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Careers in Health Economics: The Army
By Steve Schwab Many job market candidates struggle with the “type” of employment that they want. Should I take the traditional path and go into academia? Perhaps I’d be happier in government? Industry...
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An Interview with Kate Baicker, Dean of the Harris School of Public Policy
By Sebastian Tello-Trillo Sebastian Tello-Trillo: As causal-inference methods have become more widely used across empirical fields, there may be more papers that do not pass the high-bar of causal...
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Careers in Health Economics: Schools of Public Policy
By Laura Dague I began my academic career at Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service in 2012 after finishing my Ph.D. in economics at the University of Wisconsin. When on the job...
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Careers in Health Economics: Federal Reserve Banks
By Diane Alexander Why did the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago hire a health economist? Aren’t they just interested in macroeconomics? Does the Bank allow you to work on health care topics? These are...
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Careers in Health Economics: Schools of Public Health
By Lindsay Allen If you love policy-oriented research, aren’t intimidated by grant writing, and don’t mind repeatedly explaining that econometrics really is a word, then working in a School of Public...
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Note from the Executive Director
Anthony LoSasso The planning for the 8th Annual ASHEcon Meeting in Washington DC, June 23-26, 2019 is entering the home stretch! You have by now received notification about the status of your...
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Data Resources on Medical Providers
By: Alice Chen, Michael Richards, and Kosali Simon[1] We provide an overview of some commonly-used data sources for research on medical providers. These focus mostly on physicians, though some extend...
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Press Changes at the American Journal of Health Economics: An Interview with...
By: Sebastian Tello-Trillo Sebastian Tello-Trillo: Thanks for giving us the opportunity to ask some questions about the future of the journal. To set the context could you share with us some statistics...
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ASHEcon Job Market Webinar with John Cawley: A Follow-up Interview
By: Anne M. Burton John Cawley recently held a webinar on the health economics job market. You can view the archived version and download the slides here. Thanks for taking the time to share some...
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Results from ASHEcon survey on Letters of Recommendation: Part 1
By: Sebastian Tello-Trillo Letters of recommendation (LOR) for the economics Ph.D. market is a tool that has been long-used to assess information about a candidate. There are many aspects of a LOR that...
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COVID-19 Puts a New Spotlight on Paid Sick Leave
By Nicolas R. Ziebarth The United States is one of three OECD countries that does not provide employees with universal access to paid sick leave. Traditionally, U.S. employers have voluntarily provided...
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Pregnancy during the Pandemic: Why we can be cautiously optimistic about how...
By: Hannes Schwandt More than 2.5 million women are currently pregnant in the United States, and many are worried about the impact a coronavirus infection could have on mothers and the development of...
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What is EHEC?
By: Sebastian Tello-Trillo David Slusky: EHEC is the Electronic Health Economics Colloquium, and rhymes with AHEC (the Annual Health Economics Conference) and MHEC (the Midwest Health Economics...
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Frequent Tradeoffs: An Interview with Dan Gorenstein, Host of the Podcast...
By: David Slusky How was the decision made to drastically increase the frequency of Tradeoffs episodes? Dan Gorenstein: In the middle of March, we called an unscheduled editorial meeting. We looked at...
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Results from ASHEcon survey on Letters of Recommendations (LORs): Part 2
By: Sebastian Tello-Trillo In the last newsletter we posted the summary of the results from the survey on LOR. We included descriptive information on who responded in the survey, the length of letters,...
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Create a Simple and a Free Job Market Website
By: Alex Hollingsworth With the job market approaching, we thought it would be nice to provide a tutorial on how to create simple and free job market website. Having a clear, concise, and simple to...
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Professional Development Opportunities for Graduate Students in Health Economics
By: Anne Burton It’s common knowledge that writing a good job market paper is crucial for success on the job market, but that’s not all you need. How else can you distinguish yourself on the job...
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Measuring Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment During COVID-19
By: Lindsey Rose Bullinger The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly changed all aspects of home and family life in the past several months. Severe and sudden unemployment, school closures, and...
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Racial Disparities in Mental Health during COVID19
By: Jevay Groom Spring 2020 will forever be etched in our minds. From the risk of infection and possible death to normal activities like working from a coffee shop, life has been changed. I imagine in...
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An Interview with Patricia Danzon, ASHEcon’s 2020 Victor R. Fuchs Award...
By: Collen Carey Colleen Carey: You’ve made significant contributions to our understanding of the pricing, competition, and regulation of pharmaceuticals. How did you first get interested in...
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