment in Chile (jointly with Manuel Espinoza and Bática Cabieses), Revista Médica de Chile, vol. 142 (2014), pp. S39-S44.
Chapter on Chile (jointly with Eduardo Fajnzylber) in Mas allá de las Pensiones Contributivas. Catorce experiencias en América Latina. Edited by Rofman, Appella and Vezza (2013). The World Bank.
Income-Related Inequality in Health and Healthcare Utilization in Chile, 2000-2009 (jointly with Felipe Vásquez and Manuel Estay), Pan-American Health Organization Journal of Public Health, vol. 33 (2013), pp. 98–106.
Health Equity in an unequal country: The use of medical services in Chile (jointly with Felipe Vásquez), International Journal for Equity in Health, 11:81 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-11-81 (2012). Available at http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/11/1/81/abstract
Inequity in access to Human Resources in Health: Measurement Issues (jointly with other authors), Geographical Analysis, vol. 44 (2012), pp. 151-161.
Public financing of health research in five Latin American countries (jointly with other authors), Pan-American Health Organization Journal of Public Health, vol. 27 (2010), pp. 442-451.
Public financing of health research in Chile, Revista Médica de Chile, vol. 138 (2010), pp. 38-45
Health inequities in the African Region of the World Health Organization (co-author with other people). The World Health Organization Office for Africa (2010). Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
Income non-response and Inequality Measurement (jointly with Melvyn Weeks), Revista de Análisis Económico (2010), vol. 25 (2), pp. 193-221. Ilades/Georgetown University.
La Reforma de Salud en Chile (jointly with Antonio Infante), in Las Nuevas Políticas de Protección Social en Chile. Edited by Osvaldo Larrañaga y Dante Contreras (2010), Editorial Uqbar Chile.
Socioeconomic inequality and child malnutrition in eight Latin America and Caribbean Countries, CEPAL Review 99 (2009), pp. 43-63.
Collaboration and visibility of health research in the Western Pacific Region (jointly with Reijo Salmela and Ritu Sadana). Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, Vol. 21 (2009), pp. 128-136.
Chile: Public funding of health research, in Monitoring Financial Flows for Health Research 2009. Behind the Global Numbers. Edited by Erik Landriault and Stephen Matlin, Global Forum for Health Research, 2009. Switzerland.
Geographic and time trends in published research on mental health (jointly with Shekhar Saxena, Pratap Sharan, Ritu Sadana and Ghassan Karam). British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 188 (2006), pp. 81-82.
Crisis, structural reform and ... crisis again: Inequality and well-being in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Desarrollo Económico, Vol. 179 (2005), pp. 373-402.
Increasing International Gaps in Health-Related Publications (jointly with Ritu Sadana and Ghassan Karam). Science, Vol- 308 (2005), pp. 959-960.
Effective alcohol policies and lifetime abstinence: an analysis of the International Alcohol Control (IAC) Policy Index (jointly with June Leung and others), Drug and Alcohol Review (2022), https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13582
Prices, taxes and alcohol use: a systematic umbrella review of reviews (jointly with Emmanuel Guindon et al), Addiction (2022), 12, 117, pp 3004-3023; https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15966
Benchmarking alcohol policy based on stringency and impact: The International Alcohol Control (IAC) Policy Index (jointly with Sally Casswell and others), PLOS Global Public Health (2022), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000592
Comparing taxes as a percentage of sugar-sweetened beverage prices in Latin America and the Caribbean (with Maxime Roche and others), The Lancet Regional Health - Americas (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100257
The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in Jamaica and its association with household expenditure allocation (jointly with Fabio Gomes), BMC Public Health (2022), https://rdcu.be/cJLRD
Illicit trade in tobacco products: recent trends and coming challenges (jointly with Michal Stoklosa and Evan Blecher), Tobacco Control (2022), 31, 257-262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056557
Use of medical services: How sensitive are the results to different econometric models? (jointly with Alejandra Chovar, Felipe Vasquez and Manuel Barrientos), International Journal of Health Planning and Management (2022), http://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3421
Front-of-pack labeling in Chile: effects on employment, real wages and firms’ profits after three years of its implementation (jointly with Daniela Montes de Oca, Barry Popkin et al), Nutrients (2022), 14(2), 295, https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14020295
The impacts on food purchases and tax revenues of a tax based on Chile’s nutrient profiling model Chile (jointly with Arantxa Colchero and Barry Popkin), PLOS One (2021), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260693
Changes in parental smoking behavior and children’s health status in Chile (jointly with Nieves Valdez), Preventive Medicine (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106792
Front-of-the-package warning label effects on manufacturing labor outcomes in Chile (jointly with Marcos Wlasiuk, Arantxa Colchero, Antonio Martner and Barry Popkin), Food Policy (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.102016
Excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages in Latin America and the Caribbean (jointly with Rosa Sandoval and other co-authors), Pan-American Health Organization Journal of Public Health (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2021.21
Prices, alcohol use initiation and heavy episodic drinking among Chilean youth (jointly with Emmanuel Guindon and Frank Chaloupka), Addiction (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15167
The price and expenditure elasticity of cigarette demand in El Salvador: A household level analysis and simulation of a tax increase (with Daniel Araya, Adonay de Paz and Nigar Nargis), Tobacco Control (2020), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055568
Understanding the Role of Values in Health Policy Decision-Making from the Perspective of policy-makers and Stakeholders: A Multiple-Case Embedded Study in Chile and Colombia (with Marcela Velez, Michael Wilson, Julia Abelson and John Lavis), International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2019): doi: e0224217.10.15171/ijhpm.2019.94
The association between flavor capsule cigarette use and sociodemographic variables: Evidence from Chile (jointly with Daniel Araya and Jeff Drope), PLoS One (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224217
Association of Tobacco Control Policies With Youth Smoking Onset in Chile (jointly with Emmanuel Guindon and Frank Chaloupka), JAMA Pediatrics (2019), doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1500
The economics of tobacco control (Part 3): evidence from the ITC Project (jointly with Corne Van Walbeeck), Tobacco Control (2019); 28: s1-s2.
Chile: Tackling the illicit tobacco trade, In: Dutha S. (eds) Confronting Illicit Tobacco Trade: A Global Review of Country Experiences. The World Bank Group, Washington DC.
Healthy Ageing and Health Equity: Broader Determinants of Health with a Spotlight on Climate Change (jointly with Ritu Sadana, Erik Blas, Suman Budhwani, Theadora Koller), In: Michel JP. (eds) Prevention of Chronic Diseases and Age-Related Disability. Practical Issues in Geriatrics. Springer, Cham.
Illicit Cigarette Trade in the Metropolitan Santiago de Chile (jointly with Daniel Araya and Jeffrey Drope), Tobacco Control (2018): doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054546.
The impact of prices on alcoholic beverage consumption in Chile (jointly with Daniel Araya), PLoS ONE 13(10) (2018): e0205932. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0205932
Own-price, cross-price, and expenditure elasticities on sugar-sweetened beverages in Guatemala (jointly with Violeta Chacón, Joaquín Barnoya and Frank Chaloupka), PLoS ONE 13(10) (2018): e0205931. https:// doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205931
Illicit cigarette trade in five South American countries: A gap analysis for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru, Nicotine & Tobacco Research; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty098
Affordability of beer and sugar-sweetened beverages in 15 Latin American countries (jointly with Pablo Pincheira), Pan-American Health Organization Journal of Public Health, vol 42 (2018); DOI: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2018.49
Health Care Reforms across the World (jointly with Kieke Okma, David Chinitz, Tim Tenbensel, Toni Ashton, Tsung-Mei Cheng, and Santiago Illescas Correa ), American Affairs, vol 2 (2018), No. 1, pp 158-189. Available at https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2018/02/health-care-reforms-across-world/
Prices, inflation and smoking onset: the case of Argentina (jointly with Emmanuel Guindon and Ricardo Chávez), Economic Inquiry, vol 56 (2018), No. 1, pp 424-445.
The relationship between smoking and health and education spending in Chile (jointly with Daniel Araya), Tobacco Control; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2017-053857
Efecto de la exposición a la publicidad de tabaco sobre el consumo de tabaco en los adolescentes de América del Sur (Tobacco advertisement exposure and tobacco consumption among youth in South America) (jointly with Genevieve Plamondon and Emmanuel Guindon). Salud Pública de México, vol. 59 (2017), suplemento 1, S80-S87.
Healthy ageing: raising awareness of inequalities, determinants, and what could be done to improve health equity (jointly with Ritu Sadana, Erik Blas, Suman Budhwani, Theadora Koller). The Gerontologist, vol. 56 (2016), No. S2, S178-S193.
The effect of price and socio-economic level on the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB): The case of Ecuador, PLoS ONE, 11(3) (2016): e0152260. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0152260.
Assessing Latin America’s Progress Toward Achieving Universal Health Coverage (jointly with several authors), Health Affairs, vol. 34, Issue 10 (2015), pp. 1704-1712.
Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in LAC: Outcomes, Utilization and Financial Protection (jointly with several authors), in Toward Universal Health Coverage and Equity in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evidence from Selected Countries. Edited by Tania Dmytraczenko and Gisele Almeida (2015). The World Bank, Washington, DC.
La Reforma AUGE 10 años después (jointly with Antonio Infante), in Las Nuevas Políticas de Protección Social en Chile. Edited by Osvaldo Larrañaga y Dante Contreras (2015), Editorial Uqbar Chile.
Changes in socioeconomic inequalities in the use of dental care following major healthcare reform in Chile, 2004-2009 (jointly with other authors), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 12 (2015), pp. 2823-2836.
The impact of prices and taxes on the use of tobacco products in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic review (jointly with Emmanuel Guindon and Frank Chaloupka), American Journal of Public Health, vol.105, no. 3 (2015), pp. e9-e19.
Inequality and inequity in the use of medical services in Chile, by age group, 2000-2011 (jointly with Alejandra Chovar and Felipe Vásquez), Pan-American Health Organization Journal of Public Health, vol. 36 (2014), pp. 171-178.
Health research and Health Technology Assessment in Chile (jointly with Manuel Espinoza and Bática Cabieses), Revista Médica de Chile, vol. 142 (2014), pp. S39-S44.
Chapter on Chile (jointly with Eduardo Fajnzylber) in Mas allá de las Pensiones Contributivas. Catorce experiencias en América Latina. Edited by Rofman, Appella and Vezza (2013). The World Bank.
Income-Related Inequality in Health and Healthcare Utilization in Chile, 2000-2009 (jointly with Felipe Vásquez and Manuel Estay), Pan-American Health Organization Journal of Public Health, vol. 33 (2013), pp. 98–106.
Health Equity in an unequal country: The use of medical services in Chile (jointly with Felipe Vásquez), International Journal for Equity in Health, 11:81 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-11-81 (2012). Available at http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/11/1/81/abstract
Inequity in access to Human Resources in Health: Measurement Issues (jointly with other authors), Geographical Analysis, vol. 44 (2012), pp. 151-161.
Public financing of health research in five Latin American countries (jointly with other authors), Pan-American Health Organization Journal of Public Health, vol. 27 (2010), pp. 442-451.
Public financing of health research in Chile, Revista Médica de Chile, vol. 138 (2010), pp. 38-45
Health inequities in the African Region of the World Health Organization (co-author with other people). The World Health Organization Office for Africa (2010). Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
Income non-response and Inequality Measurement (jointly with Melvyn Weeks), Revista de Análisis Económico (2010), vol. 25 (2), pp. 193-221. Ilades/Georgetown University.
La Reforma de Salud en Chile (jointly with Antonio Infante), in Las Nuevas Políticas de Protección Social en Chile. Edited by Osvaldo Larrañaga y Dante Contreras (2010), Editorial Uqbar Chile.
Socioeconomic inequality and child malnutrition in eight Latin America and Caribbean Countries, CEPAL Review 99 (2009), pp. 43-63.
Collaboration and visibility of health research in the Western Pacific Region (jointly with Reijo Salmela and Ritu Sadana). Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, Vol. 21 (2009), pp. 128-136.
Chile: Public funding of health research, in Monitoring Financial Flows for Health Research 2009. Behind the Global Numbers. Edited by Erik Landriault and Stephen Matlin, Global Forum for Health Research, 2009. Switzerland.
Geographic and time trends in published research on mental health (jointly with Shekhar Saxena, Pratap Sharan, Ritu Sadana and Ghassan Karam). British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 188 (2006), pp. 81-82.
Crisis, structural reform and ... crisis again: Inequality and well-being in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Desarrollo Económico, Vol. 179 (2005), pp. 373-402.
Increasing International Gaps in Health-Related Publications (jointly with Ritu Sadana and Ghassan Karam). Science, Vol- 308 (2005), pp. 959-960.