Heather Brown

Research Fellow

Lancaster University

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Heather Brown is a Professor of Public Health and Health Inequalities at Lancaster University, UK.

Heather received her PhD on the economic causes and consequences of obesity from the University of Sheffield. Heather has published widely in both economics and public health journals including Health Economics, Social Science and Medicine, Health Policy and Planning, Lancet Public Health, and Journal of Economic Psychology. She is the author of a text book on policy evaluation techniques: The Economics of Public Health. Her main research interests are on the intersection of labour and health, intergenerational mobility, migration, labour market outcomes, and inequalities, and the economics causes and consequences of health inequalities.

She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in December 2021.

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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16875
Longer Working Hours and Maternal Mental Health: A Comparison of Single vs. Partnered Mothers
Julija Simpson, John Wildman, Clare Bambra, Heather Brown
published as 'Do longer job hours matter for maternal mental health? A longitudinal analysis of single versus partnered mothers' in: Health Economics, 2024, 33 (12), 2742-2756
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15795
Does Using Planning Policy to Restrict Fast Food Outlets Reduce Inequalities in Childhood Overweight and Obesity?
Huasheng Xiang, Viviana Albani, Louis Goffe, Nasima Akhter, Amelia Lake, Heather Brown
published as 'Planning policies to restrict fast food and inequalities in child weight in England: a quasi-experimental analysis' in: Obesity, 2024, 32 (12), 2345-2353
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14968
Do Changes in Employment and Hours Worked Contribute to a Decreasing in the Mental Health of Single Mothers during a Period of Welfare Reform in the UK? A Longitudinal Analysis (2009-2019)
Julija Simpson, Clare Bambra, Heather Brown
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