Publications
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Peer-reviewed articles & commentaries
Zhang, Q. (2026). Do Negative Social Ties Accelerate Aging in Adults, or Does Aging Erode Social Ties? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 123(20), e2608036123.
Zhang, Q. (2026). Keep REMS focused on safety, not as a barrier to generics. Health Affairs.
Zhang, Q. (2026). Enhancing life-course analyses of financial disadvantage and depressive mood through longitudinal design and causal inference. Journal of Epidemiology.
Zhang, Q. (2025). Overcoming bias in a fall prevention program in resource-limited areas. JAMA.
Zhang, Q. (2025). On “The joint impact of greenspace and air pollution on mortality”: Methodological proposals. International Journal of Epidemiology.
Zhang, Q. (2025). Re: Khodakarami et al, “Exploring neighborhood opportunity as a factor in pediatric asthma visits to the emergency department”: A causal roadmap for Child Opportunity Index 2.0. Public Health Reports.
Book chapters (forthcoming)
Zhang, Q. (forthcoming). Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI): Measurement, Health Deprivations, and Policy Use. In R. Baikady (Ed.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Poverty Research. Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature.
Zhang, Q. (forthcoming). Social Determinants of Health and Multidimensional Poverty. In R. Baikady (Ed.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Poverty Research. Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature.
Working papers (under review)
Inflammatory, Nutritional, and Metabolic Biomarker Profiles in Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer: A 24-Year Cross-Sectional Analysis of NHANES, 2001–2023. Under review, JAMA Oncology.
Enrollment Dynamics and Health Equity Effects of California’s Staggered Medi-Cal Expansion to Undocumented Adults. Under review, Health Affairs.
Health Shocks and the Permanent Labor-Market Exit of Older Europeans. Under review, Journal of Population Economics.
Balancing Innovation Incentives and Equitable Access for AI Health Technologies: Policy Levers for IP, Transparency, and Solidarity. Under review, npj Health Systems.
Caregiving as Health Capital Depreciation: Time Allocation Evidence from IPUMS ATUS. Under review.
Work in progress
Chronic versus Acute Health Shocks and the Margins of Labor Supply: Evidence from Frailty Dynamics in an Aging Population. Accepted at the Southern Economic Association (SEA) 96th Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, November 2026.
Falls, Missing Markets, and Labor Supply: Evidence from China.
Later, Longer, Fewer and the Quantity–Quality Trade-off: Evidence from CHARLS.
Subclinical Cardiometabolic–Inflammatory Burden and the Compression of Disability-Free Working Life in Older US Adults: A Health and Retirement Study Cohort Analysis.