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Catherine Maclean

@jcmecon.bsky.social

Health Economist at GMU Schar School. Research Associate at NBER. Co-editor at the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Associate Editor at the Journal of Health Economics. Crazy about my dogs & proudly Canadian.

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Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · last mo.

Today, we celebrate each other. Because Canada is a nation of kind, compassionate, hardworking people — as remarkable and diverse as the landscapes we all call home. Happy Canada Day, Ottawa!

Prime Minister Carney joins the Canada Day celebration at LeBreton Flats Park in Ottawa, Ontario.Prime Minister Carney joins the Canada Day celebration at LeBreton Flats Park in Ottawa, Ontario.Prime Minister Carney joins the Canada Day celebration at LeBreton Flats Park in Ottawa, Ontario.
Standard Error Research Editors@standarderror.bsky.social · last mo.

We were delighted to select and present the Best Paper Prize for the 2nd time at the @cinchessen.bsky.social Economics of Mental Health Workshop, this year at @univdauphine.bsky.social to prizewinner Alden Chang for research with Martin Hackmann 1/9 stderr-editors.com/blog/cheng-a...

Cheng and Hackmann receive mental health economics workshop Best Paper Prize for research on mortality effects of nursing home room assignments

The prize recognizes the authors’ outstanding empirical work and the direct applicability of their findings for improving patients’ health outcomes.

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Bradley Stein@bradleydstein.bsky.social · 3mo ago

See the full NIH funded study with coauthors @jcmecon.bsky.social and Ashley Kranz here: publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

State Paid Sick Leave Mandates and Receipt of Pediatric Preventive Dental Care

10.1542/6390794478112Video AbstractPEDS-VA_2025-0742766390794478112BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. Biannual preventive dental visits are recommended to promote good oral health and identify problems, yet children in many families do not receive this care due to time-related barriers. Paid sick leave mandates have the potential to relieve parental time constraints and facilitate scheduling and attending pediatric dental visits; thus, we sought to evaluate the effects of state paid sick leave mandates on children’s receipt of preventive dental care.METHODS. Using 2016 to 2023 National Survey of Children’s Health data and a difference-in-differences approach, we compared trends in children’s receipt of preventive dental care in states that did and did not implement paid sick leave mandates.RESULTS. Pre-implementation of paid sick leave mandates, children residing in states that later implemented these policies were more likely to have received preventive dental care, to be non-Hispanic white, to have private health insurance, and to have parents with more than a high school education, relative to children residing in states that never implemented paid sick leave mandates. State paid sick leave mandates were associated with a 3.2% relative increase (95% CI: 0.2%, 6.2%) in rates of children receiving preventive dental care, controlling for time-varying demographic and policy characteristics, with state and year fixed effects.CONCLUSIONS. State-paid sick leave mandates may alleviate competing parental work and caregiving responsibilities and provide parents with additional time and flexibility to obtain dental care for their children.

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NBER@nber.org · 4mo ago

The latest NBER Reporter is now live: nber.org/reporter?pag... Featuring the Development Economics Program Report by Seema Jayachandran and Benjamin A. Olken and research summaries by: • Jäger and Schoefer • Hanushek and Rivkin • Corman and Dave • Auclert, Rognlie and Straub

The Reporter

The Development Economics (DEV) program was launched in 2012 and has 190 affiliated researchers. The success the program is enjoying today is in very large part thanks to Duncan Thomas, who led the…

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WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · 4mo ago

This is Jomvet. She is the rootinest tootinest cowboy around with a two-ounce hat on her head and a yeehaw in her heart. 12/10 (IG: mha.mahamek)

a small white maltese pup wearing a tiny brown cowboy hat sits in a field of vibrant green grass. she looks toward the camera with dark eyes and her pink tongue hanging out. she's new sheriff in town.
David Bradford@bradfowd1.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The abstract submission deadline for HHES is coming up in 10 day (March 15). It's always a great set of papers and an amazing setting, so don't miss it! tinyurl.com/HHES2026-Inv...

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David Bradford@bradfowd1.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The call for abstracts for the 2026 Highland Health Economics Symposium is out - see details below. Abstract deadline is March 15. This invitational conference emphasizes bringing junior and senior people together and promotes fun along the way. Hope to see you there! tinyurl.com/HHES2026-Inv...

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 5mo ago

Millions of working New Yorkers now have more sick leave & time off. We spoke to 5 Amazon employees about what Local Law 145 means for them. In addition to expanding NYC’s Protected Time Off, we’re launching proactive employer compliance checks with the Department of Consumer & Worker Protection.

Photo of a man wearing an Amazon Teamsters hat and a hi-vis jacket next to this quote: “This bill is very important to me. My son, who’s 17, has a mental disability. I have guardianship. He called me at work saying he was going to commit suicide. I left work and stayed the night with him at the hospital. The next day at work, they said I didn’t have enough time accrued to go to the hospital. I had to fight to get my time back to just zero so I wouldn’t get fired.” Michael Lebron Amazon Labor Union-IBT Local 1 Photo of a man in a hoodie and hi-vis jacket in a deli next to this quote: “This bill should have passed years ago. I hurt my foot on the job and they told me to take 2 ibuprofen and keep going. The next day a doctor confirmed my foot was broken, but when I brought the doctor’s note to work, they said I was lying. A bill like this will hold them accountable. But then again, the accountability really has to be enforced. Because Amazon has enough money to continue to do what they’re doing.” Anthonie Sparrow Amazon Labor Union-IBT Local 1 Photo of a woman with a cane wearing an Amazon Teamsters shirt next to this quote: “This bill makes me hopeful. I fell leaving my shift and had to take unpaid leave to recover. And now, in bad weather I have to take unpaid leave because it slows me down. This bill makes us feel like we have a voice, and hopeful that other people are thinking of us while these big corporations are crushing us down.“ Joelle Jean Amazon Labor Union-IBT Local 1 Photo of a man wearing a beanie and white hoodie jacket next to this quote: “It’s about time. We walked out in 2020 [and demanded] 2-weeks leave, and [Amazon] refused. I was injured and my wife was in a high-risk pregnancy. We struggled. For a lot of these workers, English is their second language, and their leave isn’t explained to them well. I think this bill will help a lot.” Wajdy Bzezi Amazon Labor Union-IBT Local 1
Davide Dragone@davidedragone.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Today we have the first 𝚅̲𝙴̲𝚁̲𝙱̲ 𝚜̲𝚎̲𝚖̲𝚒̲𝚗̲𝚊̲𝚛̲ of 2026! Please share! 𝐀𝐧𝐠é𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: State recreational cannabis laws and racial disparities in the criminal legal system 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 3:30 - 4:30pm UTC Join via 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦: us02web.zoom.us/j/8675295172...

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NBER@nber.org · 6mo ago

The latest NBER Reporter is now live: nber.org/reporter?pag... Featuring the Industrial Organization Program Report by Liran Einav and research summaries by: • Bayer, Ferreira, and Ross • Caliendo and Parro • Layton, Maestas, and Shepard • Deza, Maclean, and Ortega

The Reporter

Researchers in the Industrial Organization (IO) program study consumer and firm behavior, competition, innovation, and government regulation. This report begins with a brief summary of general…

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healtheconall@healtheconall.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Reminder: Essen Health Conference 2026 - submission deadline in two weeks #healtheconomics

Reminder: Essen Health Conference 2026 - submission deadline in two weeks

From: Essen Health Conference Subject: Reminder: Essen Health Conference 2026 Dear colleague, This is a friendly reminder that the submission deadline for the Essen Health Conference 2026 is in two weeks! We invite full paper submissions in the fields of health, education and labour economics. We are excited to announce an excellent line-up of keynote speakers: Melanie Wasserman (UCLA Anderson School of Management) and Stephanie von Hinke (University of Bristol) [...]

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