Representation is said to matter, but I didn't see myself in the world around me growing up. Whom did I see? With whom was I supposed to identify? What about my children? And what about in children's books? What do children see? How to measure it? (a thread 🧵👇🏾) 1/n

People in rural regions often drive long distances for health care, sometimes for medical procedures they can get close to home. An Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute-linked economist found that big city doctors are better. But it's not what you think. minneapolisfed.org/article/2023/b… 1/2

This Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute article by Tu-Uyen Tran nicely pairs our research findings with local policy discussions. Beyond asking me sharp questions about our work, Tu-Uyen Tran spoke to the executive director of the Minnesota Rural Health Association. minneapolisfed.org/article/2023/b…

Pauline Mourot JMP: "Should Top Surgeons Practice at Top Hospitals? Sorting and Complementarities in Healthcare" Website: paulinemourot.com

#JobAlert Maya Lozinski & I are recruiting a part-time remote RA for our research at The University of Chicago ! If you are detail-oriented, proficient in R/Python, and keen on using generative AI + web scraping tools to study discrimination, then this is for you! 👉 uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External…

Angela Wyse JMP: "Saved by Medicaid: New Evidence on Health Insurance and Mortality from the Universe of Low-Income Adults" Website: angelawyse.com

One of the most caring and thoughtful people on top of being a great researcher!!! Mythili Vinnakota

Join us as a Research Manager in Delhi with Lend-A-Hand India & The University of Chicago. Apply your economics & impact evaluation skills to enhance the career paths of high school students in India. Apply: linkedin.com/jobs/view/3771… #EducationImpact #Development #Economics #Hiring

A common excuse for poor control arms is that they were valid at the time the trial enrolled. We have shown in The Lancet Haematology that it is often well known that the control arm is inferior prior to a single patient being enrolled on trial! thelancet.com/journals/lanha… #mmsm

Just got the email from CMSGov that they are planning to discontinue physical access to the Medicare/Medicaid research files and force everyone to use the (incredibly expensive) VRDC. In the transition, they'll charge physical data users $10K/year to renew DUAs. This is bad.

Massive change coming for academics that use CMSGov Medicare & Medicaid data… CMS is phasing out ability for researchers to own/work on physical Medicare & Medicaid data. Everyone must eventually migrate to Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC). cms.gov/data-research/…

Is CMSGov looking to make it more difficult (and expensive) for researchers to get data? Josh Gottlieb argues, “The costs will grow exponentially and make access infeasible except for the very best resourced organizations,” impeding study of the programs. propublica.org/article/cms-pr…

CMSGov needs to explain why it’s cutting academic researchers off from data while for-profit firms can still access it via the QE program.

📣 Fresh "Market Size and Trade in Medical Services" at jdingel.com w/ new results: - Lumpy capital equipment is one reason big regions are net exporters - Population growth → growth in net exports - Geographic remoteness explains US's steeper income-health gradient

A big new paper with Zack Cooper Stuart Craig Lev Klarnet, Ithai Lurie, and Corbin Miller: "Who Pays for Rising Health Care Prices? Evidence from Hospital Mergers" nber.org/papers/w32613 With excellent recent WSJ coverage by Melanie Evans: wsj.com/health/healthc…

Econ RA/Predoc Opportunity! Ben Feigenberg & I (Anjali Adukia) are looking for an RA to work with us on projects studying the impacts of restorative justice in schools. Apply here: uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External… Econ RA Listings The University of Chicago University of Illinois Chicago Harris Policy Becker Friedman Institute for Economics #EconTwitter

Emileigh Harrison JMP: "Impact of Free Community College: Evidence from Chicago" Website: emileighharrison.github.io/index.html