Predoc opportunity in health/labor/public economics at @beckerfriedman.bsky.social: job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof... Please share widely! #EconSky

Predoc opportunity in health/labor/public economics at @beckerfriedman.bsky.social: job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof... Please share widely!

Very clear article discussing our @beckerfriedman.bsky.social / @nber.org working paper and other aspects of healthcare job growth. The full paper together with @nealemahoney.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social @kevinrinz.bsky.social @victoriaudalova.bsky.social is here: gottlieb.ca/papers/Healt...

Healthcare should be a macroeconomics topic www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

On May 1–2, BFI’s Health Economics Initiative Conference brought together faculty, researchers & students to share new work in health economics. Organizers: @gottliebecon.bsky.social & @profnoto.bsky.social; Keynote: Jonathan Skinner (Dartmouth). ow.ly/CJm250VSRp3 #EconSky #HealthEconomics

Thanks to all of our thoughtful speakers, attendees, keynote Jon Skinner @dartmouthcollege.bsky.social, co-organizer @profnoto.bsky.social, and the amazing @beckerfriedman.bsky.social staff for an outstanding conference!

#QJE May 2025, #8, “The Earnings and Labor Supply of U.S. Physicians,” by Gottlieb (@gottliebecon.bsky.social), Polyakova, Rinz (@kevinrinz.bsky.social), Shiplett, and Udalova (@victoriaudalova.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Healthcare is work #Econsky #Medicinesky marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/03/heal...

Healthcare employment in the US has skyrocketed since 1980. Healthcare is a middle-class jobs engine, but "manufacturing-to-meds" transitions are not saving the Rust Belt, from @gottliebecon.bsky.social, @nealemahoney.bsky.social, Kevin Rinz, and Victoria Udalova https://www.nber.org/papers/w33583

A very useful set of stylized facts: healthcare has been a job growth engine, and/but there hasn't been a systematic "manufacturing to meds" pivot in places where the former has declined. by @nealemahoney.bsky.social @gottliebecon.bsky.social @kevinrinz.bsky.social @victoriaudalova.bsky.social

Much more in the draft. Check it out 👇 NBER WP: www.nber.org/papers/w33583 Ungated paper: nmahoney.people.stanford.edu/sites/g/file...

We find these high-profile manufacturing-to-meds examples are outliers that do not represent a systematic trend. Healthcare job growth has offset 11% of the decline in manufacturing jobs. This is roughly what you would expect based on its share of the workforce.

Politicians, the press, and researchers have advocated for a "manufacturing to meds" pivot in the Rust Belt. Pittsburgh, PA, Cleveland, OH, and Rochester, NY are cited as prominent success stories.

Healthcare has maintained nearly constant 76% female share, while experiencing partial convergence across occupations Large increase in female share of physicians Offset by smaller increases in male share of nurses and aides

Unlike rest of the labor market that experienced hollowing out Healthcare has seen strong growth in middle and upper-middle parts of earnings distribution Powered by fast earnings growth for nurses and midlevels (PAs, NPs, CRNAs, etc)

Healthcare jobs have grown 2x faster than the overall labor market since 1980 Healthcare overtook retail to become largest industry by employment in 2009 New working paper w/ @gottliebecon.bsky.social, @kevinrinz.bsky.social and @victoriaudalova.bsky.social on the rise of healthcare jobs

How do insurance denials impact doctors & patients? Do prior authorizations limit drug use? Can better oversight reduce waste? Join @gottliebecon.bsky.social , @zarekcb.bsky.social, & Maggie Shi of @harrissocial.bsky.social, w/ @tessvigeland.bsky.social: bfi.uchicago.edu/insights/the...

Call for Papers: The 2025 Health Economics Initiative Annual Conference will bring together faculty, research professionals, and students to present the latest research on all topics in health econ. Submit papers by Feb. 10, 2025. @gottliebecon.bsky.social @profnoto.bsky.social ow.ly/57oe50UoGoc

Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Earnings and Labor Supply of U.S. Physicians,” by Gottlieb (@gottliebecon.bsky.social), Polyakova, Rinz (@kevinrinz.bsky.social), Shiplett, and Udalova (@victoriaudalova.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

I'm delighted to share the final version of our paper "The Earnings and Labor Supply of U.S. Physicians", now out via @qjeharvard.bsky.social (May issue). You may recall its earlier title, "Who Values Human Capitalists' Human Capital?" and the lively debate it spurred on the other site. 1/8

Private health insurers have approximately the same claim denial rate as Medicare, and much lower denial rate than Medicaid drive.google.com/file/d/1N1YX...

I look forward to seeing #EconSky in Union Square 24 in a half hour to kick off #ASSA with Healthcare Labor Markets!

Looking forward to the Healthcare Labor Markets session on Friday at 8am. Thanks for sharing @kevinrinz.bsky.social. Health is now the largest sector of the labor market and I look forward to presenting and learning about various facets of it! Session details here: www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...

Looking forward to the Healthcare Labor Markets session on Friday at 8am. Thanks for sharing @kevinrinz.bsky.social. Health is now the largest sector of the labor market and I look forward to presenting and learning about various facets of it! Session details here: www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...

Re: billing complexity - @gottliebecon.bsky.social & colleagues have terrific work from the physician perspective www.healthaffairs.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

I'm referring ppl to this work by @gottliebecon.bsky.social & colleagues on billing complexity and provider (non) participation in Medicaid more & more -- raises questions about admin burden & long-run access www.gottlieb.ca/papers/Billi...

Call for Papers: The 2025 Health Economics Initiative Annual Conference will bring together faculty, research professionals, and students to present the latest research on all topics in health econ. Submit papers by Feb. 10, 2025. @gottliebecon.bsky.social @profnoto.bsky.social ow.ly/57oe50UoGoc

"Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide in Healthcare" poole.ncsu.edu/thought-lead... Nice summary by @andrewg-phd.bsky.social and @lucadavidopromolla.bsky.social of my presentation of "Market Size and Trade in Medical Services" at their Devils and Wolves trade seminar.

How do workers and firms sort---and how *should* they sort to maximize output? Chicago Booth PhD student Pauline Mourot's outstanding job market paper studies productivity among heart surgeons + hospitals while pushing the frontier of labor econ methods. Website: www.paulinemourot.com

I can't believe this Smith guy didn't cite us

Thank you to L. Alan Winters for mentioning our research in the same paragraph as Adam Smith's view on trade policy! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Even though he failed to tag 📈📉, I hope Dingel’s post will help bring #econsky alive with research chat — trade, urban and health economists should all weigh in and repost @tradediversion.bsky.social below!

For All, the Minneapolis Fed OIGI magazine, covers our research on patients traveling across regions for medical care: www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2023... (With @gottliebecon.bsky.social Lozinski & Mourot)

Our theory predicts these effects for some occupations, but not others. The data bear these out: Occupations that don't serve specific local customers, with heterogeneous quality, don't. Read the paper here: www.nber.org/papers/w31366 (And sorry to those who have seen this already on hellsite X)

We develop a theory of when income inequality spills over from one occupation to another. The best-paid CEOs compete for the best, say, physicians, increasing docs' inequality. This implies a multiplier effect on total inequality. We show this multiplier is at least 25%. 4/5

This is a problem for the usual “superstar” explanations for top inequality. These models show how globalization & tech allow the most-skilled to reach a larger market & increase sales. This can't explain many top occupations--e.g. physicians only treat so many patients. 3/5

Two-thirds of the increase in top income inequality has occurred within occupations. Most occupations in the top have seen increases in income inequality. The Becker-Friedman Institute summary here highlights this fact: bfi.uchicago.edu/insight/rese... 2/5

Is top income inequality just about a few lucrative occupations? In a new working paper, we highlight the importance of within-occupation inequality. We show that increases in inequality within one occupation can “spill over” into others. 1/5 (copying coauthor's thread twitter.com/mortengolsen...)

Video is available here: youtu.be/0yS54E15jz4?...

Is top income inequality just about a few lucrative occupations? In a new working paper, we highlight the importance of within-occupation inequality. We show that increases in inequality within one occupation can “spill over” into others. 1/5 (copying coauthor's thread twitter.com/mortengolsen...)

Sign on to YouTube now to watch Pauline present our paper on Market Size and Trade in Medical Services: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yS54E15jz4