Caterina Alacevich
@catealacevich.bsky.social
Assistant Research Professor & Director of Quantitative Research and Evaluation - Health Care Quality & #Medicaid @UF ICHP | Past work: Oxford @ox.ac.uk @OxHealthEcon, @EIEEorg, @UPF.edu | @Unicatt.bsky.social Economics PhD. Personal views only
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📣We are pleased to share the report “Improving the Publication Process in Economics” by an ad-hoc joint AEA-EEA-ES-RES committee - Joseph Altonji, Kevin Lang, Erzo Luttmer, Imran Rasul, Stefanie Stantcheva, Romain Wacziarg and Guido Imbens.
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#EconSky
Read and share your views👉 buff.ly/4bg6xQi
#EconSky
February 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📣We are pleased to share the report “Improving the Publication Process in Economics” by an ad-hoc joint AEA-EEA-ES-RES committee - Joseph Altonji, Kevin Lang, Erzo Luttmer, Imran Rasul, Stefanie Stantcheva, Romain Wacziarg and Guido Imbens.
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#EconSky
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#EconSky
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Two of Florida’s most iconic coral species are now functionally extinct. The 2023–2024 marine heat wave wiped out 97.8% to 100% of staghorn and elkhorn corals across nearly 400 surveyed reefs, according to marine scientists. buff.ly/IjWGm0D
2 iconic coral species are now functionally extinct off Florida, study finds – we witnessed the reef’s bleaching and devastation
The crucial reef-building corals were decimated by a marine heat wave in the Florida Keys. Can advances in restoration help them recover?
theconversation.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Two of Florida’s most iconic coral species are now functionally extinct. The 2023–2024 marine heat wave wiped out 97.8% to 100% of staghorn and elkhorn corals across nearly 400 surveyed reefs, according to marine scientists. buff.ly/IjWGm0D
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes*
Abstract. Concerns about excessive mobile phone use among youth are mounting. We present estimates of both behavioral and contextual peer effects, along wi
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October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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Open call for applications, Graduate and Early-Career Fellowships, Fiscal and Economic Effects of Innovation and Productivity Policies. Submit applications by 5 pm EST on January 4, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
October 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Open call for applications, Graduate and Early-Career Fellowships, Fiscal and Economic Effects of Innovation and Productivity Policies. Submit applications by 5 pm EST on January 4, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
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Nursing home value-added for black patients is 30 percent lower than for white patients, with most of the gap reflecting differences within, rather than across, nursing homes, from Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, @nealemahoney.bsky.social, and James C. Okun www.nber.org/papers/w34324
October 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Nursing home value-added for black patients is 30 percent lower than for white patients, with most of the gap reflecting differences within, rather than across, nursing homes, from Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, @nealemahoney.bsky.social, and James C. Okun www.nber.org/papers/w34324
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(I highly recommend John's writing tips for PhD students: www.johnhcochrane.com/research-all...)
Writing tips for PhD students — John H. Cochrane
May 2005 . Some tips on how to write academic articles. Do as I say, not as I do. Chinese Translation , 2013. ( Original source of chinese translation. Thanks to Shihe Fu) Read More >
www.johnhcochrane.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
(I highly recommend John's writing tips for PhD students: www.johnhcochrane.com/research-all...)
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Online course certificates (from MOOCs) are booming (40M+ learners in 2024). But do these credentials actually help people get jobs? Our team investigated this in a new study by @susanathey.bsky.social & Emil Palikot 👇.
May 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Online course certificates (from MOOCs) are booming (40M+ learners in 2024). But do these credentials actually help people get jobs? Our team investigated this in a new study by @susanathey.bsky.social & Emil Palikot 👇.
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🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Peter Fredriksson, @dgulumser.bsky.social, and @lenahensvik.bsky.social study whether and why differential wage responsiveness to outside offers contributes to the gender wage gap within job. 🧵
September 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Peter Fredriksson, @dgulumser.bsky.social, and @lenahensvik.bsky.social study whether and why differential wage responsiveness to outside offers contributes to the gender wage gap within job. 🧵
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“American colleges, especially the most selective ones, are confronting the dual problems of rampant grade inflation and declining rigor,” @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. “Teacher evaluations are a big part of how higher education got to this point.”
The Corrupt Incentives Behind Grade Inflation
“We give them all A’s, and they give us all fives.”
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September 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
“American colleges, especially the most selective ones, are confronting the dual problems of rampant grade inflation and declining rigor,” @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. “Teacher evaluations are a big part of how higher education got to this point.”
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Save the Date! 📅
Join CEGA on November 7 for the Global Mental Health Convening, gathering experts to explore mental health in low- and middle-income countries. Speakers include: @johanneshaushofer.com, @saraevans-lacko.bsky.social, Judith Bass, Matt Lowe, and more.
🔗 : go.cega.org/GMHC2025
Join CEGA on November 7 for the Global Mental Health Convening, gathering experts to explore mental health in low- and middle-income countries. Speakers include: @johanneshaushofer.com, @saraevans-lacko.bsky.social, Judith Bass, Matt Lowe, and more.
🔗 : go.cega.org/GMHC2025
Global Mental Health Convening
This gathering will explore cutting-edge research and chart new directions for understanding and improving mental health in LMICs.
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September 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Save the Date! 📅
Join CEGA on November 7 for the Global Mental Health Convening, gathering experts to explore mental health in low- and middle-income countries. Speakers include: @johanneshaushofer.com, @saraevans-lacko.bsky.social, Judith Bass, Matt Lowe, and more.
🔗 : go.cega.org/GMHC2025
Join CEGA on November 7 for the Global Mental Health Convening, gathering experts to explore mental health in low- and middle-income countries. Speakers include: @johanneshaushofer.com, @saraevans-lacko.bsky.social, Judith Bass, Matt Lowe, and more.
🔗 : go.cega.org/GMHC2025
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Do students respond differently to feedback depending on the evaluator’s perceived gender? We find that they push back more when the randomly assigned name of the evaluator is female-sounding --implications for women’s authority and credibility in educational and professional contexts!
🚨New Working Paper joint with @perisaygin.bsky.social, Thomas Knight, and Mark Rush: “Gender Biased Resistance to Harsh Feedback”
A summary thread…
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A summary thread…
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September 4, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Do students respond differently to feedback depending on the evaluator’s perceived gender? We find that they push back more when the randomly assigned name of the evaluator is female-sounding --implications for women’s authority and credibility in educational and professional contexts!
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People chasing power for themselves often burn bridges. Those who lead by serving others build trust, stronger relationships and successful organizations.
Lessons for CEOs and the rest of us: buff.ly/GIv1jQW
Lessons for CEOs and the rest of us: buff.ly/GIv1jQW
Personal power v. socialized power: What Machiavelli and St. Francis can tell us about modern CEOs
The kind of power that motivates a leader shapes their behavior, two management scholars write.
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September 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
People chasing power for themselves often burn bridges. Those who lead by serving others build trust, stronger relationships and successful organizations.
Lessons for CEOs and the rest of us: buff.ly/GIv1jQW
Lessons for CEOs and the rest of us: buff.ly/GIv1jQW
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Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
Why Walking Helps Us Think
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
www.newyorker.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
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Babies begin making jokes before they can use words. Why do we develop a sense of humor so early?
Why Are Kids So Funny?
The emergence of humor so early in life suggests something important about human nature.
www.newyorker.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Babies begin making jokes before they can use words. Why do we develop a sense of humor so early?
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Phones in schools hinder growth for kids and create more work for adults, Gail Cornwall argues.
Cornwall, a parent and former teacher, makes the case for banning them:
Cornwall, a parent and former teacher, makes the case for banning them:
What Many Parents Miss About the Phones-in-Schools Debate
Some focus on reaching their children in an emergency—and overlook the devices’ everyday threats.
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August 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Phones in schools hinder growth for kids and create more work for adults, Gail Cornwall argues.
Cornwall, a parent and former teacher, makes the case for banning them:
Cornwall, a parent and former teacher, makes the case for banning them:
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A woman with a 20-year psychiatric history began taking an immunosuppressant. Suddenly, her seeming schizophrenia vanished.
Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn’t
Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane?
www.newyorker.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A woman with a 20-year psychiatric history began taking an immunosuppressant. Suddenly, her seeming schizophrenia vanished.
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School shootings don’t just shatter lives, they shake local economies too. New research shows people spend less in public spaces after a tragedy, hitting already-vulnerable communities hard. buff.ly/L3uPPae
July 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
School shootings don’t just shatter lives, they shake local economies too. New research shows people spend less in public spaces after a tragedy, hitting already-vulnerable communities hard. buff.ly/L3uPPae
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One of the possible causes of #chronicfatigue in people with #LongCOVID identified
A new study points to a potential cause: #fibrosis in the walls of blood vessels triggered by the infection
#COVID19
www.researchmar.net/news/743/one...
A new study points to a potential cause: #fibrosis in the walls of blood vessels triggered by the infection
#COVID19
www.researchmar.net/news/743/one...
July 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
One of the possible causes of #chronicfatigue in people with #LongCOVID identified
A new study points to a potential cause: #fibrosis in the walls of blood vessels triggered by the infection
#COVID19
www.researchmar.net/news/743/one...
A new study points to a potential cause: #fibrosis in the walls of blood vessels triggered by the infection
#COVID19
www.researchmar.net/news/743/one...
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The ancient Greeks didn’t see the beach as a getaway.
They saw it as a gateway to danger, death and the gods. theconversation.com/the-beach-wa... By Marie-Claire Beaulieu @tufts.edu
They saw it as a gateway to danger, death and the gods. theconversation.com/the-beach-wa... By Marie-Claire Beaulieu @tufts.edu
The beach wasn’t always a vacation destination - for the ancient Greeks, it was a scary place
Beach vacations became popular only around the 19th-20th centuries – as part of the lifestyle of the wealthy.
theconversation.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The ancient Greeks didn’t see the beach as a getaway.
They saw it as a gateway to danger, death and the gods. theconversation.com/the-beach-wa... By Marie-Claire Beaulieu @tufts.edu
They saw it as a gateway to danger, death and the gods. theconversation.com/the-beach-wa... By Marie-Claire Beaulieu @tufts.edu
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We are collaborating with the @eeanews.bsky.social for a third year in a row. EEA Replication Games in Bordeaux, France on August 24. Virtual participation is possible and the focus is on economics papers for this event!
Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
July 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We are collaborating with the @eeanews.bsky.social for a third year in a row. EEA Replication Games in Bordeaux, France on August 24. Virtual participation is possible and the focus is on economics papers for this event!
Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
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Questa mattina in una piazza di Monza è stata allestita per qualche ora una finta cella carceraria per sensibilizzare le persone sul sovraffollamento delle carceri. La finta cella riproduce a spanne le dimensioni e l’arredamento della vera cella di un carcere. Le foto:
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Una finta cella carceraria nella piazza più importante di Monza - Il Post
Per sensibilizzare le persone sul sovraffollamento delle carceri in Italia
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July 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Questa mattina in una piazza di Monza è stata allestita per qualche ora una finta cella carceraria per sensibilizzare le persone sul sovraffollamento delle carceri. La finta cella riproduce a spanne le dimensioni e l’arredamento della vera cella di un carcere. Le foto:
ilpost.link/KmgsssEGfP
ilpost.link/KmgsssEGfP
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A new blog from Mathematica explores how integrating Medicaid data with birth records and other sources is filling long-standing evidence gaps and opening new avenues for research, innovation, and impact to improve maternal-child health.
www.mathematica.org/blogs/bridgi...
www.mathematica.org/blogs/bridgi...
How Mother-Child Medicaid Data Delivers Real World Evidence
Learn how linked mother-child Medicaid data enable real-world evidence on in-utero exposures, maternal and child outcomes, and more.
www.mathematica.org
July 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A new blog from Mathematica explores how integrating Medicaid data with birth records and other sources is filling long-standing evidence gaps and opening new avenues for research, innovation, and impact to improve maternal-child health.
www.mathematica.org/blogs/bridgi...
www.mathematica.org/blogs/bridgi...
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Defining Problematic Media Usage Patterns in Adolescents jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Defining Problematic Media Usage Patterns in Adolescents
This Viewpoint discusses the urgent need to form an analogous taxonomy for digital media use that identifies patterns of use, irrespective of content, that could be problematic, particularly for child...
jamanetwork.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Defining Problematic Media Usage Patterns in Adolescents jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Simple, lifelong contracts in German #privatehealthinsurance almost reach the economic optimum – this is shown by an international study by #UDE- Prof Dr @drdemant.bsky.social and colleagues published @jpolecon.bsky.social. www.uni-due.de/2025-06-17-h...
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June 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Simple, lifelong contracts in German #privatehealthinsurance almost reach the economic optimum – this is shown by an international study by #UDE- Prof Dr @drdemant.bsky.social and colleagues published @jpolecon.bsky.social. www.uni-due.de/2025-06-17-h...
📸 iHumnoi - stock.adobe.com
📸 iHumnoi - stock.adobe.com
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🆕 Chapter of the Handbook of Labor Economics: Christian Dustmann and Uta Schönberg present a novel approach to analyzing the effects of immigration on labor markets. www.rfberlin.com/research/lin...
June 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🆕 Chapter of the Handbook of Labor Economics: Christian Dustmann and Uta Schönberg present a novel approach to analyzing the effects of immigration on labor markets. www.rfberlin.com/research/lin...