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Lilly Springer
@springerecon.bsky.social
5th year Economics PhD candidate @universityofkansas.bsky.social
Health | Family | Labor
she/her lillyspringer.com
“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
“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
“Medicare’s Coverage Gaps Reduce Women’s Contraceptive Use Among Women with Disabilities” from @meghanbellerose.bsky.social and coauthors is a really timely look at what effects contraceptive take up & access
June 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
“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
“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
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
🧵 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
Really excited for this year’s #ASHEcon2025

I’m presenting my JMP on Tuesday afternoon and am discussing 3 really interesting papers throughout the conference.

Come say hi!
June 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Had a wonderful time at the Atlanta PPCW Workshop this week!

Special shout out to my fellow grad student presenters who are all doing such interesting work!

Thank you to @lindsbullinger.bsky.social and @danieldench1.bsky.social for a great workshop
February 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Last skills session week with the KU Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship is in the books!

Love this group of incredible and supportive future PhDs
January 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Celebrating passing my comps, but really doing research for my next paper on the economics of Broadway
December 16, 2024 at 3:58 PM
#APPAM2024 ☑️
#SEA2024 ☑️
Contentedly exhausted ☑️

Truly a wonderful marathon of conferences full of great papers, presentations, and people!

Now onto Thanksgiving and final prepping for my comps
November 25, 2024 at 9:10 PM
#APPAM2024 ➡️ #SEA2024

I’m presenting in two health sessions on Sunday

Come check them out!
November 24, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Loved this quantitative and qualitative examination of reasons postpartum women report for not using contraceptives directly after birth from Amanda Spishak-Thomas
November 23, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Angela Shoulders’ “Unintended Consequences of Naloxone Co-Prescription Laws” shows that these laws surprisingly may have increased illicit opioids mortality
November 23, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Taehyun Kim looks at the relatively understudied impact of allowing Medicaid to cover abortions on births/abortions and economics outcomes in “Effects of Medicaid Coverage for Abortion on Pregnancy and Economic Outcomes in Illinois”
November 22, 2024 at 7:03 PM
“Supply-Side Opioid Restrictions and the Retail Pharmacy Market” from @anne-m-burton.bsky.social and Brandyn Churchill evaluates the supply side implications of policies designed to restrict opioid overprescribing

(Had the great privilege to discuss this one!)
November 22, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Quan Qi’s “Regulatory Impacts on Supply Shifts of Maternal Healthcare Providers: Evidence from TRAP laws” looks at some really interesting downstream effects from abortion restrictions
November 22, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Loved @econandie.bsky.social’s “Can Doula Care Reduce Birth-Related Racial Health Disparities?”
November 22, 2024 at 6:46 PM
🧵 of my favorite papers that I’ve seen at #APPAM2024

First up is “Proximity to Abortion Services and Child Maltreatment”from Erkmen Aslim
November 22, 2024 at 6:44 PM
I’m also discussing some really great papers on Friday and Saturday

Come say hi!
November 21, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Excited for the start of #APPAM2024

If you’re interested in policy’s impacts on infant birth outcomes, come check out the panel I’m presenting in today at 3pm!
November 21, 2024 at 12:29 PM