Mary F. Evans
@mfranevans.bsky.social
Applied microeconomist, mostly environmental. Professor at the LBJ School at University of Texas at Austin. Editor at @jaereaere.bsky.social.
https://sites.google.com/view/mfranevans
https://sites.google.com/view/mfranevans
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How much arsenic is in your drinking water? Maybe a lot less than there used to be, thanks to a 2001 change in the Safe Drinking Water Act! Read the paper, just out in ES&T: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10..... @rff.org @cornellbrooks.bsky.social @lsuagcenter.bsky.social
Impacts of the U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act Arsenic Rule on Arsenic Occurrence †
This study provides the first retrospective analysis of the causal impacts of the 2001 US Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Arsenic Rule on arsenic (As) occurrence in public drinking water systems. Using...
pubs.acs.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
How much arsenic is in your drinking water? Maybe a lot less than there used to be, thanks to a 2001 change in the Safe Drinking Water Act! Read the paper, just out in ES&T: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10..... @rff.org @cornellbrooks.bsky.social @lsuagcenter.bsky.social
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Hey #EconSky working in environmental econ! Looking for things to do this weekend? Why not write up a 2-3 page proposal for a cool conference-publication combo, happening in May 2025 in Washington, DC?
Submit your proposal (or paper) here by Oct 20: conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
Submit your proposal (or paper) here by Oct 20: conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
Submission: 8th Annual NBER Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy Conference, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBER
conference.nber.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Hey #EconSky working in environmental econ! Looking for things to do this weekend? Why not write up a 2-3 page proposal for a cool conference-publication combo, happening in May 2025 in Washington, DC?
Submit your proposal (or paper) here by Oct 20: conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
Submit your proposal (or paper) here by Oct 20: conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
A call from environmental & natural resource economists to reinstate the authors of the National Climate Assessment. Please read, share, & (if you wish) sign. support-nca.org
Protect the National Climate Assessment
support-nca.org
May 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A call from environmental & natural resource economists to reinstate the authors of the National Climate Assessment. Please read, share, & (if you wish) sign. support-nca.org
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📣 Join the AERE Graduate Student Engagement Committee next week for this awesome panel.
Happening next Monday, so in a week (April 7th, like in the poster, not the last post -- apologies for the typo!)
See you there!
Register here: buff.ly/RBK77Xb
Happening next Monday, so in a week (April 7th, like in the poster, not the last post -- apologies for the typo!)
See you there!
Register here: buff.ly/RBK77Xb
Join the AERE Graduate Student Engagement Committee for this great panel on communicating research!
Monday, Apr. 27th, 11am EDT, featuring:
✨ Paul Ferraro
✨ Sathya Gopalakrishnan
✨ Ashley Lowe Mackenzie (@alowemackenzie.bsky.social)
Register: buff.ly/RBK77Xb
Monday, Apr. 27th, 11am EDT, featuring:
✨ Paul Ferraro
✨ Sathya Gopalakrishnan
✨ Ashley Lowe Mackenzie (@alowemackenzie.bsky.social)
Register: buff.ly/RBK77Xb
March 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📣 Join the AERE Graduate Student Engagement Committee next week for this awesome panel.
Happening next Monday, so in a week (April 7th, like in the poster, not the last post -- apologies for the typo!)
See you there!
Register here: buff.ly/RBK77Xb
Happening next Monday, so in a week (April 7th, like in the poster, not the last post -- apologies for the typo!)
See you there!
Register here: buff.ly/RBK77Xb
Reposted by Mary F. Evans
🚨HRSA's Area Health Resources Files webpage is now down.
Fortunately, I built an archive of data 2000-2023 for a previous project, which can be accessed without restriction here:
data.mendeley.com/datasets/dwf...
Fortunately, I built an archive of data 2000-2023 for a previous project, which can be accessed without restriction here:
data.mendeley.com/datasets/dwf...
County-level data on U.S. opioid distributions, demographics, healthcare supply, and healthcare access
This repository includes data from the Health Resources & Services Administration's Area Health Resources Files (years 2000-2001, 2004-2022), CDC Wonder, National Conference of State Legislatures, and...
data.mendeley.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🚨HRSA's Area Health Resources Files webpage is now down.
Fortunately, I built an archive of data 2000-2023 for a previous project, which can be accessed without restriction here:
data.mendeley.com/datasets/dwf...
Fortunately, I built an archive of data 2000-2023 for a previous project, which can be accessed without restriction here:
data.mendeley.com/datasets/dwf...
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Your regular reminder that the US air & water pollution laws passed in the 60s & 70s -- and the elaborate federal bureaucracy created to administer them -- constitute one of the most successful gov't interventions in history. WILDLY successful. The envy of the world.
February 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Your regular reminder that the US air & water pollution laws passed in the 60s & 70s -- and the elaborate federal bureaucracy created to administer them -- constitute one of the most successful gov't interventions in history. WILDLY successful. The envy of the world.
Just like the 10-repeals-for-every-new-regulation EO, this 4-exits-for-every-new-hire EO does NOT guarantee improvements in efficiency. Like the buy-1-firework-get-15-free signs, dig just a little deeper & you’ll see it’s not the great deal the simple tag line would have you believe.
Breaking: Trump is signing an executive order intended to cut federal workforce
Order directs agencies to work with DOGE and says that after the current hiring freeze lifts, agencies will only be able to hire one new employee for every four who leave (with a few exceptions like law enforcement)
Order directs agencies to work with DOGE and says that after the current hiring freeze lifts, agencies will only be able to hire one new employee for every four who leave (with a few exceptions like law enforcement)
February 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Just like the 10-repeals-for-every-new-regulation EO, this 4-exits-for-every-new-hire EO does NOT guarantee improvements in efficiency. Like the buy-1-firework-get-15-free signs, dig just a little deeper & you’ll see it’s not the great deal the simple tag line would have you believe.
April Fool’s Day is gonna be a real letdown this year.
February 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
April Fool’s Day is gonna be a real letdown this year.
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Holy forking shirt balls
"Denial of a wanted abortion has both immediate and lasting effects. It increases a woman’s risk of death by 2.5 p.p within nine months, mainly due to unsafe abortion procedures, and raises the likelihood of carrying the pregnancy to term by 31 p.p. "
"Denial of a wanted abortion has both immediate and lasting effects. It increases a woman’s risk of death by 2.5 p.p within nine months, mainly due to unsafe abortion procedures, and raises the likelihood of carrying the pregnancy to term by 31 p.p. "
January 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Holy forking shirt balls
"Denial of a wanted abortion has both immediate and lasting effects. It increases a woman’s risk of death by 2.5 p.p within nine months, mainly due to unsafe abortion procedures, and raises the likelihood of carrying the pregnancy to term by 31 p.p. "
"Denial of a wanted abortion has both immediate and lasting effects. It increases a woman’s risk of death by 2.5 p.p within nine months, mainly due to unsafe abortion procedures, and raises the likelihood of carrying the pregnancy to term by 31 p.p. "
Fun to hear my colleague Michael Webber on On Point today doing his thing talking about energy and TX. He claims to be an engineer & policy guy but I think there might be an economist in there too. #econsky @npr.org
www.npr.org/podcasts/510...
www.npr.org/podcasts/510...
On Point
Let's make sense of the world – together. From the economy and health care to politics and the environment – and so much more – On Point host Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with newsmakers and real people ...
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January 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Fun to hear my colleague Michael Webber on On Point today doing his thing talking about energy and TX. He claims to be an engineer & policy guy but I think there might be an economist in there too. #econsky @npr.org
www.npr.org/podcasts/510...
www.npr.org/podcasts/510...
After so many examples I shouldn’t be surprised but still am when lobbyists convince politicians to make such foolish, not to mention costly, policy choices.
In an ideal world we would have a government statistical agency doing this work of counting college students
However Congress has banned the existence of a federal “unit record” data system bc higher ed lobbyists pressed them to
Wouldn’t want transparency and accountability after all
However Congress has banned the existence of a federal “unit record” data system bc higher ed lobbyists pressed them to
Wouldn’t want transparency and accountability after all
January 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
After so many examples I shouldn’t be surprised but still am when lobbyists convince politicians to make such foolish, not to mention costly, policy choices.
I was supposed to be back in LA today for the bar mitzvah of my son’s friend. Temple was in the evacuation zone until about 60 hours ago. Bar mitzvah took place today. Attended on Zoom (& cried through much of it in spite of not understanding Hebrew). The magic of LA has always been in community.
January 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I was supposed to be back in LA today for the bar mitzvah of my son’s friend. Temple was in the evacuation zone until about 60 hours ago. Bar mitzvah took place today. Attended on Zoom (& cried through much of it in spite of not understanding Hebrew). The magic of LA has always been in community.
Only a week late but I’m thrilled to announce 2 additions to @jaereaere.bsky.social editorial team: @ariklevinson.bsky.social as editor & Jianwei (Jerry) Xing as co-editor. Welcome Arik & Jerry! #econsky
January 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Only a week late but I’m thrilled to announce 2 additions to @jaereaere.bsky.social editorial team: @ariklevinson.bsky.social as editor & Jianwei (Jerry) Xing as co-editor. Welcome Arik & Jerry! #econsky
Advice for 2025 (which I may regret offering)...If you mostly said no when invited to review a paper in 2024, then say yes more in 2025. If you mostly said yes when invited to review a paper in 2024, then say no more in 2025. Yes, even if I invite you! #econsky
January 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Advice for 2025 (which I may regret offering)...If you mostly said no when invited to review a paper in 2024, then say yes more in 2025. If you mostly said yes when invited to review a paper in 2024, then say no more in 2025. Yes, even if I invite you! #econsky
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
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
December 31, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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
Feel like this can't be true but tried to buy some canned NA cocktails this morning at Central Market. Check out associate said she couldn't sell them because it was before noon on a Sunday. TX blue laws can't possibly apply to NA drinks, can they? @texastribune.org @austinchronicle.bsky.social
December 29, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Feel like this can't be true but tried to buy some canned NA cocktails this morning at Central Market. Check out associate said she couldn't sell them because it was before noon on a Sunday. TX blue laws can't possibly apply to NA drinks, can they? @texastribune.org @austinchronicle.bsky.social
Gave myself a holiday gift...time to migrate here! Hoping to connect with my econ colleagues here like in the before times. Still figuring things out so hoping to learn from some pros @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social @jmcolmer.bsky.social @ludogazze.bsky.social @cjwich.bsky.social @econsandy.bsky.social
December 28, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Gave myself a holiday gift...time to migrate here! Hoping to connect with my econ colleagues here like in the before times. Still figuring things out so hoping to learn from some pros @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social @jmcolmer.bsky.social @ludogazze.bsky.social @cjwich.bsky.social @econsandy.bsky.social