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Nirav Mehta

@niravmehtax.bsky.social

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Economist at University of Western Ontario. Applied/Labor/Health/anywhere we can use theory to interpret data. https://niravmehtax.github.io/

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Reposted by Axel Dreher, Simon Burgess, Andreas Peichl , and 5 more Axel Dreher, Simon Burgess, Andreas Peichl, Hessel Oosterbeek, Mariacristina De Nardi, Erik Hornung, Christian Bayer, Nirav Mehta

Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · Oct 30

📢 We are hiring 📢

ifo is looking to fill 5 positions, incl. one

6-year Postdoc 👩‍🎓

to join our team at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education!

👉https://econjobmarket.org/positions/11131
Deadline: 24 Nov 2024

Please spread the word! #EconSky

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Reposted by Jason M. Fletcher, Edward C. Norton, Lisa A. Gennetian , and 5 more Jason M. Fletcher, Edward C. Norton, Lisa A. Gennetian, Mariacristina De Nardi, Michael D. Bauer, Lucie Schmidt, Nirav Mehta, David Slusky

Todd Jones @toddrjones.bsky.social · Nov 18

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.

Economics Conferences (Compiled by Anne M. Burton and Barton Willage)

docs.google.com

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Nirav Mehta @niravmehtax.bsky.social · Nov 15

I want to be a health economist!

Nirav Mehta @niravmehtax.bsky.social · Nov 11

Obviously the application isn’t to the private sector, but I thought the connection of payment policy to screening models could potentially still be useful to you…(hopefully?)

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Nirav Mehta @niravmehtax.bsky.social · Nov 11

Not sure how germane this would be, but my coauthors (Marty Gaynor and Seth Richards-Shubik) and I have work where we apply screening models (ie auctions) to health care payment design: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Optimal Contracting with Altruistic Agents: Medicare Payments for Dialysis Drugs

(June 2023) - We study health-care provider agency and optimal payments, considering an expensive medication for dialysis patients. Using Medicare claims data we estimate a structural model of treatme...

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Reposted by Justus Haucap, Elaine Hill, Michael D. Bauer , and 9 more Justus Haucap, Elaine Hill, Michael D. Bauer, Guido Heineck, Evan Starr, Eric Verhoogen, Sebastian Königs, Gabriel Burdín, Nandini Gupta, Nirav Mehta, Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Elisabetta Aurino

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Sep 11

For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers, a Quick Start guide to plugging into the economics community here.

It aims to lower the costs & boost the benefits for folks to engage here.

If it seems useful, please share it here & especially on X.
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aaronsojourner.org/for-bluesky-...

For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers - Aaron Sojourner

This Quick Start guide aims to help econ lovers easily join Bluesky’s growing economics community. The Bluesky User FAQ covers generic basics, like how to start an account. This guide orients you to e...

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · Feb 20

📢 Call for papers 📢

CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education
(co-organized with Rick Hanushek)

13-14 Sept 2024, Munich

Keynote: @mdoepke.bsky.social

👉 www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...

Submission deadline: 2 June 2024

Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessma...

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Reposted by David Byrne, Franck Portier, Marina Della Giusta , and 1 more David Byrne, Franck Portier, Marina Della Giusta, Nirav Mehta

Ivan Werning @ivanwerning.bsky.social · Oct 5

Just back from giving a talk to 2nd year students on how to approach research, how to write a paper. Abhijit was coming after me (good thing he didn't go first, tough act to follow!)

Here are my slides...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0pm2m...

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