“We measure the impact of increased immigration on mortality among elderly Americans, who rely on the immigrant-intensive [health care] sectors… [we find] striking effects on mortality: a 25% increase in the steady state flow of immigrants to the US would result in 5,000 fewer deaths nationwide.”

Major news outlets: Please consider prominently reporting what this all-star team of researchers has found. www.nber.org/papers/w34791

✨Bell postdoctoral fellowship has allowed me to challenge my assumptions and to see beyond my understandings of society. If you're looking to grow by standing on the shoulders of giants, this might be the position for you! Feel free to reach out if you'd like to hear more about the experience :)

The evidence keeps accumulating that Brexit was an astonishing self-inflicted economic policy disaster. The fact that it is a slow-moving one bodes ill for those who think that populist economic mismanagement will translate into voters punishing populists. www.nber.org/system/files...

📢 Excited to share my first academic opinion piece—now out #OpenAccess in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics! 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 👇Thread: Why replication code is essential for the future of credible science 🧵

A good peer reviewer - who engages thoughtfully and constructively, teaches, notes what's good about a paper and what can be improved - is such a positive force. As a mentor (and as an editor and an author), I send out deep thanks to everyone who works hard to write kind and useful reviews.

Amazing PhD opportunity to research Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease with Anja and the team! ✨

🚨 Underrepresentation of racially and ethnically diverse populations in dementia studies is a challenge. "How can we make better use of the data we have?" With @mariaglymour.bsky.social, Kenneth Langa, and @anjaleist.bsky.social, now in American Journal of Epidemiology🔓 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aje/...

Very happy to see our project masterfully led by Dr Jure Mur now published 🎉 An emulated trial design on the question of effectiveness of hearing aid use to modify #dementia risk. #Episky Data #UKBiobank Funding #ERC doi.org/10.1093/aje/...

💡How does a large minimum wage increase impact health? 🤔 Excited to share our new paper with @anjaleist.bsky.social & Marc Suhrcke, now published in Social Science & Medicine (Open Access!) 🔓 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Econsky #Episky

Welcome @anjaleist.bsky.social to Bluesky 🌐✨ Her research centers on health inequalities, cognitive aging, and dementia. Check out her recently completed ERC-funded project here: cognitiveageing.uni.lu

Research update: we have a new version of our pharma M&A paper! AND, we posted the data we collected on m&a deals. Links below, main takeaways in thread. Paper summary: lucamaini.com/working-pape... Full draft: lucamaini.com/s/feng_hwang... Data: www.lucamaini.com/data

I read an interesting paper on the limits of causal inference methods for questions where there is no counterfactual for the broad structural exposures of interest (e.g., impact of systemic racism on health) academic.oup.com/aje/advance-... So, is there a role for causal inference approaches here?

Check out our session ✨Health and the Minimum Wage✨ at ASHEcon chaired by @mpbitler.bsky.social. I will give two talks covering Korean and US minimum wage policies. The central focus remains the same: older workers. Feel free to reach out ☕ #ASHEcon2024 ashecon.confex.com/ashecon/2024...

Very brief commentary by Vanessa Didelez on causal discovery and the role of expert knowledge when building DAGs: academic.oup.com/aje/advance-... Already suspected that I would like this after her talk yesterday, but I really do dig her writing -- it's very crisp and accessible.

Here is our response to a recent critique of our 2018 paper on police killings+mental health. The critique had obvious problems, but nevertheless instigated a formal investigation (which we passed). This was stressful. I am posting because our reply could be useful for teaching: osf.io/v72q6

#wage #inequality in #healthcare (CPS ASEC) Also see: link.springer.com/article/10.1... jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

NEW PAPER out today in the BMJ TRIPOD+AI: reporting recommendations for studies developing or validating prediction models for use in healthcare that use #machinelearning methods bmj.com/content/385/... #ArtificialIntelligence #AIstandards #OpenAccess

#econsky: I am looking for data on: -Attitudes about affirmative action/diversity in industry -Mapping between different industries/occupations and the average number of resumes per position Thanks!

I'm trying to write down some of the core public health ideas that I think are truly amazing -ideas I wish were part of popular understanding of health. Here's my first effort: www.linkedin.com/posts/maria-... (forgive slightly maudlin language and AI cover art). Suggestions welcome.

[📣Workshop on Determinants of Adult Mortality, Morbidity, and Healthy Aging in LMICs📣] by CEDA/CBPH. - 2-day virtual workshop on determinants of adult mortality, morbidity, and healthy aging in LMICs - Day 1: 2/23 & Day 2: 3/1 Register/Details: populationsciences.berkeley.edu/conferences/...

An invaluable review paper that brings together recent developments in causal inference and life-course epidemiology.

My ERC team has created an account where they will share updates of the Stata and R packages they are working on, follow them! bsky.app/profile/erct...