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David Slusky
@davidslusky.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and Population Health at the University of Kansas || Executive Director of the American Society of Health Economists || JPAM Co-Editor || NBER Research Associate || IZA Research Fellow
Anyone manage to download the National Prevailing Wage Center OES wage data from the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (via the FLAG database) before the shutdown?
October 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
So honored to be a part of this. Very much hope you will come join us!
Registration is open for the Fifth Ireland Masterclass in Health Economics, which will be held March 18-20, 2026 in Galway at @uniofgalway.bsky.social.

To register, email Ciaran O'Neill at Ciaran.ONeill@qub.ac.uk

More info here:
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
Ireland Masterclass in Health Economics
www.maxwell.syr.edu
October 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Registration is open for the Fifth Ireland Masterclass in Health Economics, which will be held March 18-20, 2026 in Galway at @uniofgalway.bsky.social.

To register, email Ciaran O'Neill at Ciaran.ONeill@qub.ac.uk

More info here:
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
Ireland Masterclass in Health Economics
www.maxwell.syr.edu
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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In conversation with Jeffrey Snyder for TheStreet, @davidslusky.bsky.social (University of Kansas) discusses healthcare accessibility challenges for seniors in rural areas. He explains how rideshare could be a partial solution.

Read the full conversation: www.thestreet.com/retirement/i...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The @nationalacademies.org report I’ve been working on for the last 15 months is up at nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2918...
October 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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SI 2025 Economics of Health
www.nber.org
July 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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The Int’l Health Econ Assn (IHEA) is searching for a health economics researcher to serve as its next Exec Director

healtheconomics.org/job-advertisem…
July 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The Universitat de Barcelona School of Economics @ub.edu @ubeconomics.bsky.social @economiaempresaub.bsky.social crew (especially @caterina-muratori.bsky.social and @juditvall.bsky.social) really know how to pick a rooftop spot for a department get together! Thanks so much for including me!
July 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Great first day at the Universitat de Barcelona School of Economics @ub.edu @ubeconomics.bsky.social @economiaempresaub.bsky.social. Great to catch up with @caterina-muratori.bsky.social! And looking forward to seeing @juditvall.bsky.social tomorrow!
July 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
What a treat to get visit my old grad school friend Jose Azar in Pamplona and give a seminar at the University of Navarra!
July 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Amazing morning at the Nova School of Business & Economics in Portugal. And Edson Servernini happened to be visiting and came to my talk! Huge thank you to Pedro Pita Barros for his hospitality and leadership of the Health Economics Knowledge and Management Center here.
June 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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“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
June 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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“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
June 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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“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.
June 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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“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
June 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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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
June 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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🧵 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
June 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Last paper is presented by Zet Wang about the impact of flooding on infant mortality in Bangladesh

Shows this flooding in utero increases infant mortality, an important impact of environment/climate change on health
June 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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This paper is nice to illustrate the geographic area FE identification strategy
June 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Next paper is by Padmaja Ayagari showing that later sunset time IMPROVES health in India

Different effects than in high income countries

Very cool and convincing, combines time use surveys and the DHS
June 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Our first paper is the best abstract for the program. 🥳👏👏

Nicolas Fuentes Segura (UCSB) shows that terrorism affects socioemotional skills and risky health behaviors of children

He’s on the job market this year - look for him
June 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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#ASHEcon2025 was a great experience. My first time being able to attend & it was amazing; presenting a paper, discussing fantastic papers, and presenting a poster of new work from the NBER on AIAN long-COVID impacts. Thank you for everyone who set up this fantastic conference!
June 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Y’all, I wrote a book!

www.amazon.com/Science-Seco...
June 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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#ASHEcon2025 was a whirlwind🌪️—in the best way! Presented my work, discussed a great paper, and shared a poster. Great conversations, fresh insights, and even ran into mentors, colleagues, and coauthors. Congrats to all the organizers @ashecon.bsky.social. Excited for next year #ASHEcon2026!
June 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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#ASHEcon2025 Thank you, Nashville, for hosting us! It’s a fantastic place id like to revisit. Huge thank you to @davidslusky.bsky.social and team at @ashecon.bsky.social for organizing it. Safe travels home, everyone and see you next year!
June 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM