• New definition of "health econometrics" published

Andrew Jones has prepared a definition of health econometrics for the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, online edition, edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume. The term health econometrics has been adopted to describe the development and application of econometric methods within health economics. The article outlines the distinctive issues that arise in applying econometrics to health data and how these applications have helped to shape the broader literature.

The full text is available (for subscribers) at: http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com/article?id=pde2012_H000195

• Second Edition of the Elgar Companion to Health Economics, edited by Andrew Jones

The second edition of the Elgar Companion to Health Economics, edited by Andrew Jones, has been published. This comprehensive collection brings together more than 50 contributions from some of the most influential researchers in health economics. It authoritatively covers theoretical and empirical issues in health economics, with a balanced range of material on equity and efficiency in health care systems, health technology assessment and issues of concern for developing countries. This thoroughly revised second edition is expanded to include four new chapters, while all existing chapters have been extensively updated. Full details are at:

http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/Bookentry_Main.lasso?id=14021

• iHEA Best Student Paper Prize

Congratulations to Ranjeeta Thomas who won the prize for the best student paper at the World Congress of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA) in Toronto. Her paper "Conditional Cash Transfers to Improve Education and Health: An ex ante evaluation of Red de Proteccion Social, Nicaragua" is available as a HEDG working paper. This complements previous prizes for York PhDs Teresa Bago d’Uva (Barcelona 2005) and Pedro Rosa Dias (Beijing 2009) and for Stephanie von Hinke Kessler Scholder (Copenhagen 2007) who will join DERS as a lecturer in October.