Dr Jonas Fooken
Dr

Jonas Fooken

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Background

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.

Availability

Dr Jonas Fooken is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology

Research interests

  • Health Economics

  • Behavioural and Experimental Economics

  • Public Policy

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28 works between 2015 and 2025
All (28) Journal Article (26) Book Chapter (1) Conference Publication (1)

1 - 20 of 28 works

2025

Journal Article

Housing insecurity, financial hardship and mental health

Ludlow, Timothy, Fooken, Jonas, Rose, Christiern and Tang, Kam Ki (2025). Housing insecurity, financial hardship and mental health. Economics and Human Biology, 57 101475, 101475-57. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2025.101475

Housing insecurity, financial hardship and mental health

2024

Journal Article

Private health insurance and health in a healthcare system with comprehensive public insurance

Baldwin, Elizabeth, Fooken, Jonas and Rowell, David (2024). Private health insurance and health in a healthcare system with comprehensive public insurance. Empirical Economics, 1-32. doi: 10.1007/s00181-024-02680-2

Private health insurance and health in a healthcare system with comprehensive public insurance

2023

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, 24 (1), 33-56. doi: 10.1007/s10754-023-09362-z

Out-of-pocket expenditure, need, utilisation, and private health insurance in the Australian healthcare system

2023

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, 35 (3), 844-848. doi: 10.1002/hpja.807

A stepped down physical activity support program for military service veterans: The Active Choices pilot study

2023

Journal Article

Does doctors’ personality differ from those of patients, the highly educated and other caring professions? An observational study using two nationally representative Australian surveys

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

Does doctors’ personality differ from those of patients, the highly educated and other caring professions? An observational study using two nationally representative Australian surveys

2023

Journal Article

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

Trusting when risk and ambiguity create opportunities for exploitation

2022

Journal Article

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

Are stunted child – overweight mother pairs a real defined entity or a statistical artifact?

2022

Journal Article

Cash and the hidden economy: experimental evidence on fighting tax evasion in small business transactions

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

Cash and the hidden economy: experimental evidence on fighting tax evasion in small business transactions

2022

Journal Article

Disposable and reusable instruments in dental health practice: a comparison of cost factors in a public provider organization in Queensland, Australia

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

Disposable and reusable instruments in dental health practice: a comparison of cost factors in a public provider organization in Queensland, Australia

2021

Journal Article

Physiotherapy student clinical placements in Australian private practice: patient‐reported outcomes with supervised student care

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

Physiotherapy student clinical placements in Australian private practice: patient‐reported outcomes with supervised student care

2021

Journal Article

Using Australian panel data to account for unobserved factors in measuring inequities for different channels of healthcare utilization

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

Using Australian panel data to account for unobserved factors in measuring inequities for different channels of healthcare utilization

2021

Journal Article

Hosting pre-registration physiotherapy students in Australian private practices does not change service and economic outcomes; an economic analysis

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

Hosting pre-registration physiotherapy students in Australian private practices does not change service and economic outcomes; an economic analysis

2021

Journal Article

Statistical analysis plan for the NITric oxide during cardiopulmonary bypass to improve Recovery in Infants with Congenital heart defects (NITRIC) trial

Gibbons, Kristen S., 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 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), 47-58. doi: 10.51893/2021.1.oa4

Statistical analysis plan for the NITric oxide during cardiopulmonary bypass to improve Recovery in Infants with Congenital heart defects (NITRIC) trial

2021

Journal Article

Statistical analysis plan for the NITric oxide during cardiopulmonary bypass to improve Recovery in Infants with Congenital heart defects (NITRIC) trial

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), 47-58.

Statistical analysis plan for the NITric oxide during cardiopulmonary bypass to improve Recovery in Infants with Congenital heart defects (NITRIC) trial

2021

Journal Article

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

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

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

2021

Journal Article

Exploring the macroeconomic and socioeconomic determinants of simultaneous over and undernutrition in Asia: An analysis of stunted child - overweight mother households

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

Exploring the macroeconomic and socioeconomic determinants of simultaneous over and undernutrition in Asia: An analysis of stunted child - overweight mother households

2019

Journal Article

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

Hukou status and individual-level labor market discrimination: an experiment in China

2019

Journal Article

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

Trust and power as determinants of tax compliance across 44 nations

2019

Journal Article

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

Behavioral effects of withholding taxes on labor supply

2019

Journal Article

Study protocol: NITric oxide during cardiopulmonary bypass to improve Recovery in Infants with Congenital heart defects (NITRIC trial): a randomised controlled trial

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

Study protocol: NITric oxide during cardiopulmonary bypass to improve Recovery in Infants with Congenital heart defects (NITRIC trial): a randomised controlled trial

Current funding

  • 2022 - 2025
    Impact of children's not-for-profit services in rural and remote Queensland: A multi-perspective study
    Royal Queensland Bush Children's Health Scheme
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2019 - 2020
    Cost benefit analysis and recommendations on the centralised equipment sterilisation procedures used within WMHHS Oral Health Services compared to re-implementing remote sterilisation procedures
    West Moreton Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    Active Choices: A 'stepped-down' program to promote group-based physical activity to DVA clients
    Department of Veterans' Affairs
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    Economic preferences and decision of older adults
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant

Availability

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