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Our paper "Moral hazard and selection for voluntary deductibles" is now available as early view in Health Economics Laura Viļuma Jochen Mierau onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

A blog by Laura Viļuma about one of the most discussed features of the Dutch insurance system: the deductible - the amount paid out of pocket by the policy holder before an insurance provider will pay any expenses. Is it useful? #AJSPH rug.nl/aletta/blog/is…

Benevolent sexism: a feminist comic explains how it holds women back #womeninscience #WomenInSTEM #academicmom theguardian.com/books/2020/aug…

Als je een masker draagt kun je jezelf en vooral anderen beschermen! Hoe meer maskers des te meer effect. Ik doe daarom zeker mee! ⁦Gemeente Groningen⁩ ⁦Aletta⁩ ⁦UMCG⁩

What economics has to say about accelerating a COVID-19 vaccine. Great new econ explainer video by Alex Tabarrok mru.org/courses/princi…

Timely #ContactTracing does matter fighting #COVID19. In a new paper (➡️ bit.ly/394Ebuo) we study a bizarre #Excel error in England that caused 16k cases to NOT be contact traced. We econometrically can link this blunder to ~ 120k new cases & 1.5k deaths...🧵⬇️1/N

The career progression of women is held back because women are less likely to apply for promotions. Just accepted new paper by Laura Hospido, Luc Laeven, and Ana Lamo. Twitter handle for Luc Laeven is Luc Laeven. direct.mit.edu/rest/article/d…

Very happy to share our chapter on childhood SES and mental health later in life (with Laura Viļuma and Jochen Mierau) for the Handbook of Labor, Hum. Resources & Pop. Econ, edited by Klaus F. Zimmermann, section editor @milenkanik #MentalHealthEcon #EconTwitter ideas.repec.org/p/zbw/glodps/8…

Socioeconomic Conditions in Childhood and Mental Health Later in Life. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellows Viola Angelini & Laura Viluma and Jochen Mierau. glabor.org/socioeconomic-…

De #coronacrisis heeft de sociaal-economische verschillen in #beweeggedrag aanzienlijk vergroot. En waarschijnlijk niet tijdelijk. Dat blijkt uit ons onderzoek HAN University of Applied Sciences (HAN), University of Groningen en Aletta dat vandaag is gepubliceerd in Preventive Medicine: doi.org/10.1016/j.ypme…

Bijna 1 miljoen lager opgeleiden zijn door #corona minder gaan bewegen en dat blijft mogelijk zo. Waar blijft een plan om ex-leden weer naar de sportclub te krijgen? Ons onderzoek HAN University of Applied Sciences (HAN), University of Groningen en Aletta toegelicht in dagblad Trouw: trouw.nl/ts-bc29eb9c

Our chapter on childhood socioeconomic status and #mentalhealth later in life is forthcoming in the Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, ⁦edited by Klaus F. Zimmermann⁩ (section editor @milenkanik) Laura Viļuma Jochen Mierau SpringerReference link.springer.com/referenceworke…

Brīvības piemineklis tagad! #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🇱🇻

The UG has decided to freeze all relations with Russian non-university partners with immediate effect. For cooperation with knowledge institutions in Russia, the UG will follow the national policy.

Krievija ir neatgriezeniski sagrāvusi savu ekonomisko nākotni. Lai novērstu globālo pārcepšanos, daļa no fosilajiem jāatstāj zemē. Kāpēc gan lai tā nebūtu RU nafta un gāze?

For our interdisciplinary project "Smoking during pregnancy: the endgame", Laura Viļuma, Lilian Peters PhD and I are hiring a PhD student (4-year position). Please RT. @UniGroningenFEB UMCG #EconTwitter #epitwitter

One week left to apply!

We're thoroughly honored to be ranked among the top 100 universities globally at #66 in the #ShanghaiRanking! 🎊🥳

Mums tam bairaktaram ir jāsavāc patīk viņš mums vai nē. Ne tikai lai Ukraiņi orkus sasistu, bet arī lai Lietuvieši par mums nesmejas. Mums tie 5 miljoni ir jāsavāc, pat ja mēs nevaram tos savākt. #StandWithUkraine ziedot.lv/latvijas-baira…

Come work with Stefan Pichler, Laura Viļuma and myself as a PhD student on this excellent project on health and the (socioeconomic and physical) environment! Deadline for application is 11 March, Sharing is caring! rug.nl/about-ug/work-…