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Nirav Mehta

@niravmehtax.bsky.social

Economist at University of Western Ontario. Applied/Labor/Health/anywhere we can use theory to interpret data. https://niravmehtax.github.io/

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πŸ“’ We are hiring πŸ“’

ifo is looking to fill 5 positions, incl. one

6-year Postdoc πŸ‘©β€πŸŽ“

to join our team at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education!

πŸ‘‰https://econjobmarket.org/positions/11131
Deadline: 24 Nov 2024

Please spread the word! #EconSky

30.10.2024 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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Economics Conferences (Compiled by Anne M. Burton and Barton Willage)

Quick econ tip: here's a list of over 100 economics conferences: docs.google.com/spreadsheets.... Curated by @anne-m-burton.bsky.social and @bartonwillage.com.

18.11.2024 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 212    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 10

I want to be a health economist!

15.11.2024 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Obviously the application isn’t to the private sector, but I thought the connection of payment policy to screening models could potentially still be useful to you…(hopefully?)

11.11.2024 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Optimal Contracting with Altruistic Agents: Medicare Payments for Dialysis Drugs (June 2023) - We study health-care provider agency and optimal payments, considering an expensive medication for dialysis patients. Using Medicare claims data we estimate a structural model of treatme...

Not sure how germane this would be, but my coauthors (Marty Gaynor and Seth Richards-Shubik) and I have work where we apply screening models (ie auctions) to health care payment design: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

11.11.2024 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just back from giving a talk to 2nd year students on how to approach research, how to write a paper. Abhijit was coming after me (good thing he didn't go first, tough act to follow!)

Here are my slides...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0pm2m...

05.10.2023 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 5
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For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers - Aaron Sojourner This Quick Start guide aims to help econ lovers easily join Bluesky’s growing economics community. The Bluesky User FAQ covers generic basics, like how to start an account. This guide orients you to e...

For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers, a Quick Start guide to plugging into the economics community here.

It aims to lower the costs & boost the benefits for folks to engage here.

If it seems useful, please share it here & especially on X.
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aaronsojourner.org/for-bluesky-...

11.09.2024 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 348    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 144
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πŸ“’ Call for papers πŸ“’
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CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education
(co-organized with Rick Hanushek)
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13-14 Sept 2024, Munich
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Keynote: @mdoepke.bsky.social
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πŸ‘‰ www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...
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Submission deadline: 2 June 2024
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Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessma...

20.02.2024 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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