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Professor of Public Affairs at University of Wisconsin. Health Economics, Social Genomics, Networks. Views my own. https://fletcher.lafollette.wisc.edu

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Jason Fletcher @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social · Dec 22

I wrote a joint book review on three longevity books, posted here. I viewed each book as a different bait-and-switch move. What do you think--do we have any silver bullets for longevity right now?

Who is we? Of mice and men in longevity science | Book Reviews

The re-election of Donald Trump to the US presidency this year has brought focus on pseudoscience in healthcare and the search for ‘silver bullets’ in health and longevity research. Jason Fletcher …

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Jiaxin Shi @jiaxinshi.bsky.social · Sep 4

The first paper from my postdoc is now live. I learnt a lot from my mentor/coauthor @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social in this and our other projects.

Full article: Trend breaks in life expectancy in the United States over 120 years and potential sources of future gains www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Trend breaks in life expectancy in the United States over 120 years and potential sources of future gains

Research indicates a significant slowdown in life expectancy growth in the United States (US) post 2010, marking a departure from the consistent progress in longevity throughout the twentieth centu...

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casey wichman @cjwich.bsky.social · Aug 6

Yo #econsky, we're hiring a new Chair for the School of Economics at Georgia Tech (we always do external searches). Come steer the ship!

We have a great, vibrant group of applied micro faculty and students (enviro, health, dev, trade) + metrics + theory.

www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · May 20

My quote of the day

My dad used to say: “Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value."

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · May 14

A key idea we develop: *causal theories* can imply *descriptive research questions*.

Consider a simple theory: A -> B. Given these two theoretically relevant objects (A and B), we can articulate numerous research questions.

We build a "ladder" of research questions, some causal, some descriptive.

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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University @oxforddemsci.bsky.social · May 8

👶 Do early life conditions shape how long/well we live?
Find out w/ @Jasonmfletcher.bsky.social (UW-Madison):
🗓️ 27 May | 🕑 2–3:30pm | @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Oxford
👉https://www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/jason-fletcher-gives-lcds-seminar-moving-forward-looking-back-new-evidence-early-life-shapes

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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · Apr 3

One rule of thumb I live by: when the ratio of “I” to “you + we”approaches infinity or is undefined, beware.

Opinion | My Farewell Column

I’ve sought to address what people believe but are often too afraid to say.

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Mar 28

Question: “Does Schooling Improve Cognitive Abilities at Older Ages”? Vikesh Amin, @hanspkohler.bsky.social @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social et al. dig into the Harmonized Cognition Assessment Protocol of the HRS to examine education & cognitive aging. @SociologyatPenn read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · Feb 24

The #PAA2025 preliminary program is online: submissions.mirasmart.com/PAA2025/Itin...

Make sure you are registered before rates increase in March: www.populationassociation.org/paa2025/reg-...

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Berkeley Population Sciences @berkeleypopcenter.bsky.social · Feb 14

We are delighted to announce our next brownbag seminar is Feb 19, 12pm, w/ Jason Fletcher (@jasonmfletcher.bsky.social), who will present on "Moving forward by looking back: New evidence that early life shapes our lifespan.” 310 Social Sciences & zoom. Do join us!

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Feb 11

Let’s celebrate a life well lived

Sandy Jencks died this weekend

He was a giant in social science

He spanned disciplines

He trained legions of researchers

He pushed us to engage with policy

He was a wonderful colleague & a lovely person

I will miss him

www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/chri...

Christopher Jencks

Christopher Sandy Jencks is the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy. He has taught at Harvard, Northwestern, the University of Chicago, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. Earlier, ...

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Feb 8

I've seen a lot of discussions about moving IDC to DC as new categories. Could you explain why this would be specifically disallowed?

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 8

A Primer on Indirect Cost Rates

a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on

ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 8

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · Feb 5

Genetic basis of partner choice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.03.636375v1

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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · Feb 1

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs

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