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davidslusky.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and Population Health at the University of Kansas || Executive Director of the American Society of Health Economists || JPAM Co-Editor || NBER Research Associate || IZA Research Fellow
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It's always fun to talk about the Census Tree, but I was really excited to share it with some of the best public policy and child welfare scholars in the biz at the Atlanta PPCW Workshop. Thanks @lindsbullinger.bsky.social & @danieldench1.bsky.social !

My favorite conference of the whole year is here! #PPCW

Only a few days left to submit your paper to the workshop “Policy Evaluation in Health and Labor” that I am organizing together with @sergijm64.bsky.social and @cristina-belles.bsky.social, as part of the BSE Summer Forum 2025! Deadline February 28!! Join us in Barcelona on June 3 & 4!! 👇👇🎉🎉

Honored to be part of the @nationalacademies.org session today on State-of-the-Science and the Future of Cumulative Impact Assessment: Tribal Engagement Facilitation Meeting in the beautiful Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building in Colorado Watch at www.nationalacademies.org/event/44010_...

Policies have unintended consequences. What have been the consequences of the repeal of #ROEvWADE? @davidslusky.bsky.social & Lilly Springer (Kansas) compare states with & w/out abortion bans in a new @econofact.bsky.social memo. econofact.org/what-effects...

Wonder what’s been happening after Dobbs? Check out my new @econofact.bsky.social memo with @davidslusky.bsky.social

New @econofact.bsky.social memo from @springerecon.bsky.social and me econofact.org/what-effects.... Cites lots of great work from @caitlinmyers.bsky.social @danieldench1.bsky.social @jasonlindo.bsky.social & more!

Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Impact of Being Denied a Wanted Abortion on Women and their Children,” by Londoño-Vélez (@jlondonovelez.bsky.social) and Saravia: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

So wonderful to get to see a great KU women’s basketball game with Mark Duggan, Jacquelyn Pless, and @joannas.bsky.social!

This was a really fun interview about the role of ridesharing in rual healthcare access! Also an honor to cite a new paper by @jcmecon.bsky.social @conornomics.bsky.social @kteltser.bsky.social (nber.org/papers/w33077). youtu.be/MrQgqjX1BeE

I'm delighted to share the final version of our paper "The Earnings and Labor Supply of U.S. Physicians", now out via @qjeharvard.bsky.social (May issue). You may recall its earlier title, "Who Values Human Capitalists' Human Capital?" and the lively debate it spurred on the other site. 1/8

Thanks @bencasselman.bsky.social for this thoughtful examination of the relationship between economists & policymaking today, including voices of @jasonfurman.bsky.social @kclausing.bsky.social @imarinescu.bsky.social @jrothst.bsky.social me & many others. #EconSky www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...

@kucollege.bsky.social recorded and posted a video of me talking about economics on their Instagram feed: www.instagram.com/reel/DElH6T4...

🚨 NYC Health Econ Day is coming back May 9, 2025 @ NYU Wagner! Health economists (+ adjacent fields) in the greater NYC area are invited. Submit by March 14, 2025. Submission link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Organizers: @ambond.bsky.social, Sunita Desai, Mike Dickstein, Jessica Van Parys + me

I will be at #ASSA2025! Want to get coffee? Hit me up! Love talking all things gender, innovation, and the economy. Also happy to chat about our new innovative #careboard project at KU or anything #swiftynomics. And - free mentoring advice is my specialty!

Thank you to all who submitted abstracts for the ASHEcon 2025 Annual Conference. This year, we received a record 1,173 abstract submissions! We’re excited to begin the reviewing process and thank all of our volunteer reviewers. We look forward to seeing you in Nashville!

Getting ready to update the syllabus for my undergrad health economics course for the spring What are the papers that make you excited to be a health economist/do health econ research? Looking for any/all topic areas!

Love to see economists not crossing the picket lines in SF at AEAs.

#econjoe Keep your eye out for this amazing economist and superb human being!

🔥 Deadline extended: Dec. 18, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST Submit your abstracts for the 14th ASHEcon Conference 👉 ashecon.org/announcement... The conference will be held June 22-25, 2025 at the Grand Hyatt Nashville in Nashville, TN. We hope to see you there!

Huge congratulations to Lilly (@springerecon.bsky.social) for successfully defending her dissertation proposal (with honors)! Thanks to Misty (@mlheggeness.bsky.social), Bapu, Donna, and Aimee (@aimeearmande.bsky.social) for serving on her committee!

We're seeking Abstract Reviewers for the 2025 ASHEcon Conference in Nashville, TN! Reviewers are essential to ensure quality session offerings to conference attendees. Learn more: www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil... Abstract reviews will take place from Dec. 19th, 2024 – Jan. 20th, 2025.

Looking for #econjmp from this/last year for my grad #healthecon class (students have to put them in context and suggest additional analyses). #econsky any recommendations? Feel free to point me toward your website if you’re on the market (and would love to meet you at an upcoming conference).

I am thrilled to lead the new Cornell Health Policy Center with the incredible @colleenlbarry.bsky.social and the best imaginable leadership team! @wschpero.bsky.social @ambond.bsky.social Dhruv Khullar Jeff Niederdeppe Maria Fitzpatrick Sean Nicholson Kayla Tormohlen

🧵 of my favorite papers that I’ve seen at #APPAM2024 First up is “Proximity to Abortion Services and Child Maltreatment”from Erkmen Aslim

Thrilled to see @econandie.bsky.social’s paper on doulas at @appam.bsky.social. #2024APPAM #APPAM2024

#APPAM2024 #2024APPAM CORRECTION ON ADDRESS Health Policy Happy Hour at the Brass Tap (164 Fleet Street) Friday 5:00pm ET. We can talk shop and see some of our favorite people who we don't see often enough. Please circulate widely to everyone interested!

I don’t know what I am doing, but I did not want to be left out so here is a starter pack of fun economists. Send me your nominations! go.bsky.app/UcmhBgK

Hi #econsky In a new @nberpubs.bsky.social working paper @idalykkekr.bsky.social and coauthors show that female patients of GPs w. one additional daughter (compared to 1 additional son) are 5.5% less likely to die from female-specific cancers 1/N

Excited for the start of #APPAM2024 If you’re interested in policy’s impacts on infant birth outcomes, come check out the panel I’m presenting in today at 3pm!

@caitlinmyers.bsky.social presents new results that distance to abortion clinics still affects births even when adjusting for bans and appointment availability! Also amazing to see an entire session based on data she has gathered and made available! #2024APPAM

#2024APPAM I made it. Anyone still up?

Submit your papers for the spring 2025 NBER Gender in the Economy meeting! The theme is "Women in the Digital World". Submission Deadline: 12/9/24 Meeting: 2/28/25 in Cambridge t.co/DGsccq6Blw

Thrilled to be New Orleans for the @nationalacademies.org State-of-the-Science and the Future of Cumulative Impact Assessment: Workshop in Louisiana. Still time to register and join us either virtually or in person: www.nationalacademies.org/event/43998_...

#APPAM2024 Health Policy Happy Hour at the Brass Tap (164 Oxen Street) Friday 5:00pm ET. We can talk shop and see some of our favorite people who we don't see often enough. Please circulate widely to anyone not on this list.

Totally!!💯

Quick econ tip: here's a list of over 100 economics conferences: docs.google.com/spreadsheets.... Curated by @anne-m-burton.bsky.social and @bartonwillage.com.

From Daniel Park on Twitter: x.com/Daniel_E_Par... "A trio of Novavax preprints, showing 1) remarkable durability >6 months, 2) cross protection against newer variants, and 3) low reactogenicity (side effects), supporting NVX as an excellent booster platform."

Huge, huge thanks to @shooshan.bsky.social who took on the work of compiling many more health economists than I had yet added to the Starter Pack. So many names I recognize for early health econ Twitter, and so many new voices that I don't but look forward to hearing from. bsky.app/starter-pack...

Amazing to see the Kansas women’s basketball team beat Omaha with @springerecon.bsky.social & @benchartock.bsky.social!

Amazing to have @benchartock.bsky.social visit us here in Kansas!

Congratulations to the Upjohn Institute 2024 Dissertation Award winners! First prize goes to Angela Wyse for the University of Chicago. Honorable mentions go to Agostina Brinatti for the University of Michigan and @saraspaziani.bsky.social for Brown University.

Oh! This is the best news. I was so pleased to contribute to Sandy’s nomination. She’s truly the best.

Looking for one more abstract for an IHEA session on voting and health in the U.S. Let me know if you have one. Thanks!