I am absolutely honored that Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy has received this funding from JHU American Health. It has been a whirlwind first year as CMAP director and I’m so proud of all we have accomplished and the faith that has been placed in the team. None of this would be possible without the

Does policy change improve #PublicHealth? This #JGIM article by @AshleyCBradford Thuy Nguyen Sumedha Gupta @LucySchulson Bradley Stein & Kosali Simon showed heterogenous impacts from opioid policy adoption on opioid prescribing for acute pain. buff.ly/3Mb3yNn

It was super fun to work on this review - I learned a ton from my coauthors 🙏 and from reading so many cool new papers! 😎Check it out!

This article hit very close to my heart. I have felt the gulf between the top 10 & rest of econ widen throughout my career & see no end in sight. I am also acutely aware of rising publication fees, shrinking dept. budgets, and rising data costs (e.g. recent CMS data changes). 1/2

Our latest research on “Do Workers Undervalue COVID-19 Risk – Evidence from Wages and Death Certificate Data” has been accepted in the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty! Joint work with Ryan Sullivan Sumedha Gupta, Kosali Simon and Coady Wing papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Workers appear to undervalue COVID-19 risks compared to traditional physical hazards, from Cong Gian, Sumedha Gupta, Kosali Simon, Ryan Sullivan, and Coady Wing nber.org/papers/w33031

"Resumption Of Medicaid Eligibility Redeterminations: Little Change In Overall Insurance Coverage" Great to finally see some early evidence on this question given the amount of ink spilled about likely/potential effects.

This observation would also match earnings calls for Medicaid Managed Care firms which say average spending is going up. Hot take: redetermination might be *good* because we stop cutting checks to firms for enrollees getting coverage elsewhere.

New in Health Affairs: Christopher Behrer, Velda Wang, Jessica Banthin, Kate Bundorf & I find post-unwinding Medicaid redeterminations led to minimal changes in overall uninsurance as many offset Medicaid loss with employer-sponsored or private insurance.Indiana University Research News at IU

This study fills a significant gap in the literature. I am so glad to see this.

Important work and so much remains to be done. Irsay Institute

Excited to share my paper on unemployment and suicide with bernice pescosolido. Using big administrative data on suicide, we show that unemployed people are more likely to die by suicide, but their suicide risk is lower when and where more people are unemployed. doi.org/10.1177/000312…

Leaving WHO may, quietly, be the worst thing Pres Trump has done. This will cost millions of lives. WHO was overwhelmed by COVID because its whole budget is far below Sloan-Kettering cancer center's. WHO needs a budget at least 100x as large. Rather than bolster this vital

In partnership with Schmidt Sciences, Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and I are seeking funding proposals from early career researchers conducting innovative field experiments on the labor economics of frontier AI. Expressions of interest are due March 31. shapingwork.mit.edu/call-for-propo…

Thrilled that Mark Duggan has been recognized with the 2025 Roland Prize for helping students connect academic scholarship and volunteer service. Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Stanford Economics

Uncommon Econ 🙌🏽 Calling microeconomics professors… Faculty who participate in our study earn $2,000 over two semesters! Apply today to join the Uncommon Econ Faculty Evaluation Community. Deadline: Friday, April 15. #teachecon tinyurl.com/mx26xk7s

Lowering administrative burdens raises take-up of subsidized health plans more than reminder nudges. Just Accepted new paper by K. Marzilli Ericson (Keith Marzilli Ericson (he/him/his)), T. J. Layton (Timothy Layton), A. McIntyre (Adrianna McIntyre (@adrianna.bsky.social)) and A. Sacarny (Adam Sacarny) zurl.co/js0uP