| Cash component of conditional cash transfer program is associated with higher body mass index and blood pressure in adults LCH Fernald, PJ Gertler, X Hou The Journal of nutrition 138 (11), 2250-2257, 2008 | 179 | 2008 |
| The effect of women’s decision-making power on maternal health services uptake: evidence from Pakistan X Hou, N Ma Health policy and planning 28 (2), 176-184, 2013 | 143 | 2013 |
| Urban—rural disparity of overweight, hypertension, undiagnosed hypertension, and untreated hypertension in China X Hou Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 20 (2), 159-169, 2008 | 102 | 2008 |
| Empowering women: the effect of women's decision-making power on reproductive health services uptake--Evidence from Pakistan X Hou, N Ma World Bank policy research working paper, 2011 | 78* | 2011 |
| Peer reviewed: oportunidades program participation and body mass index, blood pressure, and self-reported health in Mexican adults LCH Fernald, X Hou, PJ Gertler Preventing chronic disease 5 (3), 2008 | 63 | 2008 |
| Understanding health workers’ job preferences to improve rural retention in Timor-Leste: findings from a discrete choice experiment MF Smitz, S Witter, C Lemiere, PHV Eozenou, T Lievens, RU Zaman, ... PloS one 11 (11), e0165940, 2016 | 52 | 2016 |
| The role of for-profit hospitals in medical expenditures: evidence from aggregate data in China GG Liu, L Li, X Hou, J Xu, D Hyslop China Economic Review 20 (4), 625-633, 2009 | 37 | 2009 |
| The impact of the food price crisis on consumption and caloric availability in Pakistan: evidence from repeated cross-sectional and panel data J Friedman, SY Hong, X Hou World Bank, Washington, DC, 2011 | 35 | 2011 |
| Can drought increase total calorie availability? The impact of drought on food consumption and the mitigating effects of a conditional cash transfer program X Hou Economic Development and Cultural Change 58 (4), 713-737, 2010 | 34 | 2010 |
| What do health workers in Timor-Leste want, know and do? Findings from a national health labour market survey X Hou, S Witter, RU Zaman, K Engelhardt, F Hafidz, F Julia, C Lemiere, ... Human Resources for Health 14, 1-10, 2016 | 32 | 2016 |
| Factors associated with high Cesarean deliveries in China and Brazil-A Call for reducing elective surgeries in moving towards Universal Health Coverage X Hou, NS Rakhshani, R Iunes Journal of Hospital Administration 3 (5), 67-78, 2014 | 24 | 2014 |
| The emergence of proprietary medical facilities in China X Hou, J Coyne Health policy 88 (1), 141-151, 2008 | 23 | 2008 |
| Learning from economic downturns: how to better assess, track, and mitigate the impact on the health sector X Hou, EV Velényi, AS Yazbeck, RF Iunes, O Smith World Bank Publications, 2013 | 20 | 2013 |
| How does women’s decision-making power affect budget share, nutrition and education in Pakistan? X Hou Journal of Family and Economic Issues 37, 115-131, 2016 | 19 | 2016 |
| Targeted or untargeted? The initial assessment of a targeted health insurance program for the poor in Georgia X Hou, S Chao Health Policy 102 (2-3), 278-285, 2011 | 19 | 2011 |
| Wealth: Crucial but not sufficient–evidence from pakistan on economic growth, child labour and schooling X Hou The Journal of Development Studies 46 (3), 439-465, 2010 | 18 | 2010 |
| The heterogeneous effects of a food price crisis on child school enrolment and labour: Evidence from Pakistan X Hou, SY Hong, K Scott The Journal of Development Studies 52 (5), 718-734, 2016 | 17 | 2016 |
| An evaluation of the initial impact of the medical assistance program for the poor in Georgia X Hou, S Chao World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, 2008 | 17 | 2008 |
| Challenges for youth employment in Pakistan: are they youth-specific? X Hou The Pakistan Development Review, 193-212, 2010 | 16 | 2010 |
| Determinants of Tobacco Consumption in P apua N ew G uinea: Challenges in Changing Behaviours X Hou, X Xu, I Anderson Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies 2 (2), 255-265, 2015 | 13 | 2015 |
