Catherine Maclean (@jcmecon.bsky.social)
@JCMecon
Health Economist at GMU Schar School. RA @nberpubs. Co-editor @JPAM_DC. Associate editor @JHealthEcon. Obsessed with my 3 🐕. (she/her/hers) Proudly 🇨🇦
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#FunFact : The mischievous critter, the racoon, can be found in every province in #Canada , except for #Newfoundland and #Labrador ! In fact, NL is one of the very few places in North America where racoons are not native. #WildlifeFacts 🌲🦝
Wonderful presentation by Davide Dragone on trading sex. He and his coauthors provide a novel general, very elegant and useful economics framework on modeling sex markets 👇big contribution!
Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana.
So today, the U.S. Department of Justice is taking the next step to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug under federal law.
Here's what that means:
Join us in congratulating Zayd Hamid for his role as the student commencement speaker for George Mason University’s class of 2024! He did a wonderful job representing both the Schar School and the entire university.
Read more about Zayd's journey at the link below!
gmu.edu/news/2024-05/s…
📢 #SHESG2024 introduces *egg-timer sessions*:
10-min talks with no Q&A - a perfect chance for junior scholars to spotlight their work-in-progress.
PhD students/candidates are encouraged to apply!
[We asked ChatGPT to create an image for this. Color us INSPIRED!] 💫🥚⌛
From the western shores of British Columbia to eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada stretches wide from coast to coast. To account for this, we have multiple #TimeZones . This #TriviaTuesday we’re asking: how many time zones does Canada have?🕰️
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8
New paper finds that #PaidSickLeave mandates increases use of mental health care. Details in the thread ⬇️