Publications Prof. Dr. Reyn van Ewijk

Publications in Scientific Journals

• Ortner J, Van Ewijk R, Velthuis L, Labenz C, Arslanow A, Nguyen-Tat M, Wörns M-A, Reichert MC, Farin-Glattacker E, Binder H, Fichtner UA, Graf E, Stelzer D, Galle PR, Lammert F (2025). Evaluating a population-based screening program for early detection of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in primary care in Germany: a cost assessment study. BMJ Open, 15: e090442, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090442.
• Pradella F, Van Ewijk R. (2025). Mechanisms linking prenatal environment and linear growth: the case of Ramadan during pregnancy. American Journal of Epidemiology, 194: 2315-2324.
• Witte P, Pradella F, Van Ewijk R. (2025). The Impact of Healthcare Provision on Immigrant Pregnancy Behaviors: the Case of Ramadan Fasting in Germany. Journal of Migration and Health, 100349, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.2025.100349.
• Tran VM, Van Ewijk R, Pradella F (2025). Ramadan During Pregnancy and Offspring Age at Menarche in Indonesia: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Nutrients, 17(9), 1406; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17091406.
• Pradella F, Witte P, Van Ewijk R (2024). Ramadan during pregnancy and offspring health outcomes over the life course: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Human Reproduction Update; dmae026, https://doi.org/10.1093/humupd/dmae026.
• Dignath C, Fabriz S, Van Ewijk R, Perels F (2023). Let Learners Monitor the Learning Content and Their Learning Behavior! A Meta-Analysis on the Effectiveness of Tools to Foster Monitoring, Educational Psychology Review, 35, 62.
• Pradella F, Leimer B, Fruth A, Queißer-Wahrendorf A, Van Ewijk R (2023). Ramadan during pregnancy and neonatal health—Fasting, dietary composition and sleep patterns, PLOS ONE, 18(2), e0281051.
• Ortner J, Van Ewijk R, Velthuis L, Labenz C, Arslanow A, Nguyen-Tat M, Nagel M, Wörns M-A, Reichert
  M C, Binder H, Farin-Glattacker E, Fichtner U, Graf E, Stelzer D, Galle P R, Lammert F (2023). Costs of a structured early detection program for advanced liver fibrosis and cirrhosis: insights on the plus of
  Check-up 35+. Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie.
• Isphoring I, Diederichs M, Van Ewijk R, Pestel N (2022). Schools under mandatory testing can mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(26): e2201724119.
• Leimer B, Van Ewijk R. (2022). Are grandchildren good for you? Well-being and health effects of
  becoming a grandparent. Social Science & Medicine, 313, 115392.
• Van Ewijk R, Lindeboom M. (2022). Selective mortality and fertility and long run health effects of prenatal wartime exposure. Economics & Human Biology, 47, 101186. 
• Dignath C, Rimm-Kaufman S, Van Ewijk R, Kunter M. (2022). Teachers’ Beliefs about Inclusive Education and Insights on What Contributes to Those Beliefs: A Meta-analytical Study. Educational Psychology Review, 34(4), 2609-2660.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09695-0
• Labenz C, Arslanow A, Nguyen-Tat M, Nagel M, Wörns M-A, Reichert MC, Heil FJ; Mainz D, Zimper G; Römer B, Binder H, Farin-Glattacker E, Fichtner U, Graf E, Stelzer D, Van Ewijk R, Ortner J, Louis Velthuis L, Lammert F, Galle PR (2022). Structured Early detection of Asymptomatic Liver Cirrhosis: Results of the population-based liver screening program SEAL. Journal of Hepathology, 77(3): 695-701.
• Leimer B, Van Ewijk R. (2022). No “Honeymoon Phase”: Whose health benefits from retirement and when. Economics & Human Biology, 47, 101171.
• Savitri AI, Painter RC, Lindeboom M, Roseboom TJ, Van Ewijk R (2020). Ramadan exposure and birth outcomes: a population-based study from the Netherlands. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 11(6), 664-671.
• Daysal M, Trandafir M, Van Ewijk R. (2019) Low-risk isn’t no-risk: Perinatal treatments and the health of low-income newborns. Journal of Health Economics, 64: 55-67.
• Pradella F, Van Ewijk R (2018). As long as the breath lasts. In utero exposure to Ramadan and the occurrence of wheezing in adulthood. American Journal of Epidemiology, 187(10): 2100-2108.
• Settele S, Van Ewijk R (2018). Can cigarette taxes during pregnancy mitigate the intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic status? Labour Economics, 55: 130-148.
• Schoeps A, Van Ewijk R, Kynast-Wolf G, Nebié E, Zabré P, Sié A, Gabrysch S (2018). Ramadan Exposure In utero and Child Mortality in Burkina Faso: Analysis of a Population-Based Cohort Including 41,025 Children. American Journal of Epidemiology, 187(10): 2085-2092.
• Gabrysch S, Van Ewijk R (2018). Authors’ Response to Commentaries. American Journal of Epidemiology, 187(10): 2098-2099.
• Leimer B, Pradella F, Fruth A, Queißer A, Van Ewijk R (2018). Ramadan Observance during Pregnancy in Germany: a Challenge for Prenatal Care, Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde 78(07): 684-689.
• Stüber T, Van Ewijk R, Diessner J, Kühn T, Flock F, Felberbaum R, Blettner M, Kreienberg R, Jani W, Wöckel A, Singer S, Schwentner L (2017). Which patient-and physician-related factors are associated with guideline adherent initiation of adjuvant endocrine therapy? Results of the prospective multi-centre cohort study BRENDA II. Breast Cancer, 24(2): 281-287.
• Von Korn H, Stefan V, Van Ewijk R, Chakraborty K, Sanwald B, Hemker J, Hink U, Ohlow M, Lauer B, Vagts D, Gruene S, Münzel T (2017). A Systematic Diagnostic And Therapeutic Approach For The Treatment Of Patients After Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation: A Prospective Evaluation Of 212 Patients Over 5 Years. Internal and Emergency Medicine, 12(4): 503-511.
• Daysal N, Trandafir M, Van Ewijk R (2016). Re: A recent study by economists on the impact of home births on infant outcomes confuses the debate on home birth. BJOG, 123: 1713–1714.
• König J(*), Van Ewijk R(*), Kuhr K, Schmidberger H, Wöckel A, Kreienberg R, Blettner M (2016). Radiotherapy effects on early breast cancer survival in observational and randomized studies: a systematic analysis of advantages, disadvantages and differences between the two study types. Breast Cancer, 23(3): 415-424. (* Shared first-authorship)
• Schwentner L, Van Ewijk R, Kühn T, Flock F, Felberbaum R, Blettner M, Kreienberg R, Janni W, Wöckel A, Singer S (2016). Exploring patient- and physician-related factors preventing breast cancer patients from guideline-adherent adjuvant chemotherapy—results from the prospective multi-center study BRENDA II. Supportive Care in Cancer, 24(6): 2759-2766.
• Singer S, Schwentner L, Van Ewijk R, Blettner M, Wöckel A, Kühn T, Felderbaum R, Flock F, Janni W, Kreienberg R (2016). The course of psychiatric co-morbidity in patients with breast cancer - results from the prospective multi-centre BRENDA II study. Psycho-Oncology, 25: 590-596.
• Boeßert P, Hempel J, Van Ewijk R, Mann W, Haxel B (2016). Effekt der mikrochirurgischen Entfernung von Vestibularisschwannomen auf das Schmeckvermögen [Impact of Microsurgical Exstirpation of Vestibular Schwannomas on the Sense of Taste] Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie, 95(05): 332-335.
• Kowalzik F, Zepp F, Hoffmann I, Binder H, Lautz D, Van Ewijk R, Knuf M, Tenenbaum T, Laass M, Reuter T, Schulze-Rath R, Marron M (2016). Disease burden of Rotavirus gastroenteritis in children in Germany: a retrospective hospital-based surveillance. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 35(1): 97-103.
• Almond D, Mazumder B, Van Ewijk R (2015). In Utero Ramadan Exposure and Children's Academic Performance. The Economic Journal, 125: 1501-1533.
• Daysal M, Trandafir M, Van Ewijk R (2015). Saving Lives at Birth: The Impact of Home Births on Infant Outcomes. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 7(3): 28-50.
• Ebner F, Hancke K, Blettner M, Schwentner L, Wöckel A, Kreienberg R, Janni W, Van Ewijk R (2015). Aggressive intrinsic subtypes in breast cancer - a predictor of guideline adherence in older breast cancer patients? Clinical Breast Cancer, 15(4): e189-195.
• Diessner J, Van Ewijk R, Weiss CR, Janni W, Wischnewsky MB, Kreienberg R, Blettner M, Wöckel A, Schwentner L (2015). Identifying the impact of inflammatory breast cancer on survival: a retrospective multi-center cohort study. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 292: 655-664.
• Lindeboom M, Van Ewijk R (2015). Babies of the War: The effect of war exposure early in life on mortality throughout life. Biodemography and Social Biology, 61(2): 167-186.
• Van Ewijk R(*), Wöckel A(*), Janni W, Singer S, Kreienberg R, Blettner M, Schwentner L (2015). Is guideline adherent adjuvant treatment an equal alternative for patients aged >65 who cannot participate in adjuvant clinical breast cancer trials? A retrospective multi-center cohort study of 4.142 patients. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 291: 631-640. (* Shared first-authorship)
• Ebner F, Van Ewijk R, Wöckel A, Hancke K, Schwentner L, Fink V, Kreienberg R, Janni W, Blettner M (2015). Tumor biology in older breast cancer patients - what is the impact on survival stratified for guideline adherence? A retrospective multi-center cohort study of 5378 patients. The Breast, 24(3): 256-262.
• Oosterbeek H, Van Ewijk R (2014). Gender peer effects in university: Evidence from a randomized experiment. Economics of Education Review, 38: 51-63.
• Schwentner L, Wöckel A, König J, Janni W, Blettner M, Kreienberg R, Van Ewijk R (2014). Assessing the impact of CMF-like/Anthracycline-based/Anthracycline-Taxane-based/dose-dense chemotherapy in dependency of positive axillary lymph nodes on survival – A retrospective multi-center cohort study of 3.677 patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy. European Journal of Cancer, 50: 2905– 2915.
• Savitri AI, Yadegari N, Bakker J, Van Ewijk R, Grobbee DE, Painter RC, Uiterwaal CS, Roseboom TJ (2014). Ramadan fasting and newborn's birthweight in pregnant Muslim women in Amsterdam. British Journal of Nutrition, 112(09): 1503-1509.
• Boeßert P, Grüttner C, Van Ewijk R, Haxel B (2014). Veränderung des Schmeckvermögens bei Patienten mit Vestibularisschwannom [Changes in taste ability in patients with vestibular schwannoma]. Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie, 93(07): 450-454.
• Dahlhaus A, Guethlin C, Schall A, Taubenroth M, Van Ewijk R, Zeeb H, Albay Z, Schulz-Rothe S, Beyer M, Gerlach FM, Blettner M, Siebenhofer A (2014). Colorectal cancer stage at diagnosis in migrants versus non-migrants (KoMigra): study protocol of a cross-sectional study in Germany. BMC Cancer, 14: 123.
• Thomas S, Klobuch S, Sommer M, Van Ewijk R, Theobald M, Meyer RG, Herr W (2014). Human CD8⁺ memory and EBV-specific T cells show low alloreactivity in vitro as well as in CD34⁺ stem-cell engrafted NOD/SCID/IL-2Ryc^null mice, Experimental Hematology, 42(1): 28-38.
• Van Ewijk R, Painter R, Roseboom T (2013). Associations of prenatal exposure to Ramadan with small stature and thinness in adulthood: results from a large Indonesian population–based study, American Journal of Epidemiology, 177(8): 729-736.
• Van Ewijk R, Painter R, Roseboom T. (2013). Van Ewijk et al. respond to “Ramadan Prenatal Fasting and Adult Health Outcomes”, American Journal of Epidemiology, 177(8): 741-742.
• Schwentner L(*), Van Ewijk R(*), Kurzeder C, Hoffmann I, König J, Kreienberg R, Blettner M, Wöckel A (2013). Participation in adjuvant clinical breast cancer trials: Does study participation improve survival compared to guideline adherent adjuvant treatment? A retrospective multi-center cohort study of 9433 patients, European Journal of Cancer, 49: 553-563. (* Shared first-authorship)
• Van Ewijk R, Schwentner L, Wöckel A, König J, Kreienberg R, Blettner M (2013). Trends in patient characteristics, treatment and survival in breast cancer in a non-selected retrospective clinical cohort study of 2600 patients, Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 287(1): 103-110.
• Schwentner L, Wöckel A, König J, Janni W, Ebner F, Blettner M, Kreienberg R, Van Ewijk R (2013). Adherence to treatment guidelines and survival in triple-negative breast cancer: A retrospective multi-center cohort study with 9156 patients, BMC Cancer, 13(1): 487.
• Von Korn H, Stefan V, Van Ewijk R, Chakraborty K, Sanwald B, Andel R, Hemker J, Hink U, Ohlow M, Lauer B, Muenzel, T (2013). Treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions: stent-covering of the side branch with and without PCI of the side branch: a retrospective analysis of all consecutive patients, BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 13(1): 27.
• Van Ewijk R (2011). Long-term health effects on the next generation of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy, Journal of Health Economics, 30(6), 1246-1260.
• Van Ewijk R (2011). Same work, lower grade? Student ethnicity and teachers’ subjective assessments, Economics of Education Review, 30, 1045-1058.
• Van Ewijk R & Sleegers P (2010). Peer ethnicity and achievement: a meta-analysis into the compositional effect, School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 21(3): 237-265.
• Van Ewijk R & Sleegers P (2010). The effect of peer socioeconomic status on achievement: a meta-analysis, Educational Research Review, 5(2): 134-150.

 

Book Chapters

• Van Ewijk R. (2022) Ramadan: Health, Human Capital, and Economic Outcomes. In: Zimmermann K. (eds.) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_250-1
• Lindeboom M, Van Ewijk R (2013), Early life conditions and later life inequality in health. In: Rosa Dias P, O’Donnell O (eds.) Health and Inequality (Research on Economic Inequality, Volume 21), Emerald Group Publishing Limited: 399-419.

Non-Academic Publications

• Pradella F, Van Ewijk R (2023). Beratung von schwangeren Muslimas. Ramadanfasten in der
  Schwangerschaft?, Doctors Today, March 23, 2023.
• Isphording IE, Diederichs M, Van Ewijk R, Pestel N. (2021). Der eindämmende Effekt von Schulen auf
  die Verbreitung von SARS-CoV-2 (No. 101). IZA Standpunkte
• Daysal M, Trandafir M, Van Ewijk R (2016). Thuisbevalling riskanter in arm gezin, Medisch Contact, 13: 16-18.
• Daysal M, Trandafir M, Van Ewijk R (2015). Hospitals are safer than home births – but only if you’re poor, The Conversation, July 27, 2015.
• Van Ewijk R (2011). Lagere verwachtingen van allochtonen bij zelfde prestaties, Economisch Statistische Berichten, 96(4608): 249-252.