Abstract
We report the results of a study analyzing the proportion of theoretical and empirical articles in two core health economics journals. The Journal of Health Economics published 30% theory during the period 1982-1986, but by 1997-2001 the proportion had risen to 40% theory. Health Economics published 38% theory during 1992-1996, but the proportion fell to 32% theory during 1997-2001. In both journals articles were more likely to be published by men (78%), and published women were 50% less likely to publish theory than were men. Articles were more likely to be published by United States authors (54%), but United States authors were less likely to publish theory than authors from other countries. Compared to other disciplines, health economics published a higher proportion of theory than sociology, chemistry, and physics but less than economics and political science.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 90-95 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | European Journal of Health Economics |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2003 |
Keywords
- Gender
- Health economics
- Methodology
- Nationality
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
- Health Policy