Kenkel, Donald S.

administrative responsibilities

Director of Graduate Studies, PAM

Co-Director, Institute on Health Economics, Health Behaviors and Disparities, Cornell Population Center

member of graduate field

other Cornell affiliations

research overview

Donald Kenkel's current research includes studies of the economics of smoking, the impact of cigarette and food advertising, and direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceutical products. He is beginning a new project on the impact of health insurance expansions on the advertising and use of pharmaceuticals.

keywords

health economics, public health, tobacco control, cost-benefit analysis

individual publications

academic article
- Cigarette Taxes and the Transition from Youth to Adult Smoking: Smoking Initiation, Cessation, and Participation. Journal of Health Economics. 27:904-917. 2008
- Youth Smoking, Cigarette Prices, and Anti-Smoking Sentiment. Health Economics. 17:733-749. 2008
- Health Disparities and Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Pharmaceutical Products. Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research. 19:71-94. 2008
- An economic evaluation of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 40:134-143. 2008
- Who Kicks the Habit and How They Do It: Socioeconomic Differences Across Methods of Quitting Smoking in the USA. Social Science and Medicine. 64:2504-2519. 2007
- Private Profits and Public Health: Does Advertising of Smoking Cessation Products Encourage Smokers to Quit?. Journal of Political Economy. 115:447-481. 2007
- Regulating Advertisements: The Case of Smoking Cessation Products. Journal of Regulatory Economics. 31:185-208. 2007
- Iron supplementation of young children: learning from the new evidence. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 28:S572-S584. 2007
- The Roles of High School Completion and GED Receipt in Smoking and Obesity. Journal of Labor Economics. 24:635-660. 2006
- Are Alcohol Tax Hikes Fully Passed Through to Prices? Evidence from Alaska . American Economic Review. 95:273-277. 2005
- The Fires Are Not Out Yet: Higher Taxes and Young Adult Smoking. Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research. 16:293-312. 2005
- Accounting for Missclassification Error in Retrospective Smoking Data. Health Economics. 13:1031-1044. 2004
- A Cross-Country Analysis of Tobacco Control Policies and Smoking Over the Life Course. Journal of d’Economie Medicale. 22:131-144. 2004
- Smoke or Fog: The Usefulness of Retrospectively Reported Information About Smoking. Addiction. 98:1307-1313. 2003
- Tobacco Control Policies and Smoking Cessation: A Cross-Country Analysis of Men. Schmollers Jahrbuch. 123. 2003
- Gateway Effects: Insights from Economics are Needed. Addiction. 97:1505-1505. 2002
- Putting Out the Fires: Will Higher Taxes Reduce the Onset of Youth Smoking?. Journal of Political Economy. 110:144-169. 2002
- Economics of Youth Drug Use, Addiction and Gateway Effects. Addiction. 96:151-164. 2001
- Racial Difference in the Determinants of Smoking Onset. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. 21:311-340. 2000
chapter
- Prevention. Handbook of Health Economics, Volume 1. 1675-1714. 2000

selected publications listing

- DeCicca, P., D.S. Kenkel, and A. Mathios. (2008) Cigarette Taxes and the Transition from Youth to Adult Smoking: Smoking Initiation, Cessation, and Participation. Journal of Health Economics 27 (4): 904-917.
- Avery, R.J., D.S. Kenkel, D.Lillard, and A. Mathios. (2007) Private Profits and Public Health: Does Advertising Smoking Cessation Products Encourage Smokers to Quit? Journal of Political Economy 115 (3): 447-481.
- Kenkel, D.S., D. Lillard, and A. Mathios. (2006) The Roles of High School Completion and GED Receipt in Smoking and Obesity. Journal of Labor Economics Special Issue in Honor of Mark Berger 24 (3): 635-660.
- Kenkel, D.S. (2005) Are Alcohol Tax Hikes Fully Passed Through to Prices? Evidence from Alaska. American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings 95 (2): 273-277.
- DeCicca, P, D.S. Kenkel, and A. Mathios (2002) Putting Out the Fires: Will Higher Taxes Reduce the Onset of Youth Smoking? Journal of Political Economy. 110 (1): 144-169.
- Kenkel, D.S. (2000) Prevention. Handbook of Health Economics, AJ Culyer and JP Newhouse, editors.

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Each $1 in New York state's nutrition education program reaps $10 benefit, study finds

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Donald Kenkel has been a member of the department since 1995. SInce 2011, he is jointly appointed as a Professor, Department of Economics. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

education and training

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Chicago 1987
M.A. in Economics, University of Chicago 1983
B.A. in Economics and Mathematics, University of Kentucky 1981

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