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Professor Mireia Jofre-Bonet

Professor of Economics

School of Arts and Social Sciences Department of Economics

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Professor Mireia Jofre-Bonet D307, Rhind Building
City, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Professor Jofre-Bonet has now a fractional appointment at City and has become the Head of Research at the Office of Health Economics. As part of her new joint role, Mireia is creating new and strengthening existing research and enterprise links between the City Health Economics Centre (CHEC) and the Office of Health Economics in the form of joint grants, MSc and PhD studentships and a Knowledge Transfer Partnership.

From 2007 to 2019, Mireia was the Director of the MSc in Health Economics and the MSc in Economic Evaluation in Healthcare at City, University of London. Prior to joining City, Professor Jofre-Bonet was a Lecturer at LSHTM, a Research Faculty member at the School of Public Health at Yale University, and taught at the Departments of Economics at the London School of Economics and at Yale University.

Mireia is an economist specialised in health economics. She has worked on a broad spectrum of Health Economics subjects including Lifestyle and Health Behaviour Decision Making; topics in Industrial Organisation applied to the Health Care sector and Pharmaceutical Regulation; Willingness To Pay for Health Insurance Schemes by the informal sector in low and middle income countries; Environmental factors and children’s health and wellbeing (domestic violence, maternal working hours; intergenerational transmission of health & behaviours); Adaptation to Health States; and, Migration and adaptation.

Mireia is a Senior Associated Researcher at LSE Health Policy (London School of Economics and Political Sciences), collaborates with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, belongs to the London International Development Centre, and is an Expert Advisor for the NICE Centre for Guidelines and the ESRC Peer Review College. She has been a Core Member of NICE Public Health Committee and has contributed to health economics projects and reviews public institutions -including the UK Department of Health, the NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme, the Sierra Leone National Social Insurance Trust and the Catalan and the Balearic Island's Departments of Health. Mireia is a member of the Health Economics Study Group and AES (Asociación Economía Salud, Spain).

Employment

  1. Head of Research, Office of Health Economics, Apr 2019 – present
  2. Deputy Head of the Department of Economics, City, University of London, 2018 – 2019
  3. Director of PhD Studies, City, University of London, Jan 2008 – Jan 2009
  4. Director of the MSc in Health Economics, City, University of London, 2007 – 2019
  5. Director of the MSc in Economic Evaluation in Health Care, City, University of London, 2006 – 2019
  6. Director of Health Services Research, Yale University, New Haven, 1999 – 2002

Memberships of committees

  1. Member, Scientific Committee for the International Health Economics Association Conferences (iHEA), 2009
  2. Member, Hiring Search Committee, Economics Department, City, University of London, 2008 – 2009
  3. Member, Organising Committee of the 5th International Health Economists' Association (IHEA) Conference, Barcelona, Jun 2005 – present

Memberships of professional organisations

  1. Member, ESRC Peer Review College, 2010 – present
  2. Organiser, London Health Economics Group, 2009 – present
  3. Member, NICE Programme Development Group - Type 2 Diabetes
  4. Member, International Health Economists' Association Health Economists' Study Group (UK); the Centre de Recerca en Economia de la Salut, Barcelona
  5. Research Associate, FEDEA Health, Spain

Research

Research Interests

Fields of interest include: health production functions and lifestyle decisions; adaptation to health states; the impact of substance abuse and mental health on productivity; economic evaluation applied to substance abuse and to eye disease; topics of industrial organisation applied to the demand for health care and topics of industrial organisation and research policy.

Publications

Featured publications

  1. Kamara, J., Jofre-Bonet, M. and Mesnard, A. (2018). A Discrete Choice Experiment to Elicit the Willingness to
    Pay for Health Insurance by the Informal Sector Workers in
    Sierra Leone.     International Journal of Health Economics and Policy, 3(1).

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  2. Jofre-Bonet, M. and Kamara, J. (2018). Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance in the Informal Sector of Sierra Leone. PLoS ONE, 13(5). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0189915.
  3. Jofre-Bonet, M., Serra-Sastre, V. and Vandoros, S. (2018). The impact of the Great Recession on health-related risk factors, behaviour and outcomes in England. Social Science and Medicine, 197, pp. 213–225. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.12.010.
  4. Cubí‐Mollá, P., Jofre‐Bonet, M. and Serra‐Sastre, V. (2017). Adaptation to health states: Sick yet better off? Health Economics, 26(12), pp. 1826–1843. doi:10.1002/hec.3509.
  5. Banal-Estañol, A., Jofre-Bonet, M. and Lawson, C. (2015). The double-edged sword of industry collaboration: Evidence from engineering academics in the UK. Research Policy, 44(6), pp. 1160–1175. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2015.02.006.
  6. Harding-Esch, E., Jofre-Bonet, M., Dhanjal, J.K., Burr, S., Edwards, T., Holland, M. … Bailey, R. (2015). Costs of Testing for Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis Infection Compared to Mass Drug Administration for Trachoma in The Gambia: Application of Results from the PRET Study. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9(4). doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003670.
  7. Jofre-Bonet, M. and Pesendorfer, M. (2014). Optimal sequential auctions. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 33, pp. 61–71. doi:10.1016/j.ijindorg.2014.02.002.
  8. Jofre-Bonet, M. and Pesendorfer, M. (2014). Optimal Sequential Auctions
    (Forthcoming).     International Journal of Industrial Organization.
  9. Costa-Font, J., Jofre-Bonet, M. and Yen, S.T. (2013). Not All Incentives Wash Out the Warm Glow: The Case of Blood Donation Revisited. Kyklos, 66(4), pp. 529–551.
  10. Costa-Font, J. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2013). Anorexia, Body Image and Peer Effects: Evidence from a Sample of European Women. Economica, 80(317), pp. 44–64.
  11. Costa-Font, J., Jofre-Bonet, M. and Yen, S.T. (2013). Not All Incentives Wash Out the Warm Glow: The Case of Blood Donation Revisited. Kyklos, 66(4), pp. 529–551.
  12. Costa-Font, J. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2008). Is there a 'secession of the wealthy'? Private health insurance uptake and National Health System support. Bulletin of Economic Research, 60(3), pp. 265–287. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8586.2008.00285.x.
  13. Jofre-Bonet, M. and Petry, N.M. (2008). Trading apples for oranges?. Results of an experiment on the effects of Heroin and Cocaine price changes on addicts' polydrug use. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 66(2), pp. 281–311. doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2006.05.002.
  14. Costa-Font, J. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2006). Are private health insurance subscribers unsatisfied with the Spanish national health system? Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice, 31(4), pp. 650–668.
  15. Jofre-Bonet, M., Busch, S.H., Falba, T.A. and Sindelar, J.L. (2005). Poor mental health and smoking: interactive impact on wages. Journal of Mental Health Policy Economics, 8(4), pp. 193–203.
  16. Busch, S., Falba, T., Duchovny, N., Jofre-Bonet, M., O'Malley, S. and Sindelar, J. (2004). Value to smokers of improved cessation products: evidence from a willingness-to-pay survey. Nicotine Tob Res, 6(4), pp. 631–639. doi:10.1080/14622200410001727885.
  17. Busch, S.H., Jofre-Bonet, M., Falba, T.A. and Sindelar, J.L. (2004). Burning a hole in the budget: tobacco spending and its crowd-out of other goods. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 3(4), pp. 263–272.
  18. Jofre-Bonet, M. and Pesendorfer, M. (2003). Estimation of a dynamic auction game. Econometrica, 71(5), pp. 1443–1489.
  19. Jofre-Bonet, M. (2000). Public health care and private insurance demand: the waiting time as a link. Health Care Management Science, 3(1), pp. 51–71.
  20. Jofre-Bonet, M. (2000). Health care: Private and/or public provision. European Journal of Political Economy, 16(3), pp. 469–489. doi:10.1016/S0176-2680(99)00063-4.

Publications by category

Conference papers and proceedings (8)

  1. Flood, C., Behn, N., Marshall, J., Simpson, A., Northcott, S., Thomas, S. … James, K. (2020). A PILOT ECONOMIC EVALUATION FOR SUPPORTING WELLBEING THROUGH PEER-BEFRIENDING (SUPERB).
  2. Radu, X., Jofre-Bonet, M., Ayton, P. and Cubi-Molla, P. (2017). Patients Acknowledge Adaptation: The Case Of Amputees.
  3. Adler, A., Jofre-Bonet, M., Wilkinson, G., Martin, A. and Mcguire, A. (2014). Quantifying the Loss of Health-related Quality of Life from Hypoglycemia.
  4. Serra-Sastre, V., Cubi-Molla, Patricia, and Jofre-Bonet, Mireia, (2013). Adaptation to health states: sicker but better off? Health Economists' Study Group Summer 2013 Conference 26-28 June, University of Warwick.
  5. Serra-Sastre, V., Cubi-Molla, Patricia, and Jofre-Bonet, Mireia, (2013). Adaptation to health states: sicker but better off? XXXIII Jornadas de Economía de la Salud 19-21 June, Santander.
  6. Cubi-Molla, P., Jofre-Bonet, M. and Serra-Sastre, V. (2012). Adaptation to health states: a microeconometric analysis. 4th Biennial Conference ASHEcon 10-13 June, University of Minnesota.
  7. Bertwistle, D., Anderson, P. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2012). NICE TECHNOLOGY APPRAISALS AND THE UPTAKE OF BREAST CANCER DRUGS IN THE UK.
  8. Jofre-Bonet, M. and Pesendorfer, M. (2000). Bidding behavior in a repeated procurement auction: A summary.

Journal articles (32)

  1. El-Shal, A., Cubi-Molla, P. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2021). Are user fees in health care always evil? Evidence from family planning, maternal, and child health services. Economic Analysis and Policy, 72, pp. 506–529. doi:10.1016/j.eap.2021.08.009.
  2. El-Shal, A., Cubi-Molla, P. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2021). Accreditation as a quality-improving policy tool: family planning, maternal health, and child health in Egypt. The European Journal of Health Economics, 22(1), pp. 115–139. doi:10.1007/s10198-020-01240-6.
  3. Costa-Font, J. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2020). Is the intergenerational transmission of overweight ‘gender assortative’? Economics & Human Biology, 39, pp. 100907–100907. doi:10.1016/j.ehb.2020.100907.
  4. Hilari, K., Behn, N., Marshall, J., Simpson, A., Thomas, S., Northcott, S. … Goldsmith, K. (2019). Adjustment with aphasia after stroke: study protocol for a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial for SUpporting wellbeing through PEeR Befriending (SUPERB). Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5(1). doi:10.1186/s40814-019-0397-6.
  5. Kuper, H., Lyra, T.M., Moreira, M.E.L., de Albuquerque, M.D.S.V., de Araújo, T.V.B., Fernandes, S. … Valongueiro, S. (2019). Social and economic impacts of congenital Zika syndrome in Brazil: Study protocol and rationale for a mixed-methods study. Wellcome Open Research, 3, pp. 127–127. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14838.2.
  6. Bennaghmouch, N., de Veer, A.J.W.M., Mahmoodi, B.K., Jofre-Bonet, M., Lip, G.Y.H., Bode, K. … ten Berg, J.M. (2019). Economic evaluation of the use of non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation on antiplatelet therapy: a modelling analysis using the healthcare system in the Netherlands. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, 5(2), pp. 127–135. doi:10.1093/ehjqcco/qcy030.
  7. Murray, D.M.-.I. (2018). A Cost-Utility Analysis of Cryoballoon Ablation versus Radiofrequency Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of Atrial Fibrillation, 11(4). doi:10.4022/jafib.2069.
  8. Camilleri, C., Jofre-Bonet, M. and Serra-Sastre, V. (2018). The suitability of a DRG casemix system in the Maltese hospital setting. Health Policy, 122(11), pp. 1183–1189. doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.08.002.
  9. Kuper, H., Lyra, T.M., Moreira, M.E.L., de Albuquerque, M.D.S.V., de Araújo, T.V.B., Fernandes, S. … Valongueiro, S. (2018). Social and economic impacts of congenital Zika syndrome in Brazil: Study protocol and rationale for a mixed-methods study. Wellcome Open Research, 3, pp. 127–127. doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14838.1.
  10. Harty, G., Jarrett, J. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2018). Consequences of Biomarker Analysis on the Cost-Effectiveness of Cetuximab in Combination with FOLFIRI as a First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Personalised Medicine at Work. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 16(4), pp. 515–525. doi:10.1007/s40258-018-0395-5.
  11. Underhill, S.M., Branscombe, N. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2013). Assessment of the Budgetary Impact of Improving the Use of Evidence-Based Medicine in the Treatment of Patients with Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Dysfunction in England. Value in Health, 16(7). doi:10.1016/j.jval.2013.08.1237.
  12. Costa-Font, J. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2013). Anorexia, Body Image and Peer Effects: Evidence from a Sample of European Women. Economica, 80(317), pp. 44–64. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0335.2011.00912.x.
  13. Sharma, A., Jofre-Bonet, M., Panca, M., Lawrenson, J. and Murdoch, I. (2012). Response to johnson et Al. Eye (Lond), 26(11), pp. 1494–1495. doi:10.1038/eye.2012.176.
  14. Sharma, A., Jofre-Bonet, M., Panca, M., Lawrenson, J.G. and Murdoch, I. (2012). Response to johnson et Al. Eye, 26(11), pp. 1494–1495. doi:10.1038/eye.2012.176.
  15. Bertwistle, D., Anderson, P. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2012). NICE TECHNOLOGY APPRAISALS AND THE UPTAKE OF BREAST CANCER DRUGS IN THE UK. VALUE IN HEALTH, 15(7). doi:10.1016/j.jval.2012.08.2177.
  16. Browne, C., Brazier, J., Carlton, J., Alavi, Y. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2012). Estimating quality-adjusted life years from patient-reported visual functioning. Eye (Lond), 26(10), pp. 1295–1301. doi:10.1038/eye.2012.137.
  17. Browne, C., Brazier, J., Carlton, J., Alavi, Y. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2012). Estimating quality-adjusted life years from patient-reported visual functioning. Eye, 26(10), pp. 1295–1301. doi:10.1038/eye.2012.137.
  18. Bozzani, F.M., Alavi, Y., Jofre-Bonet, M. and Kuper, H. (2012). A comparison of the sensitivity of EQ-5D, SF-6D and TTO utility values to changes in vision and perceived visual function in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. BMC Ophthalmol, 12, p. 43. doi:10.1186/1471-2415-12-43.
  19. Sharma, A., Jofre-Bonet, M., Panca, M., Lawrenson, J.G. and Murdoch, I. (2012). An economic comparison of hospital-based and community-based glaucoma clinics. Eye (Lond), 26(7), pp. 967–971. doi:10.1038/eye.2012.73.
  20. Alavi, Y., Jofre-Bonet, M., Bunce, C., Wormald, R.P., Viswanathan, A., Foster, A. … Hitchings, R. (2011). Developing an algorithm to convert routine measures of vision into utility values for glaucoma. Ophthalmic Epidemiol, 18(5), pp. 233–243. doi:10.3109/09286586.2011.602577.
  21. Alavi, Y., Jofre-Bonet, M., Bunce, C., Wormald, R.P., Viswanathan, A., Foster, A. … Hitchings, R. (2011). Developing an algorithm to convert routine measures of vision into utility values for glaucoma. Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 18(5), pp. 233–243. doi:10.3109/09286586.2011.602577.
  22. Sharma, A., Jofre-Bonet, M., Panca, M., Lawrenson, J.G. and Murdoch, I. (2010). Hospital-based glaucoma clinics: what are the costs to patients? Eye (Lond), 24(6), pp. 999–1005. doi:10.1038/eye.2009.284.
  23. Sharma, A., Jofre-Bonet, M., Panca, M., Lawrenson, J.G. and Murdoch, I. (2009). Hospital-based glaucoma clinics: what are the costs to patients? Eye, 24(6), pp. 999–1005. doi:10.1038/eye.2009.284.
  24. Kuper, H., Jofre-Bonet, M. and Gilbert, C. (2006). Economic evaluation for ophthalmologists. Ophthalmic Epidemiol, 13(6), pp. 393–401. doi:10.1080/09286580600760539.
  25. Busch, S., Falba, T., Duchovny, N., Jofre-Bonet, M., O'Malley, S. and Sindelar, J. (2004). Value to smokers of improved cessation products: evidence from a willingness-to-pay survey. Nicotine Tob Res, 6(4), pp. 631–639. doi:10.1080/14622200410001727885.
  26. Jofre-Bonet, M. and Sindelar, J.L. (2004). Creating an aggregate outcome index: cost-effectiveness analysis of substance abuse treatment. J Behav Health Serv Res, 31(3), pp. 229–241. doi:10.1007/BF02287287.
  27. Jofre-Bonet, M., Sindelar, J.L., Petrakis, I.L., Nich, C., Frankforter, T., Rounsaville, B.J. … Carroll, K.M. (2004). Cost effectiveness of disulfiram: treating cocaine use in methadone-maintained patients. J Subst Abuse Treat, 26(3), pp. 225–232. doi:10.1016/S0740-5472(04)00004-2.
  28. Jofre-Bonet, M., Sindelar, J.L., Petrakis, I.L., Nich, C., Frankforter, T., Rounsaville, B.J. … Carroll, K.M. (2004). Cost effectiveness of disulfiram: treating cocaine use in methadone-maintained patients. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 26(3), pp. 225–232. doi:10.1016/S0740-5472(04)00004-2.
  29. Sindelar, J.L., Jofre-Bonet, M., French, M.T. and McLellan, A.T. (2004). Cost-effectiveness analysis of addiction treatment: paradoxes of multiple outcomes. Drug Alcohol Depend, 73(1), pp. 41–50. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2003.09.002.
  30. Falba, T., Jofre-Bonet, M., Busch, S., Duchovny, N. and Sindelar, J. (2004). Reduction of quantity smoked predicts future cessation among older smokers. Addiction, 99(1), pp. 93–102. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00574.x.
  31. Sindelar, J.L., Jofre-Bonet, M., French, M.T. and McLellan, A.T. (2004). Cost-effectiveness analysis of addiction treatment: paradoxes of multiple outcomes. Drug Alcohol Dependence, 73(1), pp. 41–50. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2003.09.002.
  32. Jofre-Bonet, M. and Sindelar, J.L. (2001). Drug Treatment as a Crime Fighting Tool. Journal of Mental Health Policy Econonmics, 4(4), pp. 175–178.

Reports (2)

  1. Serra-Sastre, V., Jofre-Bonet, M. and Cubi-Molla, P. (2016). Adaptation to health states: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)..
  2. Serra-Sastre, V., Cubi-Molla, P. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2013). Adaptation to Health States: A Micro-Econometric Approach..

Scholarly editions (11)

  1. Costa-Font, J., Jofre-Bonet, M. and Le Grand, J. (2020). Vertical transmission of overweight: Evidence from a sample of English adoptees.
  2. Costa-i-Font, J., Jofre-Bonet, M. and Grand, J.L. (2015). Vertical Transmission of Overweight: Evidence from English Adoptees.
  3. Costa-i-Font, J., Jofre-Bonet, M. and Yen, S.T. (2011). Not All Incentives Wash Out the Warm Glow: The Case of Blood Donation Revisited.
  4. Costa-i-Font, J. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2008). Body Image and Food Disorders: Evidence from a Sample of European Women.
  5. Font, J.C., Jofre-Bonet, M. and Grand, J.L. Vertical Transmission of Overweight: Evidence From English Adoptees.
  6. Busch, S.H., Jofre-Bonet, M., Falba, T.A. and Sindelar, J.L. Tobacco Spending and its Crowd-Out of Other Goods.
  7. Costa-i-Font, J. and Jofre-Bonet, M. In brief...Eating disorders: the impact of self-image and peer pressure.
  8. Costa-Font, J. and Jofre-Bonet, M. Body image, peer effects and food disorders: evidence from a sample of European women.
  9. Font, J.C.I. and Jofre-Bonet, M. Body image and food disorders: Evidence from a sample of European women.
  10. Jofre-Bonet, M. and Pesendorfer, M. Estimation of a Dynamic Auction Game.
  11. Costa-Font, J. and Jofre-Bonet, M. Body Image, Peer Effects and Food Disorders: Evidence from a Sample of European Women.

Working papers (4)

  1. Jofre-Bonet, M., Kamara, J. and Mesnard, A. (2021). Corruption and Health Insurance for the Informal Sector in Sierra Leone. London, UK: Department of Economics, City, University of London.
  2. Jofre-Bonet, M., Rossello-Roig, M. and Serra-Sastre, V. (2016). The Blow of Domestic Violence on Children's Health Outcomes. London, UK: Department of Economics, City University London.
  3. Costa-i-Font, J. and Jofre-Bonet, M. (2016). Like Mother, Like Father? Gender Assortative Transmission of Child Overweight.
  4. Banal-Estañol, A., Jofre-Bonet, M. and Cornelia Meissner, C. The Impact of Industry Collaboration on Academic Research Output: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis.