Netflix's You Are What You Eat uses a twin study. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Nathan Kettlewell (UTS) explains why studying twins is so important for science. theconversation.com/netflixs-you-a…

The first publication from the twins data I'm always talking about. Very happy to have this out 🙂 Grateful to work with Agnieszka Tymula on this, and also to the editors and referees at JEBO for great feedback. The paper grew a lot through revision.

The lifetime health cover loading applies to people who purchase private hospital insurance (PHI) after the 1 July following their 31st birthday. Nathan Kettlewell and Yuting Zhang examine the effectiveness of this "stick" in encouraging PHI. buff.ly/3Tau1hn

📰📰 CALL FOR PAPERS 📰📰 UQ will be hosting the Australasian Labour Econometrics Workshop (LEW) on Aug 15-16! We have two fantastic keynotes: Heather Royer and Jonathan Roth. LEW is an annual workshop focused on labour econ/applied micro. Link: shorturl.at/knzZ2 #EconTwitter

Very impressive research by Jan and the team, which they just keep improving (I discussed a version of this paper two years ago and it was an epic then).

A very fun chat, and Lawrence and co do a great job splicing it together. Feat. trust, econ games, tax reform failures, pens, me saying like, fairness

📣Attend the Medicare Symposium on 19 June (Canberra) where the 'Medicare & the Health Care System' panel will explore how research can inform better system design + integrated models of care Nathan Kettlewell Michael Wright @tony40scott Productivity Commission👉Register: socialsciences.org.au/events/the-fut…

My article in the Conversation about housing and intergenerational economic mobility in Australia theconversation.com/yes-we-are-a-m… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

UTS Behavioural Lab Conference on Nov 7th. Amazing speakers: ⁦Jessica Pan⁩ ⁦NUS⁩, ⁦Dr Nadia Zainuddin @⁩UOW, Prof Brown ⁦⁦UTS Business School⁩ , Dr Tindall ⁦The Behavioural Insights Team⁩. @UTSSocialImpact⁩ ⁦UTS Economics Department⁩ #DEI Tickets ⬇️ events.humanitix.com/2024-uts-behav…

This has been a central topic of my research. We have collected and analysed data from different sources. I'd like to advocate for evidence-based policy and better data collection/accessibility to researchers. Thanks to the editor at The Conversation.theconversation.com/medicare-is-co…

Private health insurers are now offering GP telehealth services. Is this a risk to Medicare? theconversation.com/private-health… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Private health insurers are now offering GP telehealth services. Is this a risk to Medicare? theconversation.com/private-health… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

It is such a great day for the UTS Economics Department, as 3 UTS-led DP projects were funded! Congratulations to our colleagues Peter Siminski Mikhail Anufriev 🇺🇦 Nathan Kettlewell