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Publications of Duncan Thomas    :chronological  alphabetical  combined  bibtex listing:

Journal Articles

  1. Lawton, R; Frankenberg, E; Seeman, T; Crimmins, E; Sumantri, C; Thomas, D, Exposure to the Indian Ocean Tsunami shapes the HPA-axis resulting in HPA "burnout" 14 years later., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 120 no. 44 (October, 2023), pp. e2306497120 [doi]  [abs]
  2. Ingwersen, N; Frankenberg, E; Thomas, D, Evolution of Risk Aversion over Five Years after a Major Natural Disaster., Journal of development economics, vol. 163 (June, 2023), pp. 103095 [doi]  [abs]
  3. Karlamangla, AS; Almeida, DM; Lachman, ME; Merkin, SS; Thomas, D; Seeman, TE, Diurnal dynamic range as index of dysregulation of system dynamics. A cortisol examplar using data from the Study of Midlife in the United States., Psychoneuroendocrinology, vol. 142 (August, 2022), pp. 105804 [doi]  [abs]
  4. Beach, B; Brown, R; Ferrie, J; Saavedra, M; Thomas, D, Reevaluating the Long-Term Impact of In Utero Exposure to the 1918 Influenza Pandemic., The journal of political economy, vol. 130 no. 7 (July, 2022), pp. 1963-1990 [doi]  [abs]
  5. Laurito, MM; Frankenberg, E; Thomas, D, Effects of Housing Aid on Psychosocial Health after a Disaster., International journal of environmental research and public health, vol. 19 no. 12 (June, 2022), pp. 7302 [doi]  [abs]
  6. Thomas, D; Lawton, R; Brown, T; Kranton, R, Prevalence, severity and distribution of depression and anxiety symptoms using observational data collected before and nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic., Lancet regional health. Americas, vol. 1 (September, 2021), pp. 100009 [doi]  [abs]
  7. Frankenberg, E; Sumantri, C; Thomas, D, Effects of a natural disaster on mortality risks over the longer term., Nature sustainability, vol. 3 no. 8 (August, 2020), pp. 614-619 [doi]  [abs]
  8. LaFave, D; Peet, E; Thomas, D, Farm Profits, Prices and Household Behavior (January, 2020)
  9. A. Rangel, M; Thomas, D, Decision-Making in Complex Households (January, 2020)
  10. Brown, R; Montalva, V; Thomas, D; Velásquez, A, Impact of violent crime on risk aversion: Evidence from the mexican drug war, Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 101 no. 5 (December, 2019), pp. 892-904 [doi]  [abs]
  11. Thomas, D; Seeman, T; Potter, A; Hu, P; Crimmins, E; Herningtyas, EH; Sumantri, C; Frankenberg, E, HPLC-based Measurement of Glycated Hemoglobin using Dried Blood Spots Collected under Adverse Field Conditions., Biodemography and social biology, vol. 64 no. 1 (January, 2018), pp. 43-62 [doi]  [abs]
  12. Ho, JY; Frankenberg, E; Sumantri, C; Thomas, D, Adult Mortality Five Years after a Natural Disaster., Population and development review, vol. 43 no. 3 (September, 2017), pp. 467-490 [doi]  [abs]
  13. LaFave, D; Thomas, D, Height and cognition at work: Labor market productivity in a low income setting., Economics and human biology, vol. 25 (May, 2017), pp. 52-64 [doi]  [abs]
  14. Frankenberg, E; Thomas, D, Human Capital and Shocks: Evidence on Education, Health and Nutrition, NBER (April, 2017)
  15. LaFave, D; Thomas, D, Farms, Families, and Markets: New Evidence on Completeness of Markets in Agricultural Settings., Econometrica : journal of the Econometric Society, vol. 84 no. 5 (September, 2016), pp. 1917-1960 [doi]  [abs]
  16. Ho, J; Frankenberg, E; Sumantri, C; Thomas, D, Adult Mortality Five Years after a Natural Disaster: Evidence from the Indian Ocean Tsunami (June, 2016)
  17. Elo, IT; Frankenberg, E; Gansey, R; Thomas, D, Africans in the American Labor Market., Demography, vol. 52 no. 5 (October, 2015), pp. 1513-1542, ISSN 0070-3370 [doi]  [abs]
  18. Nobles, J; Frankenberg, E; Thomas, D, The effects of mortality on fertility: population dynamics after a natural disaster., Demography, vol. 52 no. 1 (February, 2015), pp. 15-38, ISSN 0070-3370 [doi]  [abs]
  19. Hamoudi, A; Thomas, D, Endogenous coresidence and program incidence: South Africa's Old Age Pension., Journal of development economics, vol. 109 (July, 2014), pp. 30-37, ISSN 0304-3878 [doi]  [abs]
  20. Gray, C; Frankenberg, E; Gillespie, T; Sumantri, C; Thomas, D, Studying Displacement After a Disaster Using Large Scale Survey Methods: Sumatra After the 2004 Tsunami., Annals of the Association of American Geographers. Association of American Geographers, vol. 104 no. 3 (January, 2014), pp. 594-612, ISSN 0004-5608 [doi]  [abs]
  21. Gillespie, TW; Frankenberg, E; Chum, KF; Thomas, D, Nighttime lights time series of tsunami damage, recovery, and economic metrics in Sumatra, Indonesia., Remote sensing letters (Print), vol. 5 no. 3 (January, 2014), pp. 286-294, ISSN 2150-704X [doi]  [abs]
  22. Cas, AG; Frankenberg, E; Suriastini, W; Thomas, D, The Impact of Parental Death on Child Well-being: Evidence From the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Demography, vol. 51 no. 2 (2014), pp. 437-457, ISSN 0070-3370 [s13524-014-0279-8], [doi]  [abs]
  23. Weaver, EH; Frankenberg, E; Fried, BJ; Thomas, D; Wheeler, SB; Paul, JE, Effect of village midwife program on contraceptive prevalence and method choice in Indonesia., Studies in family planning, vol. 44 no. 4 (December, 2013), pp. 389-409, ISSN 0039-3665 [24323659], [doi]  [abs]
  24. Beltrán-Sánchez, H; Thomas, D; Teruel, G; Wheaton, F; Crimmins, EM, Links between socio-economic circumstances and changes in smoking behavior in the Mexican population: 2002-2010., Journal of cross-cultural gerontology, vol. 28 no. 3 (September, 2013), pp. 339-358, ISSN 0169-3816 [doi]  [abs]
  25. Frankenberg, E; Sikoki, B; Sumantri, C; Suriastini, W; Thomas, D, Education, Vulnerability, and Resilience after a Natural Disaster., Ecology and society : a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability, vol. 18 no. 2 (January, 2013), pp. 16, ISSN 1708-3087 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs]
  26. Currie, J; Thomas, D, Introduction to "early test scores, school quality and ses: Longrun effects on wage and employment outcomes", Research in Labor Economics, vol. 35 (December, 2012), pp. 181-183, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, ISSN 0147-9121 [doi]
  27. McKelvey, C; Thomas, D; Frankenberg, E, Fertility Regulation in an Economic Crisis., Economic development and cultural change, vol. 61 no. 1 (October, 2012), pp. 7-38, ISSN 0013-0079 [doi]  [abs]
  28. Beltran-Sanchez, H; Thomas, D; Wheaton, F; Crimmins, E, SMOKING ONSET AND CESSATION IN MEXICO, GERONTOLOGIST, vol. 51 (November, 2011), pp. 391-391, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, ISSN 0016-9013 [Gateway.cgi]
  29. Beltrán-Sánchez, H; Crimmins, EM; Teruel, GM; Thomas, D, Links between childhood and adult social circumstances and obesity and hypertension in the Mexican population., Journal of aging and health, vol. 23 no. 7 (October, 2011), pp. 1141-1165, ISSN 0898-2643 [doi]  [abs]
  30. Frankenberg, E; Gillespie, T; Preston, S; Sikoki, B; Thomas, D, MORTALITY, THE FAMILY AND THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI., Economic journal (London, England), vol. 121 no. 554 (August, 2011), pp. F162-F182, ISSN 0013-0133 [doi]  [abs]
  31. Frankenberg, E; Thomas, D, Global aging (January, 2011), pp. 73-89, Elsevier [doi]  [abs]
  32. Rubalcava, L; Teruel, G; Thomas, D, Investments, time preferences and public transfers paid to women., Economic development and cultural change, vol. 57 no. 3 (April, 2009), pp. 507-538, ISSN 0013-0079 [doi]  [abs]
  33. Friedman, J; Thomas, D, Psychological Health Before, During, and After an Economic Crisis: Results from Indonesia, 1993 - 2000., The World Bank economic review, vol. 23 no. 1 (January, 2009), pp. 57-76, ISSN 0258-6770 [doi]  [abs]
  34. Frankenberg, E; Friedman, J; Gillespie, T; Ingwersen, N; Pynoos, R; Rifai, IU; Sikoki, B; Steinberg, A; Sumantri, C; Suriastini, W; Thomas, D, Mental health in Sumatra after the tsunami., American journal of public health, vol. 98 no. 9 (September, 2008), pp. 1671-1677 [18633091], [doi]  [abs]
  35. Stillman, S; Thomas, D, Nutritional status during an economic crisis: Evidence from Russia, Economic Journal, vol. 118 no. 531 (August, 2008), pp. 1385-1417, Oxford University Press (OUP), ISSN 0013-0133 [doi]  [abs]
  36. Rubalcava, LN; Teruel, GM; Thomas, D; Goldman, N, The healthy migrant effect: new findings from the Mexican Family Life Survey., American journal of public health, vol. 98 no. 1 (January, 2008), pp. 78-84, ISSN 0090-0036 [doi]  [abs]
  37. Gillespie, TW; Chu, J; Frankenberg, E; Thomas, D, Assessment and Prediction of Natural Hazards from Satellite Imagery., Progress in physical geography, vol. 31 no. 5 (October, 2007), pp. 459-470, ISSN 0309-1333 [doi]  [abs]
  38. Seltzer, JA; Bachrach, CA; Bianchi, SM; Bledsoe, CH; Casper, LM; Chase-Lansdale, PL; Diprete, TA; Hotz, VJ; Morgan, SP; Sanders, SG; Thomas, D, Explaining Family Change and Variation: Challenges for Family Demographers., Journal of marriage and the family, vol. 67 no. 4 (November, 2005), pp. 908-925, ISSN 0022-2445 [20376277], [doi]  [abs]
  39. Frankenberg, E; Suriastini, W; Thomas, D, Can expanding access to basic healthcare improve children's health status? Lessons from Indonesia's 'midwife in the village' programme., Population studies, vol. 59 no. 1 (March, 2005), pp. 5-19, ISSN 0032-4728 [15764131], [doi]  [abs]
  40. Frankenberg, E; McKee, D; Thomas, D, Health consequences of forest fires in Indonesia., Demography, vol. 42 no. 1 (February, 2005), pp. 109-129, ISSN 0070-3370 [15782898], [doi]  [abs]
  41. Thomas, D; Beegle, K; Frankenberg, E; Sikoki, B; Strauss, J; Teruel, G, Education in a crisis, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 74 no. 1 (June, 2004), pp. 53-85, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs]
  42. Smith, JP; Thomas, D, Remembrances of things past: Test-retest reliability of retrospective migration histories, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society, vol. 166 no. 1 (December, 2003), pp. 23-49, WILEY, ISSN 0964-1998 [doi]  [abs]
  43. Frankenberg, E; Smith, JP; Thomas, D, Economic shocks, wealth, and welfare, Journal of Human Resources, vol. 38 no. 2 (January, 2003), pp. 280-321, JSTOR [doi]  [abs]
  44. Garces, E; Thomas, D; Currie, J, Longer-term effects of head start, American Economic Review, vol. 92 no. 4 (September, 2002), pp. 999-1012, American Economic Association [repository], [doi]  [abs]
  45. Thomas, D; Frankenberg, E, Health, nutrition and prosperity: a microeconomic perspective., Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 80 no. 2 (January, 2002), pp. 106-113, ISSN 0042-9686 [11953788]  [abs]
  46. Smith, JP; Thomas, D; Frankenberg, E; Beegle, K; Teruel, G, Wages, employment and economic shocks: Evidence from Indonesia, Journal of Population Economics, vol. 15 no. 1 (January, 2002), pp. 161-193, Springer Nature [doi]  [abs]
  47. Beegle, K; Frankenberg, E; Thomas, D, Bargaining power within couples and use of prenatal and delivery care in Indonesia., Studies in family planning, vol. 32 no. 2 (June, 2001), pp. 130-146, ISSN 0039-3665 [11449862], [doi]  [abs]
  48. Frankenberg, E; Thomas, D, Women's health and pregnancy outcomes: do services make a difference?, Demography, vol. 38 no. 2 (May, 2001), pp. 253-265, ISSN 0070-3370 [11392911], [doi]  [abs]
  49. Currie, J; Thomas, D, Early test scores, school quality and SES: Longrun effects on wage and employment outcomes, Research in Labor Economics, vol. 20 (January, 2001), pp. 103-132, Emerald (MCB UP ), ISSN 0147-9121 [doi]  [abs]
  50. Thomas, D; Frankenberg, E; Smith, JP, Lost but not forgetten: Attrition and follow-up in the Indonesia family life survey, Journal of Human Resources, vol. 36 no. 3 (January, 2001), pp. 556-592, JSTOR, ISSN 0022-166X [doi]  [abs]
  51. Thomas, D; Frankenberg, E, The measurement and interpretation of health in social surveys (2000), RAND  [abs]
  52. Currie, J; Thomas, D, The intergenerational transmission of "intelligence": Down the slippery slopes of The Bell Curve, Industrial Relations, vol. 38 no. 3 (January, 1999), pp. 297-330, WILEY [doi]  [abs]
  53. Currie, J; Thomas, D, Does Head Start help hispanic children?, Journal of Public Economics, vol. 74 no. 2 (January, 1999), pp. 235-262, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs]
  54. Strauss, J; Thomas, D, Health, Nutrition, and Economic Development, Journal of Economic Literature, vol. 36 no. 2 (June, 1998), pp. 766-817
  55. Smith, JP; Thomas, D, On the road. Marriage and mobility in Malaysia, Journal of Human Resources, vol. 33 no. 4 (January, 1998), pp. 805-832, JSTOR [doi]  [abs]
  56. Thomas, D; Strauss, J, Health and wages: evidence on men and women in urban Brazil., Journal of econometrics, vol. 77 no. 1 (January, 1997), pp. 159-185 [doi]  [abs]
  57. Lavy, V; Strauss, J; Thomas, D; de Vreyer, P, Quality of health care, survival and health outcomes in Ghana., Journal of health economics, vol. 15 no. 3 (June, 1996), pp. 333-357, ISSN 0167-6296 [doi]  [abs]
  58. Thomas, D, Education Across Generations in South Africa, American Economic Review, vol. 86 no. 2 (May, 1996), pp. 330-334
  59. Strauss, J; Thomas, D, Measurement and Mismeasurement of Social Indicators, American Economic Review, vol. 86 no. 2 (May, 1996), pp. 30-34
  60. Thomas, D; Maluccio, J, Fertility, contraceptive choice, and public policy in Zimbabwe, World Bank Economic Review, vol. 10 no. 1 (January, 1996), pp. 189-222, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi]  [abs]
  61. Thomas, D; Lavy, V; Strauss, J, Public policy and anthropometric outcomes in the Côte d'Ivoire, Journal of Public Economics, vol. 61 no. 2 (January, 1996), pp. 155-192, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs]
  62. Currie, J; Thomas, D, Medical care for children: public insurance, private insurance, and racial differences in utilization, Journal of Human Resources, vol. 30 no. 1 (January, 1995), pp. 135-162, JSTOR [doi]  [abs]
  63. Thomas, D; Maluccio, J, Contraceptive choice, fertility, and public policy in Zimbabwe, World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study Working Paper, vol. 109 (January, 1995), pp. 43-US$6.95 [doi]  [abs]
  64. Lavy, V; Strauss, J; Thomas, D; De Vreyer, P, The impact of the quality of health care on children's nutrition and survival in Ghana, World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study Working Paper, vol. 106 (January, 1995)  [abs]
  65. Thomas, D; Muvandi, I, The demographic transition in southern Africa: reviewing the evidence from Botswana and Zimbabwe., Demography, vol. 31 no. 2 (May, 1994), pp. 217-227, ISSN 0070-3370 [doi]  [abs]
  66. Thomas, D; Muvandi, I, The demographic transition in southern Africa: another look at the evidence from Botswana and Zimbabwe., Demography, vol. 31 no. 2 (May, 1994), pp. 185-207, ISSN 0070-3370 [doi]  [abs]
  67. Thomas, D, Like father, like son; like mother, like daughter: parental resources and child height, Journal of Human Resources, vol. 29 no. 4 (January, 1994), pp. 950-988, JSTOR [doi]  [abs]
  68. Thomas, D; Muvandi, I, How fast is fertility declining in Botswana and Zimbabwe?, World Bank Discussion Papers, vol. 258 (January, 1994)  [abs]
  69. Thomas, D; Strauss, J, Prices, infrastructure, household characteristics and child height., Journal of development economics, vol. 39 no. 2 (October, 1992), pp. 301-331, ISSN 0304-3878 [doi]  [abs]
  70. Thomas, D, Testing for sectoral differences in child anthropometric status in Zimbabwe: A comment, Health Policy and Planning, vol. 7 no. 2 (June, 1992), pp. 181-186, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi]
  71. Thomas, D, Gender differences in household resource allocations, World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study Working Paper, vol. 79 (January, 1991)  [abs]
  72. Strauss, J; Barbosa, M; Teixeira, S; Thomas, D; Gomes Junior, R, Role of education and extension in the adoption of technology: A study of upland rice and soybean farmers in Central-West Brazil, Agricultural Economics, vol. 5 no. 4 (January, 1991), pp. 341-359, WILEY, ISSN 0169-5150 [doi]  [abs]
  73. Thomas, D; Strauss, J; Henriques, M, Child survival, height for age and household characteristics in Brazil., Journal of development economics, vol. 33 no. 2 (October, 1990), pp. 197-234, ISSN 0304-3878 [doi]  [abs]

Chapters in Books

  1. Frankenberg, E; Sumantri, C; Thomas, D, Understanding the Impacts of a Natural Disaster: Evidence from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, in Island Ecosystems (2023), pp. 151-166, Springer International Publishing, ISBN 9783031280887 [doi]
  2. Frankenberg, E; Friedman, J; Ingwersen, N; Thomas, D, Linear child growth after a natural disaster: a longitudinal study of the effects of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, LANCET, vol. 389 (April, 2017), pp. 21-21, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
  3. Frankenberg, E; Ho, JY; Thomas, D, Biological health risks and economic development, in Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology, edited by Komlos, J; Kelly, IR (June, 2015), Oxford University Press  [abs]
  4. Frankenberg, E; Laurito, MM; Thomas, D, Demographic Impact of Disasters, in International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition (March, 2015), pp. 101-108, Elsevier, ISBN 9780080970868 [doi]  [abs]
  5. Thomas, D; Frankenberg, E, Experimental Methods in Survey Research in Demography, in International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition (March, 2015), pp. 559-565, Elsevier, ISBN 9780080970868 [doi]  [abs]
  6. Thomas, D; Frankenberg, E, Comments on collecting and utilizing biological indicators in social science surveys, in Biosocial Surveys (January, 2008), pp. 149-155, National Academies Press, ISBN 9780309108676 [doi]
  7. Strauss, J; Thomas, D, HEALTH OVER THE LIFE COURSE, in HANDBOOK OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, VOL 4, vol. 9 (2008), pp. 3375-3474, ISBN 978-0-444-53100-1 [doi]
  8. Frankenberg, E; Friedman, J; Saadah, F; Sikoki, B; Suriastini, W; Sumantri, C; Thomas, D, Assessment of Health and Education Services in the Aftermath of a Disaster, in ARE YOU BEING SERVED: NEW TOOLS FOR MEASURING SERVICE DELIVERY (2008), pp. 233-249, ISBN 978-0-8213-7185-5
  9. Strauss, J; Thomas, D, Chapter 54 Health over the Life Course, in Handbook of Development Economics, vol. 4 (December, 2007), pp. 3375-3474, Elsevier, ISSN 1573-4471, ISBN 9780444531001 [doi]  [abs]
  10. Thomas, D; Frankenberg, E, Household Responses to the Financial Crisis in Indonesia: Longitudinal Evidence on Poverty, Resources, and Well-Being, in Globalization and Poverty (2007), pp. 517-560 [dthomas]
  11. Strauss, J; Thomas, D, Chapter 34 Human resources: Empirical modeling of household and family decisions, in Handbook of Development Economics, vol. 3 no. PART A (December, 1995), pp. 1883-2023, Elsevier, ISSN 1573-4471, ISBN 9780444823014 [doi]

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