I was honored to serve as one of the keynote speakers at this year's Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) Symposium hosted by the US Army. I had the opportunity to present on the Return on Investment, sharing data on how H2F is improving Soldier health, performance, and readiness.

A nice paper that shows a positive causal impact of college. By comparing outcomes on barley accepted students to otherwise identical barley rejected students, those that went to college earn 8% more than their counterparts with internal rates of return of 26%. academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...

Had a great time at #MHSRS with my colleagues at USARIEM presenting research on the impact of the Army's H2F program on metabolic health and interacting with so many researchers and practitioners. Looking forward to building on this work evaluating H2F's impact on the Army

I'll be at the Military Health System Research Symposium (#MHSRS) this week presenting on how the Army's Health and Holistic Fitness Program (H2F) has helped improve Soldiers' metabolic health and how health economics can be used to evaluate Solider health and performance.

Red Panda is one of the GOATs of basketball halftime shows for 20+ years. Hoping for a speedy recovery 🙏🏻

Very honored to have been selected as one of Old Dominion University's top 40 under 40. I completed a BA in Economics with a minor in Applied Math in 2010, MBA in 2013 and a MA in Economics in 2013. I can't be more grateful for my time at ODU and the preparation it gave me for a PhD and my career

Light work 🏀 #ballislife

Every game in these NBA playoffs has been fantastic. From top to bottom, this has been one of the most exciting playoffs I've ever seen #NBAPlayoffs

Cutting federal funding for scientific research could cause long-run economic damage equivalent to a major recession, according to a new study from researchers at American University. #EconSky Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b... Study: impa.american.edu/costs-of-cut...

Not the GOAT of movies, but Apocolypto is a damned good movie and is vastly underappreciated

One of my favorite datasets: baby names. In 2007, the Social Security Administration reported 34,975. In 1881, there were only 1,934. (Note: for privacy they omit any with <5 entries, though.) Over time, particularly since the 70s, parents have opted for more unique names.

💡What do you need to know about tariffs? The conversations around tariffs can be confusing and often are clouded with political bias. Given the Trump administration's announcement of new tariffs this week, it's worth diving into this deeper in my new post👇🏻 open.substack.com/pub/timmurra...

💡What do you need to know about tariffs? The conversations around tariffs can be confusing and often are clouded with political bias. Given the Trump administration's announcement of new tariffs this week, it's worth diving into this deeper in my new post👇🏻 open.substack.com/pub/timmurra...

This really gets at so many problems right now

This is great news for hoops fans. Zach Lowe is back!

The Bracket 2025

RIP to Gene Hackman, one of the greats. My favorite movies of his are Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State, Behind Enemy Lines, and Hoosiers

Loved watching Diana Taurasi play since her time at UConn. One of the basketball 🐐s

Measles requires 95% vaccination rates for herd immunity. It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated). 30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.

This isn't hype: My colleagues have created an amazing @epi.org Data Library that's super easy to use but very flexible. It covers wages, inequality, and economic trends across demographic groups and states, including fairly detailed subgroups. Brand new--here it is!! data.epi.org

A very interesting article from @axios.com based on a working paper from Clara Chambers, Benjamin Goldman, and Joseph Winkelmann. Axios Article: www.axios.com/2025/01/31/m... WP: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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. "

As a society, how do we deal with this type of information gap if the reality some people are living in isn't the truth? The true information is easily available from a quick Google search, yet we continue to survey after survey where there are results like this. (1/2)

As a society, how do we deal with this type of information gap if the reality some people are living in isn't the truth? The true information is easily available from a quick Google search, yet we continue to survey after survey where there are results like this. (1/2)

Hello World! The Editorial Board of Health Economics is pleased to announce that we are now live on the happier, friendlier, and all-together Blue-er place. Please follow us (and repost) for updates on articles and journal issues as they come out.

2009 LeBron dropping an easy 44 on Kevin Durant and the Thunder. LeBron being as good as he is at 40 makes you forget how fast and athletic he was in his prime. There's a whole generation of hoop fans who never saw this version of him 👇🏼

2009 LeBron dropping an easy 44 on Kevin Durant and the Thunder. LeBron being as good as he is at 40 makes you forget how fast and athletic he was in his prime. There's a whole generation of hoop fans who never saw this version of him 👇🏼

I'm working on a starter pack... its focus is Information Warfare, Covert Ops and Propaganda... trying to fill gaps on existing lists of 'disinfo' experts and bring in a wider sweep of experts on covert ops & information warfare, broadly defined. go.bsky.app/7NTCqKZ

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

Are you an early-career female-identifying economist who wants to translate work-life and mountain skills? Fill out this survey to help us customize a program @lhnicholas.bsky.social and I are working on! docs.google.com/forms/d/15vJ...

An awesome public good. Thank you @pedrosantanna.bsky.social!

Publication highlight from the Journal of Applied Physiology! Women may have less severe organ damage following exertional heat stroke @ncharkoudian.bsky.social @timmurrayecon.com

Sometimes you don’t need to do your own research. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Apropos of recent discussions, a reminder that fluoridated water - is very good for dental health - doesn't affect IQ - improves economic outcomes of low SES folks (See references ⬇️ for bad epidemiological studies suggesting otherwise.) www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

Can you guess what happens when a Walmart Supercenter enters a community? ... ... ... ◾EITC receipts in the community increase ◾ workers' incomes go down as a direct result. "Walmart Supercenters gradually accumulate and exercise monopsony power, with negative consequences for workers."

Excited to see this app and #EconSky #EpiSky #AcademicSky starting to take off and welcome to all my new followers! I am a health and labor economist working for the US Army. My primary research focus is using medical, performance, and administrative longitudinal military records to study (1/3)

Impact of Tariffs 👇🏼

Two useful charts for the conversation on government efficiency and employees: 1) The number of federal employees has remained relatively unchanged since 1970 2) The percent of the total workforce that are federal employees has been declining since 1960 #DOGE #Government #Jobs

If you're coming over from former Twitter I would recommend using the Sky Follower Bridge tool to assist in finding your followers from Elmo's site on here. It's pretty easy to navigate, it just takes some time. chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...

Quick econ tip: here's a list of over 100 economics conferences: docs.google.com/spreadsheets.... Curated by @anne-m-burton.bsky.social and @bartonwillage.com.

Reposting this #Stata guide I wrote a couple of years ago that discusses how to finetune #graphs for academic/journal articles. The guide covers topics such as colors, legends, fonts, markers, focusing on certain elements etc. medium.com/the-stata-gu...

Resharing the government economists starter pack. go.bsky.app/K7fAcMi Plenty of room to add more, so ping me if you should be included.

As we make this place what we want it to be/what it can be....FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CLICK LINKS, READ STORIES, PAY FOR JOURNALISM

An important post on the necessity to preserve the integrity of our national statistical system

Anyone who loves history, @bentley-b.bsky.social has been bringing history to life via comics for almost 30 years 👇🏼

Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to all who have served 🇺🇸

Proud to share my first NBER working paper. 17.5 million Redfin users were randomly assigned to see or not see flood risk on home listing; the treated users went on to make offers on less risky homes. First casual evidence that homebuyers are adapting to climate change www.nber.org/papers/w33119

I really enjoyed this conversation between Ezra Klien and Charles Fain Lehman on crime, disorder, and politics. Very insightful. music.youtube.com/watch?v=WUFy...

Obviously this is not an easy task, but if AI is going to be a tool that students have as a resource in their careers, it's best to teach them how to use it and integrate it into their work, just like we do with Excel and statistical programs. (1/2) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...