Peter Eibich
@peibich.bsky.social
Health economist with an interest in aging, retirement and preventive care. Professor of Economics, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, IZA & GLO
🆕Publication Fewer Heart Attacks, More Cancer Cases, Better Survival Chances Medical progress is currently one of the strongest forces shaping populations & their health. Researchers examined how disease prevention has affected various diseases in Sweden. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/advancesprevention
🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12
Mein Partner und ich streiten uns darüber, ob ein Piratenschiff nach marxistischer Betrachtung eine Kolchose ist. Musste per Telefon meine Mutter belästigen, die in der Sowjetunion Wirtschaftstheorie studiert hat.
As an economist, I understand the idea behind submission fees. But honestly, fees over 100 USD? What do these editorial Boards think our research Budgets look like?
Hear me out, what if Nolan tried to keep the linearity by cutting the timeline down to a day and setting it in Dublin
The years just pass like trains - I wave but they don't slow down
Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 2w ago
When the Vera Institute took a bunch of US prison officials on a tour of German prisons, they said the German officials were left literally speechless for a moment when they leaned about the gap in correctional officer training (which is ~same). Genuinely could not reply at first, in shock.
Peter Eibich@peibich.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is quite a shocking figure
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 In 1942, these men didn't just enlist to fight a world war—they fought a grueling battle at home just for the right to wear the uniform. They are the Montford Point Marines. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Like this from @timharford.ft.com on how inclusive design principles can often help all users, not those just seen as traditionally excluded www.ft.com/content/4d8e...
The anatomy of an AI-supported academic article is becoming more apparent. I desk reviewed ~70 manuscripts this week for our journal. Reckon 20ish had significant AI assistance. On top of hundreds of others recently I'm starting to see patterns. Are other editors are seeing the same or similar? 1/
Good news! Everything Will Swallow You got chosen as a recommended read for July in The Guardian. (The review's misleading in terms of what the book really is, but let's forget about that bit.) Nice to be in the company of Miriam Toews, who is rather great. www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
The best books to read in July: new paperbacks from Andrew O’Hagan, Miriam Toews and Oyinkan Braithwaite
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some fantastic new paperbacks, from the gripping story of an international murder case to a state-of-the-nation yarn
theguardian.com
1/ You might not have even thought you needed this, but here it is: an update of the German duck curve! 🦆 The curve shows the distribution of average hourly wholesale prices over the course of the day (normalized with the yearly average price). You can see an ongoing (and not so great) trend:
Just gonna stop supporting the teaching of nursing, huh? I'm sure that'll have no ill effects. On a completely different topic, how long are NHS wait times right now?
I would like my students to be like S1, but if I can't have S1, give me S22!
Sung Kim@sungkim.bsky.social · 4w agoA Brown professor gave his students a take-home midterm exam. After suspecting many cheated using AI, he made the final in-person. The orange dots are the midterm scores and the gray dots are the final scores. I applaud S22 for honesty because I would've cheated.
Whenever I’m imprudent enough to post a complaint about DAGs
Spheal Posting@sphealposting.bsky.social · 4w ago
In politics, we’re torn between ideals and practicalities, aspirations and realities, the world as we want it, and as we find it But one day a manifesto comes along that reconciles both in every pledge. A rare moment of clarity and hope
What a great article not only on faculty workloads, but how little our salaries actually factor in to most university budgets. A few highlights. First, our salaries are falling:
Yup The vaccine came too late for a friend of mine, who is now going through very harsh treatment for HPV-related throat cancer (the radiotherapy, in particular, is really tough to go through) Our 10 year old son has had his full course of HPV vaccination 💪💪
Marc Veldhoen@marcveld.bsky.social · last mo.HPV vaccination can be described as one of the most effective cancer-prevention tools we have. A new Lancet paper shows what happens when strong biology, strong epidemiology, and enough time come together: fewer women are dying from cervical cancer. marcveldhoen.substac... 1/2
Took some intense zoom meetings for the three of us to map all the complex plot points of this trilogy out and get it all to make sense and I have to confess there were some pretty fucking heated arguments along the way but I think we made it all work well in the end.
Jane@mickymeares.bsky.social · last mo.My son saw 1983 on my bedside table and asked “is that a prequel to 1984?”
Late to this, but a big thank-you to @ckronenberg.bsky.social and @peibich.bsky.social for hosting this year's Economics of Mental Health Workshop. It's a great meeting and I encourage anyone doing mental health economics work to attend!
Christoph Kronenberg@ckronenberg.bsky.social · last mo.Some delayed impressions from day 2. Lots of exciting research before @marcounipd.bsky.social gave an equally exciting second keynote. Finally, Alden Cheng won the best paper prize for an outstanding paper. @peibich.bsky.social, @univdauphine.bsky.social and Paris were excellent hosts.
"Its very emptiness is a human triumph of sorts, a reminder that we do still get to choose what shape the future will take. Collectively, we took a look at the metaverse, and with one voice we decided: not this." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
Life at the end of the metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg built a future that nobody wanted. Tech bosses are repeating his mistake
prospectmagazine.co.uk
The cooling system was installed by the village AC technician, Thermodynamix 😊
Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash!@standplaatskrk.pl · last mo.
It was a great pleasure for us to host this excellent group of researchers at @univdauphine.bsky.social! Despite the heat, discussions were lively with lots of insightful comments and ideas!
Christoph Kronenberg@ckronenberg.bsky.social · last mo.Some delayed impressions from day 2. Lots of exciting research before @marcounipd.bsky.social gave an equally exciting second keynote. Finally, Alden Cheng won the best paper prize for an outstanding paper. @peibich.bsky.social, @univdauphine.bsky.social and Paris were excellent hosts.
My contribution to AC discourse: What is the better option to replace a gas heating and cool down the house over the summer - an air-to-air heat pump with an electric boiler, or an air-to-water or geothermal heat pump + fixed AC?
