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Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · 11d

Chukwuma Nwoye from Clemson University finds that Medicaid expansion reduces monthly job turnover by 0.5 percentage points, driven by men, more educated, White, and those nearing retirement.

Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · 11d

Dr. Keith Teltser from @gsueconomics.bsky.social shows that post-direct acting antiviral (DAA) transplantation rate increased and wait times reduced for White patients with negative hepatitis C diagnosis.

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Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · 11d

My co-author @jafaro0.bsky.social and I show that the opium cultivation ban in Afghanistan led to an immediate and large increase in food insecurity, which gradually faded away as the affected population resorted to arguably costly coping strategies only if they had the ability to do so.

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Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · 11d

Dr. Angela Cools shows that churchgoing the Sunday before the election reduces county-level Republican share by 0.6 percentage points, driven by White Evangelical churchgoers.

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Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · 11d

Dr. Tommy Leung studied self-preferencing on Netflix, finding that Netflix's self-preferencing increases TV shows' view counts in the subsequent week.

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Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · 11d

Janghyeok An leverages multiple work hours legislations in South Korea to show that standard work hours change reduces standard hours worked and increases overtime hours worked for female workers. This reform also increased the likelihood of the firm providing job training.

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Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · 11d

Dr. Jonathan Leganza uses an age eligibility threshold for qualified charitable donations (QCDs) to show that in the post-TCJA period, there is a 59% increase in charitable donations after aging into QCDs eligibility, driven by the increased likelihood of making big donations.

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Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · 11d

Dr. Dillan Bono-Lunn presents work suggesting that it is unlikely that union growth is restricted to only certain industries. State-level policies, like RTW laws, drive both the level of union elections and wins.

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Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · 11d

First up, we have Dr. Lisa Schulkind, who shares her work on intergenerational wealth mobility estimates from the United States. They find that wealth persistence has been remarkably stable, primarily driven by White households. The Black-White wealth gap is converging over the sample period.

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Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · 11d

I am at Carolina Regional Empirical Economics Day (CREED) 2025 today. Will be posting about the talks I attend.

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Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · Jun 26

Grateful to @jafaro0.bsky.social and @olayusuff.bsky.social for their collaboration with me and to @gsueconomics.bsky.social for facilitating the attendance.

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Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thank you to @leightjessica.bsky.social and @annefitz13.bsky.social for highlighting my work!

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Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · Jun 26

Had an amazing experience at the 2025 @ashecon.bsky.social Conference presenting my early-stage work on the role of proximity to healthcare facilities in Nigeria. Thank you to the discussant and all the participants for helpful comments and discussion!

Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · Jun 23

Tej Singh showed that proximity to a primary health center in Nigeria leads to ⬆️ use of facility-based care, but no shift in overall care utilization

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Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · Jun 25

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · Jun 25

In next session: @jafaro0 joint w/ @tejendrapsingh shows that opium bans in Afghanistan ⬆️ food insecurity and lead to other adverse coping mechanisms among exposed households

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Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Anne Fitzpatrick @annefitz13.bsky.social · Jun 23

Now @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social presenting about his work on health seeking behavior in Nigeria (5th year PhD student at GSU!) 👏👏👏

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Tej @tejendrapsingh.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · Jun 23

Tej Singh showed that proximity to a primary health center in Nigeria leads to ⬆️ use of facility-based care, but no shift in overall care utilization

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · Jun 23

Tej Singh showed that proximity to a primary health center in Nigeria leads to ⬆️ use of facility-based care, but no shift in overall care utilization

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Anne Fitzpatrick @annefitz13.bsky.social · Jun 23

If you’re at @ashecon.bsky.social today in Nashville here are some wonderful sessions for you to check out today

The first session features @leightjessica.bsky.social !!

ASHEcon program today in Health and Development

8:30am, 10:15am, 3:30pm all in Diplomat C

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Olanrewaju Yusuff @olayusuff.bsky.social · Apr 17

#EconSky Seeking 1-2 papers for the #2025APPAM panel on public insurance mandates & healthcare access! Our paper with @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social and Yu-Ting Huang explores Medicaid CNM reimbursement & midwife delivery growth. Need papers on health policy, labor markets, or reimbursement. Thanks!

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Georgia State Economics Dept. and Seminar Series @gsueconomics.bsky.social · Apr 5

Congrats to our own Economics faculty member @jonisaacsmith.bsky.social for receiving the 2025 GSU Ignite Faculty Research Partnership Award for his work with Achieve Atlanta !!!

Economist Jonathan Smith Receives Georgia State Ignite Research Award news.gsu.edu/2025/04/04/e...

Economist Jonathan Smith Receives Georgia State Ignite Research Award

The Faculty Research Partnership Award recognizes an individual who, in partnership with an external, non-academic entity, conducts research that makes a significant impact.

news.gsu.edu

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Mar 18

If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations.

Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers.

Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...

March 21, 2-3 pm ET: What to do when your federal grant has been stopped or terminated

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Georgia State Economics Dept. and Seminar Series @gsueconomics.bsky.social · Jan 24

Congrats to our esteemed colleague Paula Stephan for winning the 2024 Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of the Academy of Management TIM Lifetime Achievement Award!!!!

Learn more about the AOM TIM Division here: AOM TIM Division news.gsu.edu/2025/01/14/e...

Economist Paula Stephan Recognized for Lifetime Achievement

The Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of the Academy of Management has presented Georgia State economist Paula Stephan the 2024 TIM Lifetime Achievement Award.

news.gsu.edu

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Lauren Hoehn-Velasco @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social · Jan 16

Excited for our spring seminar lineup at @gsueconomics.bsky.social !!

If you’re in the Atlanta area, reach out to me if you want to drop in on one of these talks.

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Mary F. Evans @mfranevans.bsky.social · Dec 31

So exciting to see 4 environmental articles in the latest issue of AEJ Applied! Congrats to @jmcolmer.bsky.social @cjwich.bsky.social & other authors! #econsky

AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · Dec 31

The January 2025 issue of AEJ: Applied Economics (17, 1) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/788.

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Vol. 17 No. 1 January 2025

aeaweb.org

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Simon Jäger @simonjaeger.bsky.social · Dec 24

How do unions and collective bargaining work around the world? And how do they affect the wage structure?

A new paper with Suresh Naidu and Benjamin Schoefer
@schoefer.bsky.social out NBER WP today and prepared for the Handbook of Labor Economics.

Thread below. 👇

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