#healtheconomics #economics 1/ I’m trying to extract a variable in MEPS for self-assessed mental health (poor, fair, good, very good, excellent) but I can’t find it on IPUMs. According to AI the name should be MNHLTH. Is it there and I’m missing it, under some other name, or not there?

1/ My article "Mental Health and Mortality Trends in the United States" has just been published by the Journal of Health Economics. You can access it for free (for a while) using the link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lCV0c7LGG... This is a revised & renamed version of NBER Working paper no. 32978.

My expertise is broader than I realized! "I believe you would serve as an excellent reviewer of the manuscript, "The Use of Metaphors in Paremiological Units of English, Russian, and Kazakh Languages: A Study Based on the Thematic Group "Labor-Idleness," submitted to Forum for Linguistic Studies."

Lots of great point here. I particularly agree with the idea of being upfront about the weaknesses in your approach/results. I think readers will be a lot more forgiving if you are. Also the point about revising, although it take me at least 10 drafts to get anything decent.

It's good to know the extent of my economic expertise!

1/ There has been lots of talk about the ideas of (toxic) masculinity coming out of those currently in power. Here is some of what masculinity means to me: 1. Protecting and supporting those who are less powerful or in need.

I will not be buying anything today!

Today was the last straw. I just cancelled my subscription to the Washington Post.

Me too!

Can anyone explain the logic behind the idea that the Trump administration will treat VAT's in other countries as tariffs? These certainly are a tax but one that doesn't affect imports differently than domestic production. Am I missing something? Or is this just an excuse for raising US tariffs?

I've just learned that the Census Bureau has taken all the (formerly) public food security files down from its website. What a world! I grew up hearing about how third world, authoritarian, and communist countries would censor, conceal, and modify data. I never thought I would live in such a place!

"Borrow $338 million to pay themselves a dividend" is a really hallucinatory concept, like how do you diagram that out to distinguish it from plain old embezzlement

A good article on how the government could actually reduce the debt. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

OK, I just deactivated the X-tweetie🐦 account. Slightly traumatic, but I feel good to have done it.

In 2016 and 2020, economists organized to oppose Donald Trump's candidacy for president. It is now time for the economics profession to make the case against Trump once again. If you would like to become a signatory, please complete the form at the following location: forms.gle/DUoLUkZdMQUW....

My newest research. www.nber.org/papers/w32978 #econsky

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,138,081!

1/ I thought I’d summarize results of my new study “US State Restrictions and Excess COVID-19 Pandemic Deaths” published today in JAMA Health Forum (doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2006). The study looks at excess deaths from 7/20-6/22. The first months of the pandemic are not included because

The police actions shown here are outrageous. Who authorized this?

For prior research, I have used SEER race-age-sex-specific population data as the denominator for calculating mortality rates. However, these data have not been updated past 2020 and it appears that there is no plan to do so. Ideas for alternative sources for recent years? (State level only is OK).

Whatever your views on the Israeli-Gaza situation, can someone explain to me the rationale for the US giving massive amounts of aid to Israel given that they have the 11th highest GDP per capita in the world?

If you are interested in understanding how excess deaths in the US evolved during the first two-years of the COVID-19 pandemic, you can get that information (for free) here: academic.oup.com/aje/article/...

1/ In my view Biden has been a good, albeit imperfect, President, with some tangible achievements. (His initial embrace of the invasion of Gaza by Israel is not one of them.) However, he should not run again for President in 2024. Why not? 1. Whether true or not, he is perceived as being

#EconSky 📉📈 1/I posted this a bit more than a year ago to that other site and some seemed to find it helpful, so I thought I’d repost it here. This is aimed at academics in economics, public policy & related areas, but hopefully will be of broader interest.

One of the most balanced pieces on this topic that I have seen. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/o...

Does paid sick leave reduce fertility by facilitating reproductive choice? We think so. Look at our evidence and let us know what you think. www.nber.org/papers/w31801

A final version of my article: "The Evolution of Excess Deaths in the United States During the First Two Years of COVID-19 Pandemic" is up. You can access it here: doi.org/10.1093/aje/... #EconSky📈📉

“But the assault on Gaza can also be understood in other terms: as a textbook case of genocide unfolding in front of our eyes. I say this as a scholar of genocide, who has spent many years writing about Israeli mass violence against Palestinians”

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#econsky Great opportunity for a climate economist at UVA Batten! Pass the word. www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

I'm new to blue sky. What's the best way to follow folks I followed on that other site?