Marcos Vera‐Hernández

Marcos Vera-Hernandez

@papiteide.bsky.social

800 followers 350 following 17 posts

Professor of Economics at University College London and Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Research on the Economics of Health and Health Care. Opinions are my own.

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Public Health 24%

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Reposted by Marcos Vera‐Hernández, Margot C. Finn

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 28d

Sharp argument from the chief scientific officer at @nature.com that promoting diversity in science is needed to get over misperceptions about where great research is happening and a tendency amongst some to just collaborate with ‘your mates’
www.thetimes.com/article/e5ee...

When they choose which scientists to collaborate with, cite or work with as peer-reviewers or editors, they still "pick people they know", she said. Her message is simple: "Don't pick your mates."
"More diverse voices being published in research literature leads to more diverse collaborations [between the west and Asia, and will lead to better science, better drugs,’ she said.
Dhand cited a study from UK Research and Innovation showing that when British scientists collaborate with their Indian counterparts, their joint research ends up having a greater score for its impact than either nationality achieves independently.
"Both were benefiting", she said.

Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich, Marcos Vera‐Hernández, Melanie Simms , and 4 more Brigitte Nerlich, Marcos Vera‐Hernández, Melanie Simms, Maria Abreu, Paul Nightingale, Gavin Kelly, Pascale Aebischer

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Dec 22

The Council for Science & Technology which advises the PM is looking for a new member ‘with social & behavioural science expertise’. Great opportunity to bring a social science perspective to the heart of policymaking. Apply by 19 Jan
apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9075

Appointment details – Council for Science and Technology Member – Apply for a public appointment – GOV.UK

apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk

Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · Nov 17

A gentle reminder that the deadline to submit your paper to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics Working Group is approaching (1 Dec). More information about the conference and how to submit: ⬇️ @bancalaria.bsky.social @mylene-lagarde.bsky.social @radhikajain.bsky.social

Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · Oct 18

Thank you David!

Reposted by David McKenzie, Alistair Munro, Marcos Vera‐Hernández

Brendon McConnell @brendonmcconnell.bsky.social · Oct 18

this has a good overview of the recent Fiscal Studies symposium to which @papiteide.bsky.social and I contributed. Our paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/..., more on the symposium here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14755890...

Reposted by Berk Özler, Marcos Vera‐Hernández, Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia

David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · Oct 17

This week's links include a mini-symposium on power calculations, what makes for good descriptive work, publishing tips for econometrics, making nice dot charts, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Weekly links October 17: statistical power, good descriptives, nice graphs, publishing metrics, and more…

blogs.worldbank.org

Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · Oct 3

and my article with @brendonmcconnell.bsky.social compiles formulae for covariates, panel data, and uneven designs, and we discuss simulation and multiple hypothesis testing. All provided with spreadsheets, and examples of STATA code. Many thanks to Monica Costa Dias for making it possible! (3/3)

Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · Oct 3

@dmckenzie.bsky.social's paper (tinyurl.com/43pv4ppd) offers practical tips to improve power at the design and analysis stage, read it not to leave power on the table! Brandon Hauser and Mauricio Olivares' paper discuss easy adjustments which are required using randomisation inference, (2/3)

Reposted by David McKenzie

Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · Oct 3

Are you preparing a randomized controlled trial? Don't miss a special symposium of Fiscal Studies (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1475...) with three articles on power and sample size calculations. (1/3) @theifs.bsky.social

Fiscal Studies | IFS Public Economics Journal | Wiley Online Library

Click on the title to browse this journal

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · Oct 2

Jointly organised with Rotterdam Global Health Initiative and Erasmus School of Economics.
@radhikajain.bsky.social l @bancalaria.bsky.social @mylene-lagarde.bsky.social (2/2)

Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · Oct 2

Do you have a paper on the economics of health in lower-and-middle income countries? Submit it to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics WG in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026. Submit at tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba by 1 Dec. Special treat: keynote by @martinabjorkman.bsky.social

ESE-RGHI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2026

The workshop will foster in-depth discussions, bringing together development economists and health researchers from across the globe.

tinyurl.com

Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · Oct 2

After the success of the first conference, the submission link for the second is already open tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba. Submit by Dec 1. Workshop in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026, jointly organised with Rotterdam Global Health Initiative and Erasmus School of Economics.

Reposted by Marcos Vera‐Hernández, Jack Stilgoe

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Sep 28

If you are interested in universities policy I’ll be on a panel discussing this with @greenmirandahere.bsky.social @pollymackenzie.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social & Michael Spence on Monday 3.15pm in Liverpool

A new future for universities: how can universities help support national renewal and local pride? it Monday 29 September • 15:15 - 16:15pm ® Sherwood Room 6, ACC Liverpool

Reposted by Marcos Vera‐Hernández

The Stone Centre at UCL @stoneeconucl.bsky.social · Sep 24

Marcos Vera-Hernández @papiteide.bsky.social will share his Stone Centre funded research at the Labour party conference with FT's @greenmirandahere.bsky.social, UAL's @pollymackenzie.bsky.social, TBA's @hetanshah.bsky.social, & @ucl.ac.uk's Michael Spence. Discover his research: bit.ly/mvhinfo

National renewal discussion at the labour party conference.

Reposted by Marcos Vera‐Hernández

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Sep 17

Some good jobs here. The nice folk at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk are looking for Exec Directors for Research & Innovation, and for Impact & Influence, as well as a Director of IfG Academy. You’d work with @drhannahwhite.bsky.social and her excellent team
micro.green-park.co.uk/ifg/

Institute for Government

micro.green-park.co.uk

Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · Sep 16

Chile’s 1981 reform shifted pensions from DB → DC. Workers already employed were compensated for pre-reform contributions, creating a policy-driven kink in cohort-level pension wealth. We exploit this kink with a Regression Kink Design (RKD) to identify the causal effect on health investments.

Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · Sep 16

Would you take better care of your health today if you knew you’d be richer in retirement? We study Chile’s 1981 pension reform with a fuzzy Regression Kink Design on linked admin + household panel data. Answer: yes. Preventive care rises (healthy behaviours modestly), and old-age mortality falls.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · Sep 15

NEW: #IFSWorkingPaper: More to live for: health investment responses to expected retirement wealth in Chile

📗 Read Grant Miller, Nieves Valdés and @papiteide.bsky.social's new paper here: ifs.org.uk/publications...

Reposted by Marcos Vera‐Hernández

The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · Sep 15

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Martin Weidner @weidnerecon.bsky.social · Jul 24

Calling Econ PhD candidates:

Applications open: Nuffield Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Deadline: September 30

Recent fellows include Claudia Noack and Christophe Gaillac --- tough acts to follow. If you're ready for a top-tier postdoc, please apply!

EJM - Econ Job Market

econjobmarket.org

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Daniele Girardi @dgirardi.bsky.social · Jul 20

Our Local Projections Difference-in-Differences (LP-DiD) paper is out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics.

LP-DiD is a convenient, flexible and computationally fast framework for estimating DiD using simple well-specified regressions....

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Reposted by Sandra McNally, Marcos Vera‐Hernández

Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · Jul 18

📢 Pre-doc RA position at LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance! Join the Education & Skills programme led by Prof Sandra McNally. Work with large UK education datasets (e.g. NPD, LEO). Strong Stata skills & interest in policy a must. Apply by Aug 24 👉 ow.ly/bpN450WrLq4

Marcos Vera-Hernandez @papiteide.bsky.social · Jul 6

Call for papers for the Central Bank of Colombia Annual Conference (9-10 Oct, Pereira), this year dedicated to health economics. Deadline for subs. 14 July. Keynote speakers (FGV), Jonathan Skinner (Dartmouth), and myself. redinvestigadores.org/app/JavaBrid... Funding provided for accepted papers.

redinvestigadores.org

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jun 27

And the other is to run @raeng.org.uk - the Royal Academy of Engineering
www.russellreynolds.com/en/executive...

Executive Opportunities | Russell Reynolds Associates

www.russellreynolds.com

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CORE Econ @coreecon.bsky.social · Jun 16

We're delighted to share the first of our new Economist In Action videos. @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social explains how to find out whether rich countries have good institutions because they are rich, or whether they are rich because their institutions are good.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n91H...

Simon Johnson: How do good institutions influence economic growth?

YouTube video by CORE Econ

www.youtube.com

Reposted by David K. Evans, Marcos Vera‐Hernández

David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · Jun 16

This series by @leightjessica.bsky.social is a nice way of finding out about lots of new work in development & it is great to see someone using these platforms to celebrate others.

Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · Jun 16

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @CriClerici
@poverty_action who works on topics related to gender + health

Reposted by Marcos Vera‐Hernández

Antonella Bancalari @bancalaria.bsky.social · May 17

Closing a fantastic IFS-ADBI-GHE Health Economics in LMICs workshop 🔝A huge thank you to all of you who joined us in London @theifs.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social

Reposted by Marcos Vera‐Hernández

Antonella Bancalari @bancalaria.bsky.social · May 15

We are delighted to share the program for the IFS-ADBI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2025! We are looking forward to a fantastic couple of days @theifs.bsky.social @adb.org @papiteide.bsky.social

Reposted by Marcos Vera‐Hernández, Davide Dragone

MCHE at UoM @mche-uom.bsky.social · May 14

The Manchester Centre for Health Economics has three new Research Associate positions in Health Economics (£37,174 - £41,671 p/a). These are 24-month fixed-term contracts from July 2025 to June 2027.

For full details and to apply, visit
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate in Health Economics:Oxford Road

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

Reposted by Danny Dorling, Ben Bradford, Marcos Vera‐Hernández , and 5 more Danny Dorling, Ben Bradford, Marcos Vera‐Hernández, Michael H. Whitworth, Marysia Zalewski, Richard Pettigrew, Lisa Tompson, Carmen M. Mangion

Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · May 3

Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.

Reposted by Marcos Vera‐Hernández

ucleconomics.bsky.social @ucleconomics.bsky.social · Apr 25

In @ucleconomics.bsky.social, we engage in the #discourse globally. Our annual Gorman Lecture (and conference) returns this May with the distinguished Ariel Pake of @harvard.edu.
Register now➡️https://www.ucl.ac.uk/economics/events/2025/may/ucl-department-economics-gorman-lecture-and-conference-2025

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