Jonas Fooken is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Centre for the Business and Economics of Health, a joint initiative of UQ’s faculties of Business, Economics & Law; Health and Behavioural Science and the Mater Hospital.
Before Joining UQ in 2016, Jonas worked for the Behavioural Economics Team of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, where he worked on behavioural issues of health and tax policies for the EC and for EU Member States. He had started this job after graduating with his PhD in economics from QUT in 2013. Prior to this Jonas also worked as an economist for KPMG Germany.
Having much of his training in behavioural and experimental economics, his expertise is in designing and conducting experiments both in the theoretical domain as well as with applied focus. His research interests are focussed on the application of behavioural and experimental economic tools to questions arising for public policy makers, particularly those in areas of healthcare provision and public health.
Journal Article: Out-of-pocket expenditure, need, utilisation, and private health insurance in the Australian healthcare system
Ludlow, Timothy, Fooken, Jonas, Rose, Christiern and Tang, Kam Ki (2023). Out-of-pocket expenditure, need, utilisation, and private health insurance in the Australian healthcare system. International Journal of Health Economics and Management. doi: 10.1007/s10754-023-09362-z
Journal Article: A stepped down physical activity support program for military service veterans: The Active Choices pilot study
Gilson, Nicholas D., Papinczak, Zoe E., Haslam, Catherine, Mielke, Gregore I., Fooken, Jonas and Brown, Wendy J. (2023). A stepped down physical activity support program for military service veterans: The Active Choices pilot study. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. doi: 10.1002/hpja.807
Ammi, Mehdi, Fooken, Jonas, Klein, Jill and Scott, Anthony (2023). Does doctors’ personality differ from those of patients, the highly educated and other caring professions? An observational study using two nationally representative Australian surveys. BMJ Open, 13 (4) e069850, e069850. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069850
(2023–2027) NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Effective Treatments and Therapies
(2022–2023) Royal Queensland Bush Children's Health Scheme
Active Choices: A 'stepped-down' program to promote group-based physical activity to DVA clients
(2019–2021) Department of Veterans' Affairs
Does Social Capital Attenuate Negative Mental Health Shocks? Evidence From a Natural Experiment
Doctor Philosophy
Applied Econometric Essays in Health Economics
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
The Economics of Social Connection and Health Literacy on Health
Doctor Philosophy
Using heart rate variability measures in social science research
Fooken, Jonas and Parker, Stacey L. (2019). Using heart rate variability measures in social science research. Biophysical Measurement in Experimental Social Science Research: Theory and Practice. (pp. 305-325) edited by Gigi Foster. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-813092-6.09989-5
Ludlow, Timothy, Fooken, Jonas, Rose, Christiern and Tang, Kam Ki (2023). Out-of-pocket expenditure, need, utilisation, and private health insurance in the Australian healthcare system. International Journal of Health Economics and Management. doi: 10.1007/s10754-023-09362-z
Gilson, Nicholas D., Papinczak, Zoe E., Haslam, Catherine, Mielke, Gregore I., Fooken, Jonas and Brown, Wendy J. (2023). A stepped down physical activity support program for military service veterans: The Active Choices pilot study. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. doi: 10.1002/hpja.807
Ammi, Mehdi, Fooken, Jonas, Klein, Jill and Scott, Anthony (2023). Does doctors’ personality differ from those of patients, the highly educated and other caring professions? An observational study using two nationally representative Australian surveys. BMJ Open, 13 (4) e069850, e069850. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069850
Trusting when risk and ambiguity create opportunities for exploitation
Fooken, Jonas (2023). Trusting when risk and ambiguity create opportunities for exploitation. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 103 101994, 101994. doi: 10.1016/j.socec.2023.101994
Are stunted child – overweight mother pairs a real defined entity or a statistical artifact?
Fooken, Jonas and Vo, Linh K. (2022). Are stunted child – overweight mother pairs a real defined entity or a statistical artifact?. Economics and Human Biology, 47 101199, 101199. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2022.101199
Chan, Ho Fai, Dulleck, Uwe, Fooken, Jonas, Moy, Naomi and Torgler, Benno (2022). Cash and the hidden economy: experimental evidence on fighting tax evasion in small business transactions. Journal of Business Ethics, 185 (1), 1-26. doi: 10.1007/s10551-022-05186-y
Sowa, P. Marcin, Fooken, Jonas, McGowan, Kelly and Birch, Stephen (2022). Disposable and reusable instruments in dental health practice: a comparison of cost factors in a public provider organization in Queensland, Australia. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51 (5), 794-803. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12764
Chia, Ruo Xin, Gomersall, Sjaan R., Fooken, Jonas, Birch, Stephen, Dinsdale, Alana, Dunwoodie, Ruth and Forbes, Roma (2021). Physiotherapy student clinical placements in Australian private practice: patient‐reported outcomes with supervised student care. Physiotherapy Research International, 27 (1) e1929, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/pri.1929
Fooken, Jonas and Jeet, Varinder (2021). Using Australian panel data to account for unobserved factors in measuring inequities for different channels of healthcare utilization. The European Journal of Health Economics, 23 (4), 717-728. doi: 10.1007/s10198-021-01391-0
Forbes, Roma, Dinsdale, Alana, Brauer, Sandra G., Dunwoodie, Ruth, Fooken, Jonas, Khanna, Diana and Birch, Stephen (2021). Hosting pre-registration physiotherapy students in Australian private practices does not change service and economic outcomes; an economic analysis. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 52 102318, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2021.102318
Gibbons, Kristen S., Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Schlapbach, Luregn J., Johnson, Kerry, Horton, Stephen B., Long, Debbie A., Beca, John, Erickson, Simon, Festa, Marino, d’Udekem, Yves, Alphonso, Nelson, Winlaw, David, Delzoppo, Carmel, van Loon, Kim, Gannon, Brenda, Fooken, Jonas, Blumenthal, Antje, Young, Paul J., Butt, Warwick, Schibler, Andreas, Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Queensland Children’s Hospital, Children’s Health Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Neonatology, and Children’s Research Center, University Children’s Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Cardiac Surgical Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Paediatric Critical Care Research Group, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Queensland Children’s Hospital, Children’s Health Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand ... Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Queensland Children’s Hospital, Children’s Health Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (2021). Statistical analysis plan for the NITric oxide during cardiopulmonary bypass to improve Recovery in Infants with Congenital heart defects (NITRIC) trial. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 23 (1), 47-58. doi: 10.51893/2021.1.oa4
Gibbons, Kristen S., Schlapbach, Luregn J., Horton, Stephen B., Long, Debbie A., Beca, John, Erickson, Simon, Festa, Marino, d'Udekem, Yves, Alphonso, Nelson, Winlaw, David, Johnson, Kerry, Delzoppo, Carmel, van Loon, Kim, Gannon, Brenda, Fooken, Jonas, Blumenthal, Antje, Young, Paul J., Butt, Warwick and Schibler, Andreas (2021). Statistical analysis plan for the NITric oxide during cardiopulmonary bypass to improve Recovery in Infants with Congenital heart defects (NITRIC) trial. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 23 (1), 47-+.
Gilson, Nicholas D, Papinczak, Zoe E, Mielke, Gregore Iven, Haslam, Catherine, Fooken, Jonas, McKenna, James and Brown, Wendy J (2021). Effects of the active choices program on self-managed physical activity and social connectedness in Australian Defence Force veterans: protocol for a cluster-randomised trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 10 (2) e21911, 1-8. doi: 10.2196/21911
Fooken, Jonas and Vo, Linh K. (2021). Exploring the macroeconomic and socioeconomic determinants of simultaneous over and undernutrition in Asia: An analysis of stunted child - overweight mother households. Social Science and Medicine, 269 113570, 113570. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113570
Hukou status and individual-level labor market discrimination: an experiment in China
Dulleck, Uwe, Fooken, Jonas and He, Yumei (2019). Hukou status and individual-level labor market discrimination: an experiment in China. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 73 (3), 001979391988711-649. doi: 10.1177/0019793919887118
Behavioral effects of withholding taxes on labor supply
Becker, Johannes, Fooken, Jonas and Steinhoff, Melanie (2019). Behavioral effects of withholding taxes on labor supply. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 121 (4) sjoe.12345, 1417-1440. doi: 10.1111/sjoe.12345
Trust and power as determinants of tax compliance across 44 nations
Batrancea, Larissa, Nichita, Anca, Olsen, Jerome, Kogler, Christoph, Kirchler, Erich, Hoelzl, Erik, Weiss, Avi, Torgler, Benno, Fooken, Jonas, Fuller, Joanne, Schaffner, Markus, Banuri, Sheheryar, Hassanein, Medhat, Alarcón-García, Gloria, Aldemir, Ceyhan, Apostol, Oana, Bank Weinberg, Diana, Batrancea, Ioan, Belianin, Alexis, Bello Gómez, Felipe de Jesús, Briguglio, Marie, Dermol, Valerij, Doyle, Elaine, Gcabo, Rebone, Gong, Binglin, Ennya, Sara, Essel-Anderson, Anthony, Frecknall-Hughes, Jane, Hasanain, Ali ... Zukauskas, Sarunas (2019). Trust and power as determinants of tax compliance across 44 nations. Journal of Economic Psychology, 74 102191, 102191. doi: 10.1016/j.joep.2019.102191
Schlapbach, Luregn J., Horton, Stephen Brian, Long, Debbie Amanda, Beca, John, Erickson, Simon, Festa, Marino, d’Udekem, Yves, Alphonso, Nelson, Winlaw, David, Johnson, Kerry, Delzoppo, Carmel, van Loon, Kim, Gannon, B., Fooken, Jonas, Blumenthal, Antje, Young, Paul, Jones, Mark, Butt, Warwick and Schibler, Andreas (2019). Study protocol: NITric oxide during cardiopulmonary bypass to improve Recovery in Infants with Congenital heart defects (NITRIC trial): a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 9 (8) e026664, e026664. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026664
Wages, promises and effort in an intercultural labour market: experimental evidence from Australia
Beatton, Tony, Dulleck, Uwe, Fooken, Jonas and Schaffner, Markus (2017). Wages, promises and effort in an intercultural labour market: experimental evidence from Australia. Australian Economic Review, 50 (3), 257-277. doi: 10.1111/1467-8462.12222
Fooken, Jonas (2017). Heart rate variability indicates emotional value during pro-social economic laboratory decisions with large external validity. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 44471, 44471. doi: 10.1038/srep44471
Tax compliance and psychic costs: behavioral experimental evidence using a physiological marker
Dulleck, Uwe, Fooken, Jonas, Newton, Cameron, Ristl, Andrea, Schaffner, Markus and Torgler, Benno (2016). Tax compliance and psychic costs: behavioral experimental evidence using a physiological marker. Journal of Public Economics, 134, 9-18. doi: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2015.12.007
The role of psychological and physiological factors in decision making under risk and in a dilemma
Fooken, Jonas and Schaffner, Markus (2016). The role of psychological and physiological factors in decision making under risk and in a dilemma. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 10 (JAN) 2, 2.1-2.10. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00002
He, Yumei, Fooken, Jonas and Dulleck, Uwe (2015). Facing a changing labour force in China: Determinants of trust and reciprocity in an experimental labour market. Economics Bulletin, 35 (3), 1525-1530.
Dulleck, Uwe, Fooken, Jonas and Fell, Jacob (2015). Within-subject intra- and inter-method consistency of two experimental risk attitude elicitation methods. German Economic Review, 16 (1), 104-121. doi: 10.1111/geer.12043
Get a life? The impact of the European working time directive: The case of UK senior doctors
Dolton, Peter J., Kidd, Michael P. and Fooken, Jonas (2015). Get a life? The impact of the European working time directive: The case of UK senior doctors. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/hec.3082
(2023–2027) NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Effective Treatments and Therapies
(2022–2023) Royal Queensland Bush Children's Health Scheme
Active Choices: A 'stepped-down' program to promote group-based physical activity to DVA clients
(2019–2021) Department of Veterans' Affairs
Economic preferences and decision of older adults
(2019–2021) UQ Early Career Researcher
(2019–2020) West Moreton Hospital and Health Service
Does Social Capital Attenuate Negative Mental Health Shocks? Evidence From a Natural Experiment
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
The Economics of Social Connection and Health Literacy on Health
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Applied Econometric Essays in Health Economics
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors: