Dr Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder

Lecturer in Economics

Contact Details

Room: 1B14
Telephone: 0117 33 10573
E-mail: S.Scholder@bristol.ac.uk

CMPO Working Papers

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Research Interests

My main research interests are in health economics and applied microeconometrics, with a particular focus on the economics of obesity, diet and nutrition. My research looks at both potential causes and consequences of the recent rise in body weight, as well as at evaluating ways to improve dietary choices.

I joined the University of Bristol in 2014. Prior to this, I held an MRC Early Career Fellowship in the Economics of Health (2011-2014) at the University of York, and an ESRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Imperial College London (2009-2011). I am a Research Associate at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS; 2013 - ) and have held visiting positions at Cornell University, IFS, and VU University Amsterdam.

Selected Publications

• 'The Demand for Cigarettes as Derived from the Demand for Weight Control' (with J. Cawley, and D. Dragone) Forthcoming in Health Economics
• 'Alcohol Exposure in Utero and Child Academic Achievement' (with G. Wehby, S. Lewis, and L.Zuccolo) The Economic Journal 2014, 124(576),634-667
• 'The London Bombings and Racial Prejudice: Evidence from Housing and Labour Markets' (with A. Ratcliffe) Forthcoming in Economic Inquiry
• 'School Meal Crowd Out in the 1980s' Journal of Health Economics 2013, 32: 538-45.
• 'Child Height, Health and Human Capital: Evidence using Genetic Markers' (with G. Davey Smith, D. Lawlor, C. Propper and F. Windmeijer) European Economic Review 2013, 47: 1-22
• 'The Effect of Fat Mass on Educational Attainment: Examining the Sensitivity of Different Identification Strategies' (with G. Davey Smith, D. Lawlor, C. Propper and F. Windmeijer) Economics and Human Biology 2012, 10(4): 405-18
• 'Genetic Instrumental Variable Studies of Effects of Prenatal Risk Factors' (with G. Wehby) Biodemography and Social Biology 2013, 59(1): 4-36
• 'Smarter Task Assignment or Greater Effort: What Makes a Difference In Team Performance?' (with S. Burgess, C. Propper, M. Ratto, and E. Tominey) The Economic Journal 2010, 120(547):968-989
• 'Maternal Employment and Overweight Children in the United Kingdom: Does Timing Matter?' Health Economics 2008, 17(8):889-906

Winner of the Student Paper Prize awarded at the 6th iHEA World Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark 8-11 July 2007

Book Chapters

• 'Cohort Data in Health Economics' (with A. Jones). In: Badi H. Baltagi (Ed.) Oxford Handbook of Panel Data Econometrics, Oxford University Press (forthcoming)

Editorials

• 'Mendelian Randomization: The Use of Genes in Instrumental Variable Analyses' (with G. Davey Smith, D. Lawlor, C. Propper and F. Windmeijer) Health Economics 2011, 20(8): 893-6

Reports

• 'Evaluation of the Introduction of the Makinson Incentive Scheme in HM Customs and Excise' (with S. Burgess, C. Propper, M.Ratto and E. Tominey), Internal report for HM Customs and Excise (2005)

Research Grants

• 2014-2016: Rank Prize New Investigator Award (PI)
• 2011-2014: MRC Early Career Fellowship in the Economics of Health (PI)
• 2009-2011: ESRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PI)
• 2005-2009: ESRC Postgraduate Studentship
• 2004:          Leonardo da Vinci Scholarship
• 2003-2004: VSBfonds Studentship