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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 16d

45th annual Terry Fox Run brings 10,000 people to the Confederation Bridge #PEI #Canada #TerryFoxRun

Donations for the run are still being counted and accepted, but the most recent tally shows more than $800,000 has been raised by the event for cancer research.

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Terry Fox Run brings 10,000 people to the Confederation Bridge

More than 10,000 people walked, ran, and wheeled across the Confederation Bridge on Sunday for the 45th annual Terry Fox Run.

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Jamie Daw @jamiedaw.bsky.social · Sep 5

Sharing some encouraging news re: CDC PRAMS. The CDC has indicated they will weight and clean the 2024 PRAMS data. Also, the PRAMS data collection system (PIDS) is up and running again and some sites have begun 2025 PRAMS data collection. Hopefully restoration of the ARF portal is coming soon too.

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Sebastian Tello Trillo @sebastiantt.bsky.social · Aug 26

Link to the episode:
open.spotify.com/episode/3pZj...

E52 – Working in Global and U.S. Economic Policy with Sandile Hlatshwayo

open.spotify.com

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Sebastian Tello Trillo @sebastiantt.bsky.social · Aug 12

1/ This week, we (‪@ajhollingsworth.bsky.social) talk with Jeremy Weber where he shares insights from his new book, “Statistics for Public Policy: A Practical Guide to Being Mostly Right, or at Least Respectively Wrong.”

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Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · Aug 10

Happy to discuss our findings with you if you would like!

Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · Aug 6

Classic Canadian snacks! Craving a butter tart!

The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · Aug 6

We asked some Australians to try these classic Canadian snack foods and they died, they all died

We thought we’d have a bit of fun and get our friends from Down Under to try some of our favourite Canadian snacks. Unfortunately it went horribly, horribly awry.

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Caterina Muratori @caterina-muratori.bsky.social · Jul 18

📢 Excited to share that our papers on marijuana legalization and consumption are now published!
Huge thanks to my coauthors @jcmecon.bsky.social‬ @yangliang.bsky.social Joe Sabia & Dhaval Dave

📄 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

📄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · Jun 20

@nber.org WP with the ⭐great ⭐@econtess.bsky.social, Joe Sabia, Erik Nesson, & Chad Cotti 👇

There are concerns that vaping - through consumption of nicotine - contributes to the mental health crisis

We find no evidence that ENDS taxes & other ENDS regulations improve mental health

NBER @nber.org · Jun 20

No evidence is found that taxation of electronic nicotine delivery systems improves youth and young adult mental health, from Chad D. Cotti, @econtess.bsky.social, Johanna Catherine Maclean, Erik T. Nesson, and Joseph J. Sabia https://www.nber.org/papers/w33917

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John Cawley @johncawley.bsky.social · Jun 17

The 5th Ireland Masterclass in Health Economics will take place at @uniofgalway.bsky.social in Galway, Ireland, March 18-20, 2026. For info and to register, visit: blogs.cornell.edu/ireland-mast...

Cc: #Econsky @ashecon.bsky.social @healtheconall.bsky.social

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Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congrats!

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Sungbin Park @sungbinpark.bsky.social · May 19

Excited to share our new paper in Labour Economics! We study the impact of COVID-19 vaccine mandates on the healthcare workforce. Grateful to my wonderful coauthors — check it out below 👇

Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · May 19

Excited to share our Labour Economics paper!

@johnsearle.bsky.social @aboukr.bsky.social @sungbinpark.bsky.social

We study the extent to which state mandates requiring employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination impacted U.S. healthcare sector employment

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Promoting public health with blunt instruments: Evidence from vaccine mandates

We study the effect of mandates requiring COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare industry workers adopted in 2021 in the United States. There are long-…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Rahi Abouk @aboukr.bsky.social · May 19

New published paper on Covid-19 vaccine mandates!

Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · May 19

Excited to share our Labour Economics paper!

@johnsearle.bsky.social @aboukr.bsky.social @sungbinpark.bsky.social

We study the extent to which state mandates requiring employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination impacted U.S. healthcare sector employment

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Promoting public health with blunt instruments: Evidence from vaccine mandates

We study the effect of mandates requiring COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare industry workers adopted in 2021 in the United States. There are long-…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · May 19

Thus, while COVID-19 vaccines offered many benefits to the U.S., there may have been some costs in terms of exacerbating workforce shortages in healthcare

These findings underscore the complexities of promoting public health through policy

Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · May 19

We find that state mandates requiring healthcare workers to receive a COVID vaccination ⬇️ the probability of working in the healthcare sector by ~6%

Though some workers entered the healthcare sector post-mandate, worker exits more than offset entries, leading to the overall ⬇️

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Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · May 19

17 states adopted a vaccine mandate

We combine difference-in-differences & event-study methods with the 2021-2022 Current Population Survey

We study the probability of working in the healthcare sector & transitions into/out of the healthcare sector by linking respondents over time in the CPS

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Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · May 19

COVID-19 vaccines are effective in ⬇️ risk of serious illness & death

Some people - including some working in healthcare - are reluctant to receive a vaccine due to concerns about safety etc.

Pre-COVID-19 the U.S. experienced worker shortages in the healthcare sector & the pandemic worsened these

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Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · May 19

Excited to share our Labour Economics paper!

@johnsearle.bsky.social @aboukr.bsky.social @sungbinpark.bsky.social

We study the extent to which state mandates requiring employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination impacted U.S. healthcare sector employment

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Promoting public health with blunt instruments: Evidence from vaccine mandates

We study the effect of mandates requiring COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare industry workers adopted in 2021 in the United States. There are long-…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · May 13

Fair description! 🤣🤣🤣

Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · May 13

#AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter

Vulture as Reviewer #2, about to drop piano on man thirsty in desert, about to drink water.

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Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · May 13

Congratulations @riacton.bsky.social 👏🎉⭐!

Miami University Economics @miamiecon.bsky.social · May 13

Congratulations to all for their Faculty awards, but special congratulations to our own Riley Acton (@riacton.bsky.social) for being this year’s recipient of the James Robeson Junior Faculty Award for Research Excellence.

miamioh.edu/fsb/news-eve...

Farmer School of Business 2025 faculty award winners announced

10 faculty members receive awards for research, teaching, and service

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Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · May 7

Congratulations @johnmullahy.bsky.social & @edwardnorton.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉!!! Very well deserved!

ASHEcon @ashecon.bsky.social · May 1

Congratulations to John Mullahy and Edward C. Norton, co-winners of the 2025 Willard G. Manning Memorial Award for the Best Research in Health Econometrics.

Learn more about the ASHEcon Awards here 👉 ashecon.org/2025-ashecon...

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Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · Apr 29

❤️❤️❤️Prime Minster Carney❤️❤️❤️

Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · Apr 29

CTV calls it for the Liberals. 10:07pm ET.

Just a question of whether it's a minority or majority.

According to their decision desk.

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Catherine Maclean @jcmecon.bsky.social · Apr 26

Too true🤣🤣🤣!

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Apr 26

lol who did this

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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · Apr 18

I’m considering putting together a panel for APPAM on either mental health policy or policies affecting access to health care. Please email me if you have an abstract you’d be interested in contributing.

APPAM @appam.bsky.social · Apr 18

Less than one week remains to submit your research for our Annual Fall Research Conference! Submissions will close at 11:59 PM PT on Wednesday, April 23. Learn all about how to submit, submission types, policy areas, and more here: ow.ly/kfxH50VCUy9

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ASHEcon @ashecon.bsky.social · Apr 8

1 week left to secure Early Bird registration rates for the 2025 ASHEcon Conference!

Register and see the online program, participant guidelines, registration rates, and book your hotel here 👉 www.ashecon.org/2025-nashvil...

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magdalena bennett @maibennett.com · Apr 4

A timeline cleanser for everyone.

This is BobDylan, who always looks at me with his “Whatcha doin’?” face.

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