Biography
Pilar Garcia-Gomez is Professor of Applied Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics in the Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Research Fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and the Erasmus Center for Health Economics Rotterdam.
Her main research interests are in the intersection between health and labor economics. For example, current research focuses on i) the impact of policies and family events early in life on children and adolescents (mental) health and other outcomes later in life; ii) the impact of disability insurance policies on labor and health of the disabled and their families; iii) the effect of pollution and heat on health and health behaviors, iv) diversity in education; or v) gender inequalities in the labor market.
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Work
- Emma L. Twait, Famke J.M. Mölenberg, Tobias A. Koster, Anna Bornioli, Pilar Garcia-Gomez, Carel Peter van Erpecum & Nicolette R. den Braver (2026) - Evaluating the impact of a 30 km/h speed limit reduction on NO<sub>2</sub> levels: A quasi-experimental controlled interrupted time series analysis - Environment international, 212 - doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2026.110315 - [link]
- Reint A. Huijzendveld, Nicolette R. den Braver, Mariëlle A. Beenackers, Frank J. van Lenthe, Carel Peter L. van Erpecum, Anna Bornioli, Rhoderick J. van Veldhuizen, Alfred Wagtendonk, Pilar García-Gómez & Famke J.M. Mölenberg (2026) - Investigating the effect of 30 km/h on neighborhood traffic safety perceptions: A three-wave repeated cross-sectional study in the Netherlands - Journal of Transport and Health, 49 - doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2026.102288 - [link]
- Ravish N. Gangapersad, Guiling Zhou, Pilar Garcia-Gomez, Jens H.J. Bos, Eelko Hak, Birgit C.P. Koch, Catharina C.M. Schuiling-Veninga & Bram Dierckx (2026) - Sedative Antipsychotic Use by Children and Adolescents in The Netherlands: Dosages, Duration, and Prescribers - Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 36 (4), 210-219 - doi: 10.1177/10445463251410878 - [link]
- Carel Peter L. van Erpecum, Nicolette R. den Braver, Anna Bornioli, Rhoderick J. van Veldhuizen, Pilar Garcia-Gomez & Famke J.M. Mölenberg (2025) - How do decision-makers justify the implementation of 30 km/h interventions in the Netherlands?: An analysis of 47 traffic order documents - Case Studies on Transport Policy, 21 - doi: 10.1016/j.cstp.2025.101510 - [link]
- L Burgos-Ochoa, P Garcia-Gomez, E A P Steegers, T G M Van Ourti, L C M Bertens & J V Been (2025) - Health disparities in the impact of prenatal temperature exposure on birth outcomes: A nationwide population-based study in the Netherlands - Public Health, 245 - doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105819 - [link]
- Pilar Garcia-Gomez, Pierre Koning, Owen O'Donnell & Carlos Riumalló-Herl (2025) - Selective exercise of discretion in disability insurance awards - Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 44 (3), 816-835 - doi: 10.1002/pam.22560 - [link]
- Carel Peter L. van Erpecum, Anna Bornioli, Pilar García-Gómez, Famke J.M. Mölenberg & Nicolette R. den Braver (2025) - Thirty km/h speed limits for better public health: Study protocol of a natural experiment in Rotterdam, the Netherlands - Journal of Transport and Health, 42 - doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102042 - [link]
- Ravish N. Gangapersad, Guiling Zhou, Pilar Garcia-Gomez, Jens Bos, Eelko Hak, Birgit C.P. Koch, Catharina C.M. Schuiling-Veninga & Bram Dierckx (2025) - Correction to: Comparison of antipsychotic drug use in children and adolescents in the Netherlands before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, (2024), 33, 8, (2695-2703), 10.1007/s00787-023-02340-3) - European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 34 (1), 375 - doi: 10.1007/s00787-024-02434-6 - [link]
- Sophie Van Der Zee, Tamarah Verhoog, Theo Post, Pilar Garcia-Gomez, Erik M. van Raaij, Jan Carel Diehl & Nicole Hunfeld (2025) - Nudging intensive care unit personnel towards sustainable behaviour - Nursing in critical care, 30 (1), 37-46 - doi: 10.1111/nicc.13086 - [link]
- Joaquim Vidiella-Martin, Helena M. Hernández-Pizarro, Pilar García-Gómez & Guillem López-Casasnovas (2024) - Unravelling hidden inequities in a universal public long-term care system - Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 29 - doi: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2024.100527 - [link]
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- Year
- 2025
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- 2025
- Course Code
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