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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Jun 27

“Birth Center and Maternal and Infant Health” by Helena Roy, @ambarlaforgia.bsky.social, @maya-rossin-slater.bsky.social, Helen Kissel, and Petra Persson looks at the growth of births centers and health outcomes in the US

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Jun 27

“The Consequences of Federal Abortion Funding Bans” from @mayrapinedat.bsky.social, @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social, and Nikita Dhingra looks at a really understudied form of abortion restrictions

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Jun 27

“Medicare’s Coverage Gaps Reduce Women’s Contraceptive Use Among Women with Disabilities” from @meghanbellerose.bsky.social and coauthors is a really timely look at what effects contraceptive take up & access

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Jun 27

“Pregnancy at 35 and Beyond: Is It Time to Redefine the Geriatric Pregnancy Age” from Devoja Ganguli asks a really fascinating question about the long established idea of when a geriatric pregnancy is.

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Jun 27

“The Price of Parenthood: Childcare Costs and Fertility”, which is @abigaildow.bsky.social’s excellent JMP is a really interesting look at the link between childcare and birthrates

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Jun 27

Next is “Power to the Platform: Online Dating and Reproductive Health” by @cpdurrance.bsky.social, @mguldi.bsky.social, & @causalinf.bsky.social which looks at the introduction of Craigslist personal ads on fertility

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Jun 27

🧵 of my favorite new papers that I saw at #ASHEcon2025

First up is “Stigmas and Social Safety Net Participation” from @kpukelis.bsky.social and Michael Holcomb which finds interesting stigma difference along political lines

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Jun 23

Really excited for this year’s #ASHEcon2025

I’m presenting my JMP on Tuesday afternoon and am discussing 3 really interesting papers throughout the conference.

Come say hi!

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Apr 14

Check out my work on the spillovers effects NP scope of practice expansions with @omfleming.bsky.social

NEP-HEA: Health Economics @repec-nep-hea.bsky.social · Apr 14

The Spillover Effects of Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice Expansions on Safety Net Program Participation: Evidence from WIC: Owen Fleming; Lilly Springer

NEP/RePEc link

to paper

d.repec.org

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Misty Heggeness @mlheggeness.bsky.social · Apr 6

🚨For the past two years, we have worked feverously to create a solid set of starter statistics on the economics of care. I couldn’t be prouder of what our small but mighty team has created for y’all. Check it out below, download data, and follow us @thecareboard.bsky.social! 🚨

The Care Board

The Care Board: Visualizing care connections across the U.S. economy. Using data, we reveal the essential role of care in sustaining families, communities, workers, and the broader economy.

thecareboard.org

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Feb 28

Had a wonderful time at the Atlanta PPCW Workshop this week!

Special shout out to my fellow grad student presenters who are all doing such interesting work!

Thank you to @lindsbullinger.bsky.social and @danieldench1.bsky.social for a great workshop

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Feb 12

Wonder what’s been happening after Dobbs?

Check out my new @econofact.bsky.social memo with @davidslusky.bsky.social

David Slusky @davidslusky.bsky.social · Feb 12

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!

What Effects Has Repealing Roe v. Wade Had So Far? | Econofact

New research is finding evidence that differences in abortion access are contributing to diverging outcomes for women, infants, and families across states.

econofact.org

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Misty Heggeness @mlheggeness.bsky.social · Jan 19

What do parents do in an adaptive labor market when infant care goes away? Perhaps most interesting is what FATHERS do. 👀👀👀 Check out our newest paper below. 👇👇👇

Picture of title, authors, and abstract of new paper on the labor supply of parents of infants. Mothers increase labor supply. Fathers take leave from work. Mothers in telework-compatible jobs take less leave.

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Jan 17

Last skills session week with the KU Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship is in the books!

Love this group of incredible and supportive future PhDs

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Jason Lindo @jasonlindo.bsky.social · Jan 6

Are People Fleeing States With Abortion Bans?

Yes, according to our analysis of change-of-address data from the USPS. For more details, see our NBER WP or abstract below:
www.nber.org/papers/w33328

#EconSky

Joint work w/: @danieldench1.bsky.social + Kelly Lifchez + @econling.bsky.social

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Jan 6

Spending my snowed in days working on my syllabus and would love any paper recs!

#EconSky

Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Dec 20

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!

Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Dec 20

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!

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Dec 16

Celebrating passing my comps, but really doing research for my next paper on the economics of Broadway

Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Dec 12

Massive thank you to my wonderfully supportive and helpful committee!

David Slusky @davidslusky.bsky.social · Dec 12

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!

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Dec 7

Are you working on a paper related to healthcare provider scope of practice laws?

@omfleming.bsky.social and I are looking for another paper for the session we are organizing for #ASHEcon2025

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Nov 25

#APPAM2024 ☑️
#SEA2024 ☑️
Contentedly exhausted ☑️

Truly a wonderful marathon of conferences full of great papers, presentations, and people!

Now onto Thanksgiving and final prepping for my comps

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Nov 24

#APPAM2024 ➡️ #SEA2024

I’m presenting in two health sessions on Sunday

Come check them out!

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Nov 23

Loved this quantitative and qualitative examination of reasons postpartum women report for not using contraceptives directly after birth from Amanda Spishak-Thomas

Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Nov 23

Angela Shoulders’ “Unintended Consequences of Naloxone Co-Prescription Laws” shows that these laws surprisingly may have increased illicit opioids mortality

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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · Nov 22

Taehyun Kim looks at the relatively understudied impact of allowing Medicaid to cover abortions on births/abortions and economics outcomes in “Effects of Medicaid Coverage for Abortion on Pregnancy and Economic Outcomes in Illinois”

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