Publications

International publications

2026

  1. Monnet, N., Nichols, E., Kieny, C., & Avendano, M. (2026). The impact of education on dementia: Evidence from compulsory schooling reforms in England. Social Science & Medicine,395, 119071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119071  
  2. Avendano, M., Knapp, D., Padula, M., & Pasini, G. (2026). Harmonizing measures of cross-country policies for aging research: applications to education, pension, and long-term care systems. The Journals of Gerontology: B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 81(Supplement_1), S75-s86. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf224  

2025

  1. Colozza, D., Guo, I., Padmita, A. C., Arihandayani, Y., Firna, E., & Avendano, M. (2025). Is obesity associated with depression in low- and middle-income countries? Longitudinal evidence from Indonesia. Int J Obes (Lond). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-025-01757-x  
  2. Carrino, L., Reinhard, E., & Avendano, M. (2025). There Is No Place Like Home: The Impact of Public Home-Based Care on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Older People. Health Economics, 34(6), 1085-1102. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4948  
  3. Tanski, M., Wei, D., Singh, S., Pabon, M. A., Bahure, V. K., Jordans, M. J. D., Lund, C., Roy, S., Singh, R., Thapa, A., Tol, W. A., & Evans-Lacko, S. (2025). Poverty-reduction interventions combined with psychological interventions: A systematic literature review. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 38829. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-24736-8  
  4. Poroes, C., Avendano, M., Henchoz, Y., & Seematter-Bagnoud, L. (2025). Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Transition to Nursing Home Care: Longitudinal Evidence from a Population Based Study in Switzerland. J Aging Soc Policy, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2025.2599124  
  5. Plys, E., Fustinoni, S., Avendano, M., Belloni, G., Blanco, J. M., Seematter-Bagnoud, L., & Henchoz, Y. (2025). Are adverse socioeconomic conditions in childhood associated with intrinsic capacity in older age? A cross-sectional study from the Lausanne cohort Lc65. BMJ Open, 15(12), e097424. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097424 
  6. Wieczorek, M., Kliegel, M., Beard, J., Guillemin, F., Avendano, M., & Maurer, J. (2025). Can ChatGPT Provide Useful Guidance to Assess the Current State of and Future Priorities for Aging Research in the Social Sciences? J Aging Soc Policy, 37(4), 531-546. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2024.2422669  
  7. Belloni, G., Monod, S., Poroes, C., Bühler, N., Avendano, M., & Wernli, D. (2025). Health systems governance, shocks and resilience: a scoping review of key concepts and theories. BMJ Glob Health, 10(6). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017358 
  8. Nafilyan, V., de Coulon, A., & Avendano, M. (2025). The impact of depressive symptoms on cognitive function in early old age: A longitudinal fixed-effect study. Am J Epidemiol. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaf187
  9. Henchoz, Y., Fustinoni, S., Seematter-Bagnoud, L., & Avendano, M. (2025). Socioeconomic Status Across the Life-Course and Frailty in Older Age: Evidence From Switzerland. Int J Public Health, 70, 1608102. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2025.1608102  
  10. Avendano, M., & Bodenmann, P. (2025). [Not Available]. Rev Med Suisse, 21(904), 215-216. https://doi.org/10.53738/revmed.2025.21.904.215 (Migration et santé : enseignements de pays à revenu intermédiaire pour la Suisse ?)

2024

  1. Hadfield-Spoor, M., Avendano, M., & Loopstra, R. (2024). Food insecurity and disability among working-age and older adults. Public Health Nutr, 27(1), e84. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980024000570  
  2. Li, L., Carrino, L., Reinhard, E., & Avendano, M. (2024). Has the UK Campaign to End Loneliness Reduced Loneliness and Improved Mental Health in Older Age? A Difference-in-Differences Design. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, 32(3), 358-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2023.10.007  
  3. Joshi, D., van Lenthe, F. J., Huisman, M., Sund, E. R., Krokstad, S., Avendano, M., & Raina, P. (2024). Association of Neighborhood Deprivation and Depressive Symptoms With Epigenetic Age Acceleration: Evidence From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 79(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glad118  
  4. Zimmerman, A., Avendano, M., Lund, C., Araya, R., Diaz, Y., Ariza, J. S., Hessel, P., Garman, E., & Evans-Lacko, S. (2024). The long-term effects of cash transfer programmes on young adults’ mental health: A quasi-experimental study of Colombia, Mexico and South Africa. Health Policy Plan. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czae102  

2023

  1. Wu, J., Glaser, K., & Avendano, M. (2023). Does the transition to grandparenthood influence the health and well-being of older people? Evidence from the CHARLS study in China. SSM Popul Health, 21, 101328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101328  
  2. Pryor, L., Melchior, M., Avendano, M., & Surkan, P. J. (2023). Childhood food insecurity, mental distress in young adulthood and the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Prev Med, 168, 107409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107409  
  3. Carrino, L., Nafilyan, V., & Avendano, M. (2023). Should I Care or Should I Work? The Impact of Work on Informal Care. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 42(2), 424-455. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22457  
  4. Carpena, M. X., Paula, C. S., Loret de Mola, C., Hessel, P., Avendano, M., Evans-Lacko, S., & Matijasevich, A. (2023). Combining cash transfers and cognitive behavioral therapy to reduce antisocial behavior in young men: A mediation analysis of a randomized controlled trial in Liberia. PLoS One, 18(3), e0273891. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273891  
  5. Colozza, D., Wang, Y. C., & Avendano, M. (2023). Does urbanisation lead to unhealthy diets? Longitudinal evidence from Indonesia. Health Place, 83, 103091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103091  
  6. Zimmerman, A., Garcia Duran, M. C., Araya, R., Avendano, M., Hessel, P., Diaz, Y., Pena Nino, O. D., Donetto, S., Escobar Lux, M., & Idrobo, F. (2023). Piloting a mental health intervention for young adults in poverty enrolled in post-secondary education in post-conflict regions in Colombia: a study protocol. Front Psychiatry, 14, 1238725. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1238725  
  7. Li, L., & Avendano, M. (2023). Lone parents’ employment policy and adolescents’ socioemotional development: Quasi-experimental evidence from a UK reform. Social Science & Medicine, 320, 115754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115754  
  8. Berkman, L. F., Avendano, M., & Courtin, E. (2023). Producing Change to Understand the Social Determinants of Health: The Promise of Experiments for Social Epidemiology. Am J Epidemiol, 192(11), 1835-1841. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwac142  
  9. Lund, C., Jordans, M. J. D., Garman, E., Araya, R., Avendano, M., Bauer, A., Bahure, V., Dua, T., Eleftheriou, G., Evans-Lacko, S., García Rodríguez, J. F., Gautam, K., Gevonden, M., Hessel, P., Kohrt, B. A., Krabbendam, L., Luitel, N. P., Roy, S., Seifert Bonifaz, M., . . . Yarrow, P. (2023). Strengthening self-regulation and reducing poverty to prevent adolescent depression and anxiety: Rationale, approach and methods of the ALIVE interdisciplinary research collaboration in Colombia, Nepal and South Africa. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci, 32, e69. https://doi.org/10.1017/s2045796023000811  

2022

  1. Zimmerman, A., Lund, C., Araya, R., Hessel, P., Sanchez, J., Garman, E., Evans-Lacko, S., Diaz, Y., & Avendano-Pabon, M. (2022). The relationship between multidimensional poverty, income poverty and youth depressive symptoms: cross-sectional evidence from Mexico, South Africa and Colombia. BMJ Glob Health, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006960  
  2. Garman, E. C., Eyal, K., Avendano, M., Evans-Lacko, S., & Lund, C. (2022). Cash transfers and the mental health of young people: Evidence from South Africa’s child support grant. Social Science & Medicine, 292, 114631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114631  
  3. Diaz, Y., Hessel, P., Avendano, M., & Evans-Lacko, S. (2022). Multidimensional poverty and adolescent mental health: Unpacking the relationship. Social Science & Medicine, 311, 115324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115324  
  4. Hadfield-Spoor, M., Avendano, M., & Loopstra, R. (2022). Food insecurity among disabled adults. Eur J Public Health, 32(4), 593-599. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac034  
  5. Garman, E. C., Avendano, M., Araya, R., Evans-Lacko, S., McDaid, D., Zimmerman, A., & Lund, C. (2022). Understanding the complex relationship between multidimensional poverty and depressive symptoms among young South Africans: A cross-sectional study. J Affect Disord, 319, 352-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.101  
  6. Jensen, N., Kelly, A. H., & Avendano, M. (2022). Health equity and health system strengthening – Time for a WHO re-think. Glob Public Health, 17(3), 377-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2020.1867881   
  7. Wang, Y., Yang, W., & Avendano, M. (2022). Does informal care reduce health care utilisation in older age? Evidence from China. Social Science & Medicine, 306, 115123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115123  

2021

  1. Bauer, A., Garman, E., McDaid, D., Avendano, M., Hessel, P., Diaz, Y., Araya, R., Lund, C., Malvasi, P., Matijasevich, A., Park, A. L., Paula, C. S., Ziebold, C., Zimmerman, A., & Evans-Lacko, S. (2021). Integrating youth mental health into cash transfer programmes in response to the COVID-19 crisis in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet Psychiatry, 8(4), 340-346. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30382-5  
  2. Li, L., Carrino, L., Reinhard, E., Timmermans, E., Huisman, M., Claassens, J., Lakerveld, J., & Avendano, M. (2021). Aircraft noise control policy and mental health: a natural experiment based on the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA). J Epidemiol Community Health, 75(5), 458-463. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-214264  
  3. Noordzij, J. M., Beenackers, M. A., Oude Groeniger, J., Timmermans, E., Chaix, B., Doiron, D., Huisman, M., Motoc, I., Ruiz, M., Wissa, R., Avendano, M., & van Lenthe, F. J. (2021). Green spaces, subjective health and depressed affect in middle-aged and older adults: a cross-country comparison of four European cohorts. J Epidemiol Community Health, 75(5), 470-476. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-214257  
  4. Sund, E. R., van Lenthe, F. J., Avendano, M., Raina, P., & Krokstad, S. (2021). Does urbanicity modify the relationship between a polygenic risk score for depression and mental health symptoms? Cross-sectional evidence from the observational HUNT Study in Norway. J Epidemiol Community Health, 75(5), 420-425. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-214256  
  5. Zimmerman, A., Garman, E., Avendano-Pabon, M., Araya, R., Evans-Lacko, S., McDaid, D., Park, A. L., Hessel, P., Diaz, Y., Matijasevich, A., Ziebold, C., Bauer, A., Paula, C. S., & Lund, C. (2021). 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. BMJ Glob Health, 6(4). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004661  
  6. Ziebold, C., Paula, C. S., Santos, I. S., Barros, F. C., Munhoz, T. N., Lund, C., McDaid, D., Araya, R., Bauer, A., Garman, E., Park, A. L., Zimmerman, A., Hessel, P., Avendano, M., Evans-Lacko, S., & Matijasevich, A. (2021). Conditional cash transfers and adolescent mental health in Brazil: Evidence from the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort. J Glob Health, 11, 04066. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.11.04066
  7. Wang, Y., Yang, W., & Avendano, M. (2021). Income-Related Inequalities in Informal Care: Evidence From the Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey in China. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 76(8), 1691-1696. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab043  
  8. Jensen, N., Kelly, A. H., & Avendano, M. (2021). The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need for an equity-focused global health agenda. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 8(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00700-x  

2020

  1. Avendano, M., de Coulon, A., & Nafilyan, V. (2020). Does longer compulsory schooling affect mental health? Evidence from a British reform. Journal of Public Economics, 183, 104137. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104137  
  2. Carrino, L., Glaser, K., & Avendano, M. (2020). Later retirement, job strain, and health: Evidence from the new State Pension age in the United Kingdom. Health Economics, 29(8), 891-912. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4025  
  3. Schuring, M., Robroek, S. J. W., Carrino, L., O’Prinsen, A. C., Oude Hengel, K. M., Avendano, M., & Burdorf, A. (2020). Does reduced employment protection increase the employment disadvantage of workers with low education and poorer health? J Epidemiol Community Health, 74(10), 851-857. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-213772  
  4. Vineis, P., Avendano, M., Barros, H., Bartley, M., Carmeli, C., Carra, L., Chadeau-Hyam, M., Costa, G., Delpierre, C., D’Errico, A., Fraga, S., Giles, G., Goldberg, M., Kelly-Irving, M., Kivimaki, M., Lepage, B., Lang, T., Layte, R., MacGuire, F., . . . Zins, M. (2020). Special Report: The Biology of Inequalities in Health: The Lifepath Consortium. Front Public Health, 8, 118. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00118  
  5. Timmermans, E. J., Reinhard, E., Ruijsbroek, A., Huisman, M., & Avendano, M. (2020). Regeneration of deprived neighbourhoods and indicators of functioning in older adults: A quasi-experimental evaluation of the Dutch District Approach. Health Place, 64, 102359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102359  

2019

  1. Vandoros, S., Avendano, M., & Kawachi, I. (2019). The EU referendum and mental health in the short term: a natural experiment using antidepressant prescriptions in England. J Epidemiol Community Health, 73(2), 168-175. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2018-210637  
  2. Vandoros, S., Avendano, M., & Kawachi, I. (2019). The association between economic uncertainty and suicide in the short-run. Social Science & Medicine, 220, 403-410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.035  
  3. Reinhard, E., Carrino, L., Courtin, E., van Lenthe, F. J., & Avendano, M. (2019). Public Transportation Use and Cognitive Function in Older Age: A Quasiexperimental Evaluation of the Free Bus Pass Policy in the United Kingdom. Am J Epidemiol, 188(10), 1774-1783. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwz149  
  4. Okamoto, S., Avendano, M., & Kawachi, I. (2019). Intergenerational income mobility and health in Japan: A quasi-experimental approach. Social Science & Medicine, 230, 37-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.03.042  
  5. McCrory, C., Leahy, S., Ribeiro, A. I., Fraga, S., Barros, H., Avendano, M., Vineis, P., Layte, R., & consortium, L. (2019). Maternal educational inequalities in measured body mass index trajectories in three European countries. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, 33(3), 226-237. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12552  
  6. Courtin, E., Nafilyan, V., Glymour, M., Goldberg, M., Berr, C., Berkman, L. F., Zins, M., & Avendano, M. (2019). Long-term effects of compulsory schooling on physical, mental and cognitive ageing: a natural experiment. J Epidemiol Community Health, 73(4), 370-376. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2018-211746  
  7. Courtin, E., Nafilyan, V., Avendano, M., Meneton, P., Berkman, L. F., Goldberg, M., Zins, M., & Dowd, J. B. (2019). Longer schooling but not better off? A quasi-experimental study of the effect of compulsory schooling on biomarkers in France. Social Science & Medicine, 220, 379-386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.033  
  8. Colozza, D., & Avendano, M. (2019). Urbanisation, dietary change and traditional food practices in Indonesia: A longitudinal analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 233, 103-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.06.007  
  9. Baker, P., Hone, T., Reeves, A., Avendano, M., & Millett, C. (2019). Does government expenditure reduce inequalities in infant mortality rates in low- and middle-income countries?: A time-series, ecological analysis of 48 countries from 1993 to 2013. Health Econ Policy Law, 14(2), 249-273. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744133118000269  
  10. Adjaye-Gbewonyo, K., Vollmer, S., Avendano, M., & Harttgen, K. (2019). Agricultural trade policies and child nutrition in low- and middle-income countries: a cross-national analysis. Global Health, 15(1), 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-019-0463-0  

2018

  1. Isong, I. A., Rao, S. R., Bind, M. A., Avendano, M., Kawachi, I., & Richmond, T. K. (2018). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Early Childhood Obesity. Pediatrics, 141(1). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-0865  
  2. Reinhard, E., Courtin, E., van Lenthe, F. J., & Avendano, M. (2018). Public transport policy, social engagement and mental health in older age: a quasi-experimental evaluation of free bus passes in England. J Epidemiol Community Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-210038  
  3. Hessel, P., Avendano, M., Rodríguez-Castelán, C., & Pfutze, T. (2018). Social Pension Income Associated With Small Improvements In Self-Reported Health Of Poor Older Men In Colombia. Health Aff (Millwood), 37(3), 456-463. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1284  
  4. Stringhini, S., Carmeli, C., Jokela, M., Avendano, M., McCrory, C., d’Errico, A., Bochud, M., Barros, H., Costa, G., Chadeau-Hyam, M., Delpierre, C., Gandini, M., Fraga, S., Goldberg, M., Giles, G. G., Lassale, C., Kenny, R. A., Kelly-Irving, M., Paccaud, F., . . . Consortium, L. (2018). Socioeconomic status, non-communicable disease risk factors, and walking speed in older adults: multi-cohort population-based study. BMJ, 360, k1046. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k1046  
  5. Vandoros, S., Avendano, M., & Kawachi, I. (2018). The short-term impact of economic uncertainty on motor vehicle collisions. Prev Med, 111, 87-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.02.005  
  6. Beenackers, M. A., Doiron, D., Fortier, I., Noordzij, J. M., Reinhard, E., Courtin, E., Bobak, M., Chaix, B., Costa, G., Dapp, U., Diez Roux, A. V., Huisman, M., Grundy, E. M., Krokstad, S., Martikainen, P., Raina, P., Avendano, M., & van Lenthe, F. J. (2018). MINDMAP: establishing an integrated database infrastructure for research in ageing, mental well-being, and the urban environment. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 158. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5031-7  
  7. Idrobo, F., Hessel, P., Harker, A., Evans-Lacko, S., & Avendano, M. (2018). Mental health of victims and ex-FARC members: a challenge for the peace process in Colombia. Lancet Psychiatry, 5(6), 467-468. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30134-2   
  8. Adjaye-Gbewonyo, K., Kawachi, I., Subramanian, S. V., & Avendano, M. (2018). Income inequality and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a highly unequal country: a fixed-effects analysis from South Africa. Int J Equity Health, 17(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-018-0741-0  
  9. Ehntholt, A., Avendano, M., Pabayo, R., Berkman, L. F., & Kawachi, I. (2018). School racial composition and lifetime non-medical use of prescription painkillers: Evidence from the national longitudinal study of adolescent to adult health. Health & Place, 53, 103-109. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.07.002  
  10. Courtin, E., Muennig, P., Verma, N., Riccio, J. A., Lagarde, M., Vineis, P., Kawachi, I., & Avendano, M. (2018). Conditional Cash Transfers And Health Of Low-Income Families In The US: Evaluating The Family Rewards Experiment. Health Aff (Millwood), 37(3), 438-446. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1271  
  11. Moustgaard, H., Avendano, M., & Martikainen, P. (2018). Parental Unemployment and Offspring Psychotropic Medication Purchases: A Longitudinal Fixed-Effects Analysis of 138,644 Adolescents. Am J Epidemiol, 187(9), 1880-1888. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwy084  
  12. Reinhard, E., Layte, R., McCrory, C., Panico, L., & Avendano, M. (2018). The Great Recession and the Health of Young Children: A Fixed-Effects Analysis in Ireland. Am J Epidemiol, 187(7), 1438-1448. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwy001  
  13. Reynolds, M. M., & Avendano, M. (2018). Social Policy Expenditures and Life Expectancy in High-Income Countries. Am J Prev Med, 54(1), 72-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2017.09.001  
  14. Courtin, E., Dowd, J. B., & Avendano, M. (2018). The Mental Health Benefits of Acquiring a Home in Older Age: A Fixed-Effects Analysis of Older US Adults. Am J Epidemiol, 187(3), 465-473. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwx278  
  15. Hessel, P., Riumallo-Herl, C. J., Leist, A. K., Berkman, L. F., & Avendano, M. (2018). Economic Downturns, Retirement and Long-Term Cognitive Function Among Older Americans. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 73(4), 744-754. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbx035  

2017

  1. Cylus, J., & Avendano, M. (2017). Receiving Unemployment Benefits May Have Positive Effects On The Health Of The Unemployed. Health Aff (Millwood), 36(2). https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1040  
  2. Stringhini, S., Carmeli, C., Jokela, M., Avendano, M., Muennig, P., Guida, F., Ricceri, F., d’Errico, A., Barros, H., Bochud, M., Chadeau-Hyam, M., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Costa, G., Delpierre, C., Fraga, S., Goldberg, M., Giles, G. G., Krogh, V., Kelly-Irving, M., . . . Kivimäki, M. (2017). 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. Lancet, 389(10075), 1229-1237. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(16)32380-7  
  3. Houweling, T. A., Arroyave, I., Burdorf, A., & Avendano, M. (2017). Health insurance coverage, neonatal mortality and caesarean section deliveries: an analysis of vital registration data in Colombia. J Epidemiol Community Health, 71(5), 505-512. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2016-207499  
  4. Isong, I. A., Richmond, T., Avendano, M., & Kawachi, I. (2017). Racial/Ethnic Disparities: a Longitudinal Study of Growth Trajectories Among US Kindergarten Children. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-017-0434-1  
  5. Avendano, M., & Panico, L. (2017). Do flexible work policies improve parent’s health? A natural experiment based on the UK Millennium Cohort Study. J Epidemiol Community Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-209847  
  6. Adjaye-Gbewonyo, K., Kawachi, I., Subramanian, S. V., & Avendano, M. (2017). High social trust associated with increased depressive symptoms in a longitudinal South African sample. Social Science & Medicine, 197, 127-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.12.003  
  7. Avendano, M., Moustgaard, H., & Martikainen, P. (2017). Are some populations resilient to recessions? Economic fluctuations and mortality during a period of economic decline and recovery in Finland. Eur J Epidemiol, 32(1), 77-85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-016-0152-8  

2016

  1. van Hedel, K., Mejia-Guevara, I., Avendano, M., Sabbath, E. L., Berkman, L. F., Mackenbach, J. P., & van Lenthe, F. J. (2016). Work-Family Trajectories and the Higher Cardiovascular Risk of American Women Relative to Women in 13 European Countries. Am J Public Health, 106(8), 1449-1456. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303264  
  2. Lopez-Arana, S., Avendano, M., van Lenthe, F. J., & Burdorf, A. (2016). The impact of a conditional cash transfer programme on determinants of child health: evidence from Colombia. Public Health Nutr, 19(14), 2629-2642. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980016000240  
  3. Lopez-Arana, S., Avendano, M., Forde, I., van Lenthe, F. J., & Burdorf, A. (2016). Conditional cash transfers and the double burden of malnutrition among children in Colombia: a quasi-experimental study. Br J Nutr, 115(10), 1780-1789. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114516000714  
  4. Isong, I. A., Richmond, T., Kawachi, I., & Avendano, M. (2016). Childcare Attendance and Obesity Risk. Pediatrics, 138(5). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2016-1539  
  5. Hurtado, D. A., Hessel, P., & Avendano, M. (2016). The hidden costs of informal work: lack of social protection and subjective well-being in Colombia. Int J Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-016-0864-2  
  6. Hessel, P., & Avendano, M. (2016). Economic downturns during the life-course and late-life health: an analysis of 11 European countries. Eur J Public Health, 26(5), 766-771. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckw063  
  7. Courtin, E., & Avendano, M. (2016). Under one roof: The effect of co-residing with adult children on depression in later life. Social Science & Medicine, 168, 140-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.09.020  
  8. Adjaye-Gbewonyo, K., Avendano, M., Subramanian, S. V., & Kawachi, I. (2016). Income inequality and depressive symptoms in South Africa: A longitudinal analysis of the National Income Dynamics Study. Health Place, 42, 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.08.013  

2015

  1. van Hedel, K., Avendano, M., Berkman, L. F., Bopp, M., Deboosere, P., Lundberg, O., Martikainen, P., Menvielle, G., van Lenthe, F. J., & Mackenbach, J. P. (2015). The contribution of national disparities to international differences in mortality between the United States and 7 European countries. Am J Public Health, 105(4), e112-119. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302344  
  2. Orsini, C., & Avendano, M. (2015). Macro-economic conditions and infant health: a changing relationship for black and white infants in the United States. PLoS One, 10(5), e0123501. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123501  
  3. de Vries E, Arroyave I, Pardo C, Wiesner C, Murillo R, Forman D, Burdorf A, Avendano M. Trends in inequalities in premature cancer mortality by educational level in Colombia, 1998-2007. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2015 May;69(5):408-15. doi: 10.1136/jech-2014-204650 Epub 2014 Dec 9. PMID: 25492898; PMCID: PMC4393795.
  4. Cylus, J., Glymour, M. M., & Avendano, M. (2015). Health effects of unemployment benefit program generosity. Am J Public Health, 105(2), 317-323. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302253  
  5. Berkman, L. F., Boersch-Supan, A., & Avendano, M. (2015). Labor-Force Participation, Policies & Practices in an Aging America: Adaptation Essential for a Healthy & Resilient Population. Daedalus, 144(2), 41-54. https://doi.org/10.1162/DAED_a_00329  
  6. Avendano, M., Berkman, L. F., Brugiavini, A., & Pasini, G. (2015). The long-run effect of maternity leave benefits on mental health: Evidence from European countries. Social Science & Medicine, 132, 45-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.037
  7. Arroyave, I., Hessel, P., Burdorf, A., Rodriguez-Garcia, J., Cardona, D., & Avendano, M. (2015). The public health impact of economic fluctuations in a Latin American country: mortality and the business cycle in Colombia in the period 1980-2010. Int J Equity Health, 14, 48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-015-0176-9
  8. Van Hedel, K., Van Lenthe, F. J., Avendano, M., Bopp, M., Esnaola, S., Kovacs, K., Martikainen, P., Regidor, E., & Mackenbach, J. P. (2015). Marital status, labour force activity and mortality: a study in the USA and six European countries. Scand J Public Health, 43(5), 469-480. https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494815578947  
  9. Noelke, C., & Avendano, M. (2015). Who Suffers During Recessions? Economic Downturns, Job Loss, and Cardiovascular Disease in Older Americans. Am J Epidemiol, 182(10), 873-882. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwv094  
  10. Croezen, S., Avendano, M., Burdorf, A., & van Lenthe, F. J. (2015). Social participation and depression in old age: a fixed-effects analysis in 10 European countries. Am J Epidemiol, 182(2), 168-176. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwv015  
  11. Berkman, L. F., Zheng, Y., Glymour, M. M., Avendano, M., Borsch-Supan, A., & Sabbath, E. L. (2015). Mothering alone: cross-national comparisons of later-life disability and health among women who were single mothers. J Epidemiol Community Health, 69(9), 865-872. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-205149  
  12. Montez, J. K., Martikainen, P., Remes, H., & Avendano, M. (2015). Work-Family Context and the Longevity Disadvantage of US Women. Soc Forces, 93(4), 1567-1597. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/sou117  
  13. Avendano, M., & Hessel, P. (2015). The income inequality hypothesis rejected? Eur J Epidemiol, 30(8), 595-598. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-015-0084-8  

2014

  1. Walter, S., Glymour, M., & Avendano, M. (2014). The health effects of US unemployment insurance policy: does income from unemployment benefits prevent cardiovascular disease? PLoS One, 9(7), e101193. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101193
  2. Rodriguez Lopez, S., Montero, P., Carmenate, M., & Avendano, M. (2014). Functional decline over 2 years in older Spanish adults: Evidence from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. Geriatr Gerontol Int, 14(2), 403-412. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.12115  
  3. Riumallo-Herl, C. J., Kawachi, I., & Avendano, M. (2014). Social capital, mental health and biomarkers in Chile: assessing the effects of social capital in a middle-income country. Social Science & Medicine, 105, 47-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.12.018
  4. Riumallo-Herl, C., Basu, S., Stuckler, D., Courtin, E., & Avendano, M. (2014). Job loss, wealth and depression during the Great Recession in the USA and Europe. Int J Epidemiol, 43(5), 1508-1517. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyu048
  5. Lopez-Arana, S., Avendano, M., van Lenthe, F. J., & Burdorf, A. (2014). Trends in overweight among women differ by occupational class: results from 33 low- and middle-income countries in the period 1992-2009. Int J Obes (Lond), 38(1), 97-105. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2013.50
  6. Leist, A. K., Hessel, P., & Avendano, M. (2014). Do economic recessions during early and mid-adulthood influence cognitive function in older age? J Epidemiol Community Health, 68(2), 151-158. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2013-202843
  7. Hessel, P., Vandoros, S., & Avendano, M. (2014). The differential impact of the financial crisis on health in Ireland and Greece: a quasi-experimental approach. Public Health, 128(10), 911-919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2014.08.004
  8. Cylus J, Glymour MM, Avendano M. Do generous unemployment benefit programs reduce suicide rates? A state fixed-effect analysis covering 1968-2008. Am J Epidemiol. 2014 Jul 1;180(1):45-52. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwu106. Epub 2014 Jun 17. PMID: 24939978; PMCID: PMC4070935.
  9. Cylus, J., Glymour, M. M., & Avendano, M. (2014). Cylus et al. respond to « unrealized benefits? ». Am J Epidemiol, 180(1), 56-57. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwu105
  10. Avendano, M., & Kawachi, I. (2014). Why do Americans have shorter life expectancy and worse health than do people in other high-income countries? Annu Rev Public Health, 35, 307-325. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032013-182411  
  11. Arroyave, I., Burdorf, A., Cardona, D., & Avendano, M. (2014). Socioeconomic inequalities in premature mortality in Colombia, 1998-2007: The double burden of non-communicable diseases and injuries. Prev Med, 64C, 41-47. https://doi.org/S0091-7435(14)00112-1

2013

  1. Vandoros, S., Hessel, P., Leone, T., & Avendano, M. (2013). Have health trends worsened in Greece as a result of the financial crisis? A quasi-experimental approach. Eur J Public Health, 23(5), 727-731. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckt020
  2. Lopez-Arana, S., Burdorf, A., & Avendano, M. (2013). Trends in overweight by educational level in 33 low- and middle-income countries: the role of parity, age at first birth and breastfeeding. Obes Rev, 14(10), 806-817. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12051  
  3. Leist, A. K., Glymour, M. M., Mackenbach, J. P., van Lenthe, F. J., & Avendano, M. (2013). Time away from work predicts later cognitive function: differences by activity during leave. Ann Epidemiol, 23(8), 455-462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.05.014
  4. Hessel, P., & Avendano, M. (2013). Are economic recessions at the time of leaving school associated with worse physical functioning in later life? Ann Epidemiol, 23(11), 708-715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.08.001
  5. Arroyave, I., Cardona, D., Burdorf, A., & Avendano, M. (2013). The Impact of Increasing Health Insurance Coverage on Disparities in Mortality: Health Care Reform in Colombia, 1998-2007. Am J Public Health, 103(3), e100-e106. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2012.301143  

2012

  1. White, K., Avendano, M., Capistrant, B. D., Robin Moon, J., Liu, S. Y., & Maria Glymour, M. (2012). Self-reported and measured hypertension among older US- and foreign-born adults. J Immigr Minor Health, 14(4), 721-726. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-011-9549-3  
  2. Moon, J. R., Glymour, M. M., Subramanian, S. V., Avendano, M., & Kawachi, I. (2012). Transition to retirement and risk of cardiovascular disease: prospective analysis of the US health and retirement study. Social Science & Medicine, 75(3), 526-530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.004
  3. Moon, J. R., Capistrant, B. D., Kawachi, I., Avendano, M., Subramanian, S. V., Bates, L. M., & Glymour, M. M. (2012). Stroke incidence in older US Hispanics: is foreign birth protective? Stroke, 43(5), 1224-1229. https://doi.org/STROKEAHA.111.643700  
  4. Kumar, S., Calvo, R., Avendano, M., Sivaramakrishnan, K., & Berkman, L. F. (2012). Social support, volunteering and health around the world: cross-national evidence from 139 countries. Social Science & Medicine, 74(5), 696-706. https://doi.org/S0277-9536(12)00012-3
  5. Kok, R., Avendano, M., Bago d’Uva, T., & Mackenbach, J. (2012). Can Reporting Heterogeneity Explain Differences in Depressive Symptoms Across Europe? Soc Indic Res, 105(2), 191-210. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-011-9877-7
  6. Avendano, M. (2012). Correlation or causation? Income inequality and infant mortality in fixed effects models in the period 1960-2008 in 34 OECD countries. Social Science & Medicine, 75(4), 754-760. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.017

2011

  1. van Lenthe, F. J., Avendano, M., van Beeck, E. F., & Mackenbach, J. P. (2011). Childhood and adulthood socioeconomic position and the hospital-based incidence of hip fractures after 13 years of follow-up: the role of health behaviours. J Epidemiol Community Health, 65(11), 980-985. https://doi.org/jech.2010.115782
  2. Soerjomataram, I., Barendregt, J. J., Gartner, C., Kunst, A., Moller, H., & Avendano, M. (2011). Reducing inequalities in lung cancer incidence through smoking policies. Lung Cancer, 73(3), 268-273. https://doi.org/S0169-5002(11)00045-6
  3. Giskes, K., van Lenthe, F., Avendano-Pabon, M., & Brug, J. (2011). A systematic review of environmental factors and obesogenic dietary intakes among adults: are we getting closer to understanding obesogenic environments? Obes Rev, 12(5), e95-e106. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00769.x
  4. Avendano, M., & Kawachi, I. (2011). Invited commentary: the search for explanations of the American health disadvantage relative to the English. Am J Epidemiol, 173(8), 866-869. https://doi.org/kwq484
  5. Avendano, M., & Galama, T. J. (2011). Inequalities in mortality in the U.S. and Denmark: more alike than different. A commentary on Hoffmann. Social Science & Medicine, 73(11), 1569-1572. https://doi.org/S0277-9536(11)00567-3

2010

  1. van den Berg, T., Schuring, M., Avendano, M., Mackenbach, J., & Burdorf, A. (2010). The impact of ill health on exit from paid employment in Europe among older workers. Occup Environ Med, 67(12), 845-852. https://doi.org/oem.2009.051730
  2. Subramanian, S. V., Huijts, T., & Avendano, M. (2010). Self-reported health assessments in the 2002 World Health Survey: how do they correlate with education? Bull World Health Organ, 88(2), 131-138. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.09.067058   
  3. Mohd Hairi, F., Mackenbach, J. P., Andersen-Ranberg, K., & Avendano, M. (2010). Does socio-economic status predict grip strength in older Europeans? Results from the SHARE study in non-institutionalised men and women aged 50+. J Epidemiol Community Health, 64(9), 829-837. https://doi.org/jech.2009.088476
  4. Glymour, M. M., Maselko, J., Gilman, S. E., Patton, K. K., & Avendano, M. (2010). Depressive symptoms predict incident stroke independently of memory impairments. Neurology, 75(23), 2063-2070. https://doi.org/75/23/2063
  5. Giskes, K., Avendano, M., Brug, J., & Kunst, A. E. (2010). A systematic review of studies on socioeconomic inequalities in dietary intakes associated with weight gain and overweight/obesity conducted among European adults. Obes Rev, 11(6), 413-429. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00658.x

2009

  1. Maselko, J., Bates, L. M., Avendano, M., & Glymour, M. M. (2009). The intersection of sex, marital status, and cardiovascular risk factors in shaping stroke incidence: results from the health and retirement study. J Am Geriatr Soc, 57(12), 2293-2299. https://doi.org/JGS2555  
  2. Glymour, M. M., & Avendano, M. (2009). Can self-reported strokes be used to study stroke incidence and risk factors?: evidence from the health and retirement study. Stroke, 40(3), 873-879. https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.108.529479   
  3. Eikemo, T. A., Skalicka, V., & Avendano, M. (2009). Variations in relative health inequalities: are they a mathematical artefact? Int J Equity Health, 8, 32. https://doi.org/1475-9276-8-32
  4. DeFries, T., Avendano, M., & Glymour, M. M. (2009). Level and change in cognitive test scores predict risk of first stroke. J Am Geriatr Soc, 57(3), 499-505. https://doi.org/JGS2132  
  5. Avendano, M., Jürges, H., & Mackenbach, J. P. (2009). Educational level and changes in health across Europe: Longitudinal results from SHARE. Journal of European Social Policy, 19(4), 301-316. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506809341512 
  6. Avendano, M., Huijts, T., & Subramanian, S. V. (2009). Re: « Are Americans feeling less healthy? The puzzle of trends in self-rated health ». Am J Epidemiol, 170(12), 1581-1582; author reply 1582-1583. https://doi.org/kwp367
  7. Avendano, M., Glymour, M. M., Banks, J., & Mackenbach, J. P. (2009). Health disadvantage in US adults aged 50 to 74 years: a comparison of the health of rich and poor Americans with that of Europeans. Am J Public Health, 99(3), 540-548. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2008.139469   

2008

  1. Jurges, H., Avendano, M., & Mackenbach, J. P. (2008). Are different measures of self-rated health comparable? An assessment in five European countries. Eur J Epidemiol, 23(12), 773-781. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-008-9287-6  
  2. Huisman, M., Van Lenthe, F., Avendano, M., & Mackenbach, J. (2008). The contribution of job characteristics to socioeconomic inequalities in incidence of myocardial infarction. Social Science & Medicine, 66(11), 2240-2252. https://doi.org/S0277-9536(08)00075-0
  3. Glymour, M. M., Defries, T. B., Kawachi, I., & Avendano, M. (2008). Spousal smoking and incidence of first stroke the health and retirement study. Am J Prev Med, 35(3), 245-248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2008.05.024   
  4. Glymour, M. M., Avendano, M., Haas, S., & Berkman, L. F. (2008). Lifecourse social conditions and racial disparities in incidence of first stroke. Ann Epidemiol, 18(12), 904-912. https://doi.org/S1047-2797(08)00298-6
  5. de Kok, I. M., van Lenthe, F. J., Avendano, M., Louwman, M., Coebergh, J. W., & Mackenbach, J. P. (2008). Childhood social class and cancer incidence: Results of the globe study. Social Science & Medicine, 66(5), 1131-1139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.035
  6. Avendano, M., & Van Soest, A. (2008). Measuring pain: issues of interpretation. The Lancet, 372(9637), 443.  https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61186-1
  7. Avendano, M., & Soerjomataram, I. (2008). Monitoring trends in acute coronary syndromes: can we use hospital admission registries? Heart, 94(12), 1524-1525. https://doi.org/hrt.2008.148338
  8. Avendano, M., & Glymour, M. M. (2008). Stroke disparities in older Americans: is wealth a more powerful indicator of risk than income and education? Stroke, 39(5), 1533-1540. https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.107.490383
  9. Avendano, M., & Glymour, M. (2008). Obesity doesn’t explain U.S.-Europe disparities. Health Aff (Millwood), 27(1), 298. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.27.1.298

2007

  1. Glymour, M. M., Avendano, M., & Berkman, L. F. (2007). Is the ‘stroke belt’ worn from childhood?: risk of first stroke and state of residence in childhood and adulthood. Stroke, 38(9), 2415-2421. https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.107.482059

2006

  1. Avendano, M., & Mackenbach, J. P. (2006). Blood glucose levels: facing a global crisis. Lancet, 368(9548), 1631-1632. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(06)69675-x
  2. Avendano, M., Kunst, A. E., Huisman, M., Lenthe, F. V., Bopp, M., Regidor, E., Glickman, M., Costa, G., Spadea, T., Deboosere, P., Borrell, C., Valkonen, T., Gisser, R., Borgan, J. K., Gadeyne, S., & Mackenbach, J. P. (2006). Socioeconomic status and ischaemic heart disease mortality in 10 western European populations during the 1990s. Heart, 92(4), 461-467. https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2005.065532
  3. Avendano, M., Kawachi, I., Van Lenthe, F., Boshuizen, H. C., Mackenbach, J. P., Van den Bos, G. A., Fay, M. E., & Berkman, L. F. (2006). Socioeconomic status and stroke incidence in the US elderly: the role of risk factors in the EPESE study. Stroke, 37(6), 1368-1373. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.0000221702.75002.66
  4. Avendano, M., Boshuizen, H. C., Schellevis, F. G., Mackenbach, J. P., Van Lenthe, F. J., & Van den Bos, G. A. (2006). Disparities in stroke preventive care in general practice did not explain socioeconomic disparities in stroke. J Clin Epidemiol, 59(12), 1285-1294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.03.010
  5. Avendano, M. (2006). Smoking and inequalities. Lancet, 368(9545), 1417-1418. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(06)69600-1

2005

  1. Avendano, M., Kunst, A. E., van Lenthe, F., Bos, V., Costa, G., Valkonen, T., Cardano, M., Harding, S., Borgan, J. K., Glickman, M., Reid, A., & Mackenbach, J. P. (2005). Trends in socioeconomic disparities in stroke mortality in six european countries between 1981-1985 and 1991-1995. Am J Epidemiol, 161(1), 52-61. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwi011

2004

  1. Avendano, M., Kunst, A. E., Huisman, M., van Lenthe, F., Bopp, M., Borrell, C., Valkonen, T., Regidor, E., Costa, G., Donkin, A., Borgan, J. K., Deboosere, P., Gadeyne, S., Spadea, T., Andersen, O., & Mackenbach, J. P. (2004). Educational level and stroke mortality: a comparison of 10 European populations during the 1990s. Stroke,35(2), 432-437. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.0000221702.75002.66  

Book chapters

  1. Carrino L, Avendano M, Oliviera Hashiguchi T, Ortega Regalado JC, Llena-Nozal A (2025). Who should be eligible for long-term care in older age? Policy trade-offs and implications for coverage, equity and wellbeing. Cambridge University Press, pp 48-120
  2. Avendano M, Berkman LF. Labor markets, employment policies, and health. In: Berkman LF, Kawachi I, Glymour M, editors. Social Epidemiology. New York: Oxford University Press; 2014. p. 182-233.
  3. Glymour M, Avendano M, Kawachi I. Socioeconomic Status and Health. In: Berkman LF, Kawachi I, Glymour M, editors. Social Epidemiology, 2nd Edition. New York: Oxford University Press; 2014. p. 17-62.
  4. Croezen S, Avendano M, Burdorf A, J van Lenthe F. (2013) Does social participation decrease depressive symptoms in old age? In: Börsch-Supan A, Brandt M, Litwin H, Weber G, eds. Active ageing and solidarity between generations in Europe. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG.
  5. Avendano, M., Kok, R., Glymour, M., Berkman, L., Kawachi, I., Kunst, A., et al. (2010) Do Americans Have Higher Mortality Than Europeans Because They Have Higher Excess Mortality at Lower Socioeconomic Levels?: A Comparison of Mortality by Education in the United States and 14 European countries. In E. Crimmins, S. Preston & B. Cohen (Eds.), International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages: Dimensions and Sources. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.
  6. Avendano, M., & Mackenbach, J. (2010) Life-course health and labour market exit in 13 European countries: Results from SHARELIFE. In A. Börsch-Supan, M. Brandt, K. Hank & M. Schröder (Eds.), The Individual and the Welfare State: Life Histories in Europe. Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer.
  7. Avendano M, Scherpenzeel A, Mackenbach J. (2010) Can biomarkers be collected in an Internet survey? A Pilot Study in the LISS Panel. In: Das M, Ester P, Kaczmirek L, eds. Social and Behavioral Research and the Internet: Advances in Applied Methods and Research Strategies. New York: Routledge Academic.
  8. Avendano M, Mackenbach J. (2008) Changes in Physical Health Among Older Europeans. In: Börsch-Supan A, Brugiavini A, Jürges H, et al., eds. First Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004-2007). Mannheim: Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging.
  9. Mohd Hairi F, Avendano M, Mackenbach J. (2008) Changes in Health-Behaviour Related Determinants. In: Börsch-Supan A, Brugiavini A, Jürges H, et al., eds. First Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004-2007). Mannheim: Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging.
  10. Kok R, Avendano M, Mackenbach J. (2008) The Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Changes in Health in Europe. In: Börsch-Supan A, Brugiavini A, Jürges H, et al., eds. First Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004-2007). Mannheim: Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging.
  11. Burdof A, Van den Berg T, Avendano M, et al. (2008) The Effects of Ill Health on Displacement from the Labour Market and Potential Impact of Prevention. In: Börsch-Supan A, Brugiavini A, Jürges H, et al., eds. First Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004-2007). Mannheim: Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging.
  12. Avendano M, Aro AR, Mackenabach JP. (2005) Socioeconomic disparities in physical health in 10 European countries. In Börsch-Supan A.,  Brugiavini A, Jürges H, Mackenbach J.P., Siegrist J., and Weber G. (Ed.). Strauss GmbH: Morlenbach.
  13. Mackenbach JP, Avendano M, Andersen-Ranberg K, Aro AR. Physical Health. (2005) In Börsch-Supan A., Brugiavini A, Jürges H, Mackenbach J.P., Siegrist J., and Weber G  (Ed.). Strauss GmbH: Morlenbach.
  14. Aro RA, Avendano M, Mackenbach JP. (2005) Health Behaviour. In: Health, Ageing  and Retirement in Europe. In Börsch-Supan A.,  Brugiavini A, Jürges H, Mackenbach J.P., Siegrist J., and Weber G. (Ed). Strauss GmbH: Morlenbach.