This Ashvin Gandhi, Andrew Olenski, Krista Ruffini, and Karen Shen paper out today is interesting in light of the various labor shortages people were concerned about earlier in the pandemic. nber.org/papers/w32412

The structure of Medicaid payments can alleviate worker shortages in hard-to-staff healthcare jobs, from Ashvin Gandhi, Andrew Olenski, Krista Ruffini, and Karen Shen nber.org/papers/w32412

The average hospital that exploited a loophole in Medicare payments increased both Medicare and total revenue by approximately 10 percent, from Atul Gupta, Ambar La Forgia, and Adam Sacarny nber.org/papers/w32564

Just Accepted new paper, “Estimating Nursing Home Quality with Selection” by Andrew Olenski and Szymon Sacher zurl.co/GwHs

Payment incentives alleviate worker shortages at nursing homes. Just Accepted new paper by Ashvin D. Gandhi (Ashvin Gandhi), Andrew Olenski (Andrew Olenski), Krista Ruffini (Krista Ruffini), and Karen Shen zurl.co/H2Uo3

Many industries where the government is a major regulator, purchaser, or supplier suffer from severe worker shortages (e.g., healthcare, transportation, education, public safety). A quick thread on our new The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) showing how government payment incentives can help: 1/N

Underhanded accounting throughout health care, particularly nursing homes and dialysis. Check out great paper from Ashvin Gandhi Andrew Olenski for systematic study of these schemes: nber.org/papers/w32258