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Recently published paper in the Journal of Public Economics : "Effects of Unemployment Insurance Duration on Mental and Physical Health" Vol 226 (Oct 2023) by Alexander Ahammer (Alexander Ahammer ) & Analisa Packham (Analisa Packham ) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Debunking the myth of „European healthy drinking culture“ feat. my fabulous co-author Alexander Ahammer talking about our study on minimum legal drinking age in Austria (with Martin Halla Hannah Lachenmaier) bbc.com/future/article… (free access link to study: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…)

Super excited to share new work with Gerald Pruckner and Katrin Zocher (zocherin)! The paper is called: “When women take over: Physician gender and health care provision” Let’s go on an adventure: a thread 🧵

🏆 Congratulations to Alexander Ahammer, Martin Halla and Mario Lackner for winning the Contemporary Economic Policy Best Article Award for 2023! Read their open access award-winning article today: ow.ly/o3vO50RGlii

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A great start to the day! Alexander Ahammer presents our joint paper on benzodiazepine use using administrative data on opioid users.

Alexander Ahammer and Analisa Packham present work at 13th annual Econ of risky behaviors workshop (Croatia) showing that crackdown on potent benzodiazepine in Austria caused substitution to less potent benzos, increasing withdrawal, and worsening labor market outcomes. #ERB2024

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Habilitation von Alexander Ahammer, JKU Department of Economics mit „On the economics of health, labor, and risky behavior“, welche verschiedene Themen am Schnittpunkt der Arbeitsmarkt- und Gesundheitsökonomie umfasst. 📜 Herzliche Gratulation 🎉go.jku.at/n24o1

A lot of opioid users are consuming benzodiazepines too. Should we restrict benzo prescribing to reduce overdose risk? New work w/ Analisa Packham suggests: maybe not.

Using individual-level data to identify opioid users and to estimate the effect on health and labor market outcomes from a 2012 Austrian reform restricting benzodiazepine use, from Alexander Ahammer and Analisa Packham nber.org/papers/w32804

I'm on the market! I guess that means it's time for the long awaited JMP thread >> stay tuned until the end for a short summary video (1/8) My JMP estimates how clinical training affects hospital behavior in response to a change in financial incentives on quality

My paper with Alexander Ahammer is now live and available from the Journal of Health Economics: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Punchline: we find that more targeted screening for DI benefits has positive impacts for labor force participation and wages, without adverse health consequences

Proud that my very first publication is now out in the Journal of Health Economics! Couldn’t have wished for better coauthors on that journey 🥰 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Today Ulrich Glogowsky (JKU Department of Economics) presented “The Parenthood Penalty in Mental Health”, coauthored with Alexander Ahammer (JKU Linz), Martin Halla (WU Economics Dept.) & Timo Hener (Aarhus Universitet). They find parenthood imposes a greater mental health burden on mothers, leading to long-run gender gaps.