Mierau, Prof. Jochen
As Professor of Public Health Economics, Jochen Mierau focuses on health differences. ‘It is a known fact that people in various groups differ from one another in regards to their health. These groups are based, for instance, on region, socioeconomic position, education or income. I research how these differences arise and which mechanisms contribute to this. In addition, I teach students and professionals in order for this knowledge to grow.’ Furthermore, as scientific director of the Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health, Mierau forms connections and networks between knowledge institutions, provinces and municipalities in the Northern Netherlands and beyond. ‘It intrigues me that we have such large differences in health in this country. I hope to bring people closer together and reduce this inequality through science and policy.’
Mierau is a critical follower of the Cabinet’s coronavirus policy. He was invited by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport to give expert advice on the coronavirus measures. He calls, among other things, for more testing and a regional approach. Mierau is also one of the initiators of the LifeLines coronavirus study. This will paint a picture of the COVID-19 disease, risk factors for serious symptoms and the psychological consequences of the pandemic.
Previously in the news
- Jochen Mierau on the corona year: The two biggest mistakes
- Approach to coronavirus has to be regional, video in Dutch, RTV Noord
- ‘Critical exprts discuss effects of lockdown’, in Dutch, Radio 1
- ‘Establishing seven health regions to make a coronavirus policy’, in Dutch
- ‘Regional coronavirus outbreak is a question of time’, in Dutch
- Mierau on regional lockdowns, Dutch Radio 1
- Health economists crack coronavirus policy, in Dutch
- UG sets up crowdfunding for corona research
- Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health to open
- ‘The health differences in the Northern Netherlands are bizarre’
Contact and more information
Publications
2021
Zhu,
Y., Duan, F. M-J., Dijk, H.,
Freriks, R., Dekker, L., Mierau,
J., & Lifelines Corona Research initiative (2021).
Association between socioeconomic status and self-reported,
tested and diagnosed COVID-19 status during the first wave in the
Northern Netherlands: a general population-based cohort from 49 474
adults. BMJ Open, 11(3),
[e048020]. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048020
de
Boer, W., Corpeleijn, E., Dekker,
L., Mierau, J., & Koning, R.
(2021). How is sport participation related to mortality,
diabetes and prediabetes for different body mass index
levels? Scandinavian Journal of Medicine &
Science in Sports, 31(6), 1342-1351. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13940
Mc
Intyre, K., Lanting, P., Deelen,
P., Wiersma, H. H., Vonk, J.
M., Ori, A. P. S., Jankipersadsing, S.
A., Warmerdam, R., van Blokland, I.,
Boulogne, F., Dijkema, M. X. L., Herkert, J.
C., Claringbould, A., Bakker,
O., Lopera Maya, E. A., Bültmann,
U., Zhernakova, A., Reijneveld, S.
A., Zijlstra, E., ... Franke, L.
(2021). Lifelines COVID-19 cohort: investigating COVID-19
infection and its health and societal impacts in a Dutch
population-based cohort. BMJ Open,
11(3), [e044474]. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044474
Zhu,
Y., Duan, F., Riphagen, I.,
Minović, I., Mierau, J., Carrero, J.
J., Bakker, S., Navis, G., &
Dekker, L. (Accepted/In press). Separate and combined
effects of individual and neighbourhood socio-economic disadvantage
on health-related lifestyle risk factors: a multilevel
analysis. International Journal of
Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab079
Mierau,
J. O., & Toebes, B. C. A. (2021).
Streefwaarden voor de volksgezondheid. TSG:
Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidswetenschappen. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12508-021-00294-y
2020
Konings,
S. R. A., Bruggeman, R., Visser,
E., Schoevers, R. A., Mierau, J.
O., & Feenstra, T. L. (2021). Episode
detection based on personalized intensity of care thresholds: a
schizophrenia case study. Social Science &
Medicine, 270, [113507]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113507,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113507
Nisa,
C. F., Bélanger, J. J., Faller, D. G., Buttrick, N. R.,
Mierau, J. O., Austin, M. M. K., Schumpe, B. M., Sasin, E.
M., Agostini, M., Gützkow, B.,
Kreienkamp, J., Abakoumkin, G., Abdul Khaiyom, J. H.,
Ahmedi, V., Akkas, H., Almenara, C. A., Atta, M., Bagci, S. C.,
Basel, S., ... Leander, N. P. (2021). Lives
versus Livelihoods? Perceived economic risk has a stronger
association with support for COVID-19 preventive measures than
perceived health risk. Scientific
Reports, 11(1), [9669]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88314-4
Reneman,
M. F., Beemster, T. T., Welling, S. J., Mierau, J.
O., & Dijk, H. H. (2021). Vocational
Rehabilitation for Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain With
or Without a Work Module: An Economic Evaluation.
Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation,
31, 84-91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-020-09921-y
Toebes,
B., Hesselman, M., Mierau, J.
O., & van Dijk, J. P. (2020). A
renewed call for transdisciplinary action on NCDs.
BMC International Health and Human Rights,
20(1), [22]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12914-020-00241-z
Mierau,
J. O., Kann-Weedage, D., Hoekstra, P. J.,
Spiegelaar, L., Jansen, D. E. M. C., Vermeulen,
K. M., Reijneveld, S. A., van den
Hoofdakker, B. J., Buskens, E., van den
Akker-van Marle, M. E., Dirksen, C. D., & Groenman, A.
P. (2020). Assessing quality of life in psychosocial
and mental health disorders in children: a comprehensive overview
and appraisal of generic health related quality of life
measures. BMC Pediatrics,
20(1), [329]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02220-8
Soer,
R., Reneman, M. F., Mierau, J.
O., Preuper, H. R. S., Stegeman, P., Speijer,
B. L. G. N., Dijk, H. H., Buwalda, N., Wolff, A.
P., & Coppes, M. H. (2020). Can We
Change Health Care Costs in Patients With Complex Back Pain?
Results From a 5-year Before and After Study: Results From a 5 year
Before and After Study. SPINE,
45(20), 1443-1450. https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0000000000003550
Freriks,
R. D., Mierau, J. O., Buskens, E.,
Pizzo, E., Luijckx, G. J., van der Zee, D.
J., & Lahr, M. (2020). Centralising
acute stroke care within clinical practice in the Netherlands:
lower bounds of the causal impact. BMC Health
Services Research, 20(1), [103]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4959-3
Alessie,
R. J. M., Angelini, V., Mierau, J.
O., & Viluma, L. (2020). Moral hazard
and selection for voluntary deductibles. Health
Economics, 29(10), 1251-1269. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4134
Mierau,
J., Dekker, L., & Rijnks, R.
(2020). Population Health Disparities by Neighborhood
Socioeconomic Status. Manuscript submitted for publication.
In PAA Annual meeting
Niccodemi,
G., Alessie, R., Angelini,
V., Mierau, J., & Wansbeek, T.
(2020). Refining clustered standard errors with few
clusters. (SOM Research Reports; Vol. 2020002-EEF).
University of Groningen, SOM research school.
Freriks,
R., & Mierau, J. (2020). Rugzakbeleid
heeft levensloopperspectief leerlingen flink verbeterd.
Economisch Statistische Berichten,
105(4782), 77-79.
Dijk,
H., Freriks, R., Alessie,
R., & Mierau, J. (2020). The
persistence of child and adolescence mental healthcare: results
from registry data. BMC Health Services
Research, 20(1), [1113]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05962-4
2019
de
Boer, W. I. J., Dekker, L., Koning,
R., Navis, G., & Mierau, J.
(2020). How are lifestyle factors associated with
socioeconomic differences in health care costs? Evidence from full
population data in the Netherlands: Evidence from full population
data in the Netherlands. Preventive
Medicine, 130, [105929]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105929
Freriks,
R. D., Mierau, J. O., van der Schans,
J., Groenman, A. P., Hoekstra, P.
J., Postma, M. J., Buskens, E.,
& Cao, Q. (2019). Cost-Effectiveness of Treatments in
Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A
Continuous-Time Markov Modeling Approach. MDM
policy & practice, 4(2), 2381468319867629.
https://doi.org/10.1177/2381468319867629
Alessie,
R. J. M., Angelini, V., van den Berg, G.
J., Mierau, J. O., & Viluma,
L. (2019). Economic conditions at birth and
cardiovascular disease risk in adulthood: Evidence from post-1950
cohorts. Social Science and Medicine,
224, 77-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.02.006
Freriks,
R. D., & Mierau, J. O. (2019).
Heterogeneous Effects of School Resources on Child Mental
Health Development: Evidence from the Netherlands. (SOM
Research Reports; Vol. 2019, No. 005). University of Groningen, SOM
research school.
Mierau,
J., Gebben, M., Turenhout, Y., & Koster, S.
(2019). Kader Lerende Evaluatie van het Nationaal
Programma Groningen.
Dijk,
H., Freriks, R., Groenman,
A., Mierau, J., Knot-Dickscheit, J.
(Ed.), & Knorth, E. (Ed.) (2019).
Kosteneffectiviteit bij hulp aan gezinnen met meervoudige en
complexe problemen. In Gezinnen met meervoudige en
complexe problemen: Theorie en praktijk (1 ed., pp. 468-490).
Lemniscaat.
Dijk,
H., & Mierau, J. (2019). Mental
Health over the Life Course: Evidence for a U-Shape?
(SOM Research Reports; Vol. 2019004). University of Groningen, SOM
research school.
de
Boer, W. I. J., Buskens, E., Koning, R.
H., & Mierau, J. O. (2019).
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Health Care Costs: A
Population-Wide Study in the Netherlands. AMERICAN
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 109(6), 927-933. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305035
Konings,
S., Bruggeman, R., Mierau, J.
O., Feenstra, T., Visser,
E., & Schoevers, R. A. (2019).
PERSONALIZED HEALTHCARE EPISODE IDENTIFICATION IN
SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM DISORDER USING HEALTHCARE CONSUMPTION
TRAJECTORIES. Value in Health,
22, 689. [PMH49]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2019.09.1523
Heijdra,
B. J., Jiang, Y., & Mierau, J. O. (2019).
The Macroeconomic Effects of Longevity Risk Under Private and
Public Insurance and Asymmetric Information.
Economist-Netherlands, 167(2),
177-213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-019-09336-y
Howdon,
D., Mierau, J., & Liew, S. (2019). The
relationship between early life urbanicity and depression in late
adulthood: evidence from the Survey of Health, Ageing and
Retirement in Europe. BMJ Open,
9(9), [028090]. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028090
Vlaspolder,
G., Mulder, B., Huckriede, A., Mulder,
L., Täuber, S., Mierau, J.,
de Jonge, K., van der Weerd, J., Knoester, M., Hilt,
N., van den Brink, R., & Friedrich, A. W. (2019).
Verschillende perspectieven op influenzavaccinatie bij
zorgprofessionals. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor
Medische Microbiologie, 27(3), 137-147. https://www.nvmm.nl/ntmm/artikeloverzicht/september-2019/thema-vaccinaties-1-influenzavaccinatie-bij-zorgprofessionals/
2018
Angelini,
V., Howdon, D. D. D., & Mierau, J. O.
(2019). Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Late-Adulthood
Mental Health: Results from the Survey on Health, Ageing and
Retirement in Europe. The Journals of Gerontology.
Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences,
74(1), 95-104. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby028
de
Boer, W., Koning, R. H., & Mierau, J.
O. (2019). Ex Ante and Ex Post Willingness to Pay for
Hosting a Large International Sport Event. Journal
of Sports Economics, 20(2), 159-176. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527002518771445
Mierau,
J. O., & Mink, M. (2018). A Descriptive Model of
Banking and Aggregate Demand.
Economist-Netherlands, 166(2),
207-237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-018-9320-4
Freriks,
R. D., Luijckx, G. J., van der Zee, D.
J., Pizzo, E., Mierau, J. O., & Lahr,
M. M. H. (2018). Comparing cost-effectiveness of a
centralised versus decentralised stroke care system in northern
Netherlands - Using patient-level data to estimate real-world
effects Netherlands - Using patient-level data to estimate
real-world effects. Cerebrovascular
Diseases, 45(suppl. 1), 30-30.
Alessie,
R., Angelini, V., Mierau, J.
O., & Viluma, L. (2018). Economic
downturns and infant health. Economics and Human
Biology, 30, 162-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2018.07.005
Harvey,
L. A., Mierau, J. A., & Rockey, J. (2018).
Inequality in an Equal Society. (SOM Research
Reports; Vol. 2018012-EEF). University of Groningen, SOM research
school.
Angelini,
V., & Mierau, J. (2018). Late-life
health effects of teenage motherhood. Demographic
Research, 39, 1081-1104. [41]. https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.41
de
Boer, W. I. J., Buskens, E., Koning, R.
H., & Mierau, J. O. (2018). The
Socioeconomic Gradient of Insured Healthcare Costs: a Population
Wide Study of the Netherlands. European Journal of
Public Health, 28(Suppl.4), 302-302. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cky213.884
2017
de
Boer, W. I. J., Koning, R. H., & Mierau, J.
O. (2017). Ex-ante and ex-post willingness-to-pay
for hosting a major cycling event. (SOM Research
Reports; No. 17013-EEF). University of Groningen, SOM research
school.
Koning,
R. H., Mierau, J., & Peeters, T. (2017).
Guest Editors' Introduction. International
journal of sport finance, 12(3),
242-243.
Angelini,
V., & Mierau, J. (2017).
Late-life Health Effects of Teenage
Motherhood. (SOM Research Reports; No. 17002-EEF).
University of Groningen, SOM research school.
Abrahms,
M., & Mierau, J. (2017). Leadership Matters:
The Effects of Targeted Killings on Militant Group Tactics.
Terrorism and Political Violence,
29(5), 830-851. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2015.1069671
2016
Heijdra,
B. J., Mierau, J. O., & Trimborn, T.
(2017). Stimulating annuity markets. Journal
of Pension Economics and Finance, 16(4),
554-583. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474747216000056
Mierau,
J., & Mink, M. (2016). A descriptive model of
banking an aggregate demand. (SOM Research Reports;
Vol. 16011-EEF). University of Groningen, SOM research
school.
Angelini,
V., Klijs, B., Smidt, N., & Mierau,
J. O. (2016). Associations between Childhood Parental
Mental Health Difficulties and Depressive Symptoms in Late
Adulthood: The Influence of Life-Course Socioeconomic, Health and
Lifestyle Factors. PLoS ONE,
11(12), [e0167703]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167703
Klijs,
B., Angelini, V., Mierau, J. O.,
& Smidt, N. (2016). The role of life-course
socioeconomic and lifestyle factors in the intergenerational
transmission of the metabolic syndrome: results from the LifeLines
Cohort Study. International Journal of
Epidemiology, 45(4), 1236-1246. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyw076
2015
Mierau,
J. O. (2015). The activity and lethality of militant
groups: Ideology, capacity, and environment.
Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict,
8(1), 23-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/17467586.2014.964740
2014
Heijdra,
B. J., Mierau, J. O., & Reijnders, S. M.
(2014). A tragedy of annuitization? Longevity insurance in
general equilibrium. Macroeconomic
Dynamics, 18(7), 1607-1634. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1365100513000072
Angelini,
V., & Mierau, J. O. (2014). Born at
the right time? Childhood health and the business cycle.
Social Science & Medicine, 109,
35-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.014
Mierau,
J. O., & Turnovsky, S. J. (2014). Capital
accumulation and the sources of demographic change.
Journal of Population Economics,
27(3), 857-894. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-013-0479-3
Mierau,
J. O., & Turnovsky, S. J. (2014). Demography,
growth, and inequality. Economic
Theory, 55(1), 29-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-013-0749-z
Mierau,
J. O., & Suari Andreu, E. (2014). Fiscal rules
and government size in the European Union. (SOM
Research Reports; Vol. 14009-EEF). University of Groningen, SOM
research school.
Heijdra,
B., Mierau, J., & Trimborn, T. (2014).
Stimulating annuity markets. (SOM Research
Reports; Vol. 14015-EEF). University of Groningen, SOM research
school.
2013
Mierau,
J. O., & Mink, M. (2013). Are stock market crises
contagious? The role of crisis definitions.
Journal of Banking & Finance,
37(12), 4765-4776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.08.025
de
Haan, J., Jong-A-Pin, R., & Mierau,
J. O. (2013). Do budgetary institutions mitigate the
common pool problem? New empirical evidence for the EU.
Public Choice, 156(3-4), 423-441. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-012-9949-5
Mierau,
J. O. (2013). The activity and lethality of
militant groups: Ideology, capacity, and environment.
(SOM Research Reports; Vol. 13007-EEF). University of Groningen,
SOM research school.
2012
Angelini,
V., & Mierau, J. O. (2012).
Social and economic aspects of childhood health: Evidence
from Western-Europe. (SOM Research Reports; Vol.
12002-EEF). University of Groningen, SOM research school.
Heijdra,
B. J., & Mierau, J. O. (2012). The
individual life-cycle, annuity market imperfections and economic
growth. Journal of economic dynamics &
control, 36(6), 876-890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2012.01.001
2011
Mierau,
J. O. (2011). Annuities, public policy and
demographic change in overlapping generations models.
University of Groningen, SOM research school.
Gassebner,
M., Jong-A-Pin, R., & Mierau, J. O.
(2011). Terrorism and cabinet duration.
International Economic Review,
52(4), 1253-1270. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2354.2011.00666.x
Heijdra,
B. J., & Mierau, J. O. (2011). The
individual life cycle and economic growth: An essay on demographic
macroeconomics. Economist-Netherlands,
159(1), 63-87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10645-010-9153-2
2010
Heijdra,
B. J., & Mierau, J. O. (2010). Growth
effects of consumption and labor-income taxation in an
overlapping-generations life-cycle model.
Macroeconomic Dynamics, 14(2),
151-175. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1365100510000337
2009
Heijdra,
B. J., & Mierau, J. O. (2009).
Annuity market imperfection, retirement and economic
growth. (CESifo Working Papers; Vol. 2717).
CESifo.
2008
Gassebner,
M., Jong-A-Pin, R., & Mierau, J. O.
(2008). Terrorism and electoral accountability: One strike,
you're out! Economics Letters,
100(1), 126-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2007.12.011
2007
Mierau,
J. O., Jong-A-Pin, R., & de Haan,
J. (2007). Do political variables affect fiscal policy
adjustment decisions? New empirical evidence.
Public Choice, 133(3-4), 297-319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-007-9189-2
Mierau,
J. O., Jong-A-Pin, R., & Gassebner, M.
(2007). Terrorism and cabinet stability: an empirical
analysis. (KOF Working Paper; Vol. 181). Swiss Economic
Institute.
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