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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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David Houston @dmhouston.bsky.social · May 18

This whole thread is great, but I particularly appreciate this idea of a “ladder” of research questions implied by a broader theory (and we should be very clear about which question we are attempting to answer in a given paper)

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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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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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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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 8

Any type of cost that is included in the indirect cost rate calculation is disallowed as a direct cost.

If your school charges you rent on space, you cannot add this rent as a direct cost. It is assumed that the government is already reimbursing the school for this.

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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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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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 8

A Primer on Indirect Cost Rates

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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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EOT End Of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org · Dec 9

How to Access the EOT Web Archives

Visit web.archive.org
Scroll to 🔎Collection Search section
Select "End Of Term (US Gov 2024)" from the menu
Type in your query term and click search

Or download bulk WARC files from eotarchive.org/data/
#EOT2024 #EOTArchive

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It also repeats the text:
Wayback Machine Collection Full Text Search
Visit web.archive.org
Scroll to 🔎Collection Search section
Select "End Of Term (US Gov 2024)" from the menu
Type in your query term and click search

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Jason Fletcher @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social · Jan 23

**Call for Papers**

The Advances in Social Genomics Conference Series (TAGC)
May 14-16, 2025
UW-Madison @uwmadison.bsky.social
Deadline for submissions: March 7, 2025

Funding available for presenters

Keynotes: Kelly Bakulski and Dan Belsky

isg.wisc.edu/events/the-a...

The Advances in Social Genomics Conference

Social genomics researchers from across the world convene at the University of Wisconsin–Madison each year to discuss advances in the field.

isg.wisc.edu

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Nsikan Akpan @monscience.bsky.social · Jan 22

NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.

Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions

Jane Liebschutz, MD MPH (she/her) @liebschutz.bsky.social · Jan 22

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · Jan 21

Thanks @glebeda.bsky.social for pulling this list together!

Consider this a bat signal for population health scientists everywhere... let's GOOOOO. go.bsky.app/FP7rYaJ

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jan 21

Bluetorial-A dream and a bit of a nightmare

Serving as Editor-in-Chief at Science was fascinating. I greatly enjoyed working with talented and committed editorial, news, graphics, and production staff. But the inside look into scientific publishing and AAAS was also deeply disillusioning.

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David Bradford @bradfowd1.bsky.social · Jan 15

Help me get the word out, folks:

Health Economics (the journal, not the field) is now live on BlueSky. Please follow the journal's account if you're so inclined - and also repost the announcement (for the same reason). Thanks!

Health Economics @hec-wiley.bsky.social · Jan 15

Hello World! The Editorial Board of Health Economics is pleased to announce that we are now live on the happier, friendlier, and all-together Blue-er place. Please follow us (and repost) for updates on articles and journal issues as they come out.

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IPUMS @ipums.bsky.social · Jan 14

DYK in 2024 we averaged over 1,000 data requests every day? That's an average 690 downloads per day (29/hr, 1 every 2 minutes) and users analyzed data with our SDA online tabulator 545 times per day (23/hr, 1 every 3 minutes). Learn more at www.ipums.org/by-the-numbers

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Jason Fletcher @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social · Jan 10

TFW you think--it seems unlikely researchers could find effects of a state policy on a rare outcome--and then look at the figure and recall the work of @jondr44.bsky.social

Jason Fletcher @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social · Jan 10

Then wouldn't it also be fair to say: even with pretty massive changes in fiscal structure, the changes in mobility would be quite modest (at most) and that smaller, more likely changes in FC will have imperceptible effects on this outcome?