I defended my dissertation today and became Dr. Tran! I have so much gratitude for my parents, friends, family, colleagues and mentors for cultivating my curiosity and helping me get to this milestone.

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i have a working paper, joint with Eric Gao!

we ask the following question: what would happen if we took bayesian persuasion, and added *even more* commitment power to the model? (🧵below)

drive.google.com/file/d/18M9ncV…

🚨NEW STUDY!!🚨 Cameron Deal and I used CDC data and found sexual minority high school students were more likely to be homeless and living in a shelter. Yet, statewide acceptance of sexual diversity reduced the likelihood of LGBQ+ youth homelessness.
doi.org/10.1542/peds.2…

So happy to have my coauthored work with Travis Campbell Yana van der Meulen Rodgers & Duc Hien Nguyen published in the AEAP&P AEA Journals

We show that Hormone Replacement Therapy reduces suicidality among Transgender youth!

aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

I'm so excited to be attending @ashecon this summer!

📣 Calling all AEA Summer Program Alumni 📣

Did you find the AEASP useful? What did you enjoy about it? Have you told a friend or classmate about the program?

Please help spread the word by encouraging them to attend the Virtual Info Session on 11/16 @ 7 pm est. #econtwitter

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Did you apply?

Did you tell all your students?

Please share widely, the program is open to all students interested in pursuing a PhD in economics.

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I’m very excited to attend APPAM and present work on differential take up of public assistance for LGB individuals! (joint with Gilbert Gonzales, PhD, MHA)

Congrats undergraduate research assistant Cameron Deal for winning an APPAM fellowship!!

Such an important paper by an amazing colleague and friend!

R&R! Great way to end the week.

I have a new WP out 🚨

We show that coverage of Gender Affirming Care under Medicaid leads to a significant improvement in the mental health of low income transgender people! #EconTwitter #MedTwitter

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

I’m very excited to announce my first publication! We provide the first evidence of the economic position of trans folks using nationally representative data in the US. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Yea but if I didn’t do economics what would my personality be

first time in a while jason's saying something i can get behind !