We are hiring 2 new PhD candidates in behavioral health economics @EsCHER_EUR@ESHPM_EUR! Find out the vacancies here: https://t.co/HQ8FIc6viN and https://t.co/fYrc0V7t1m
Of >105,000 participants with 30-year follow-up, only 9.3% achieved healthy aging (age 70, w/o any chronic diseases). Their diet was significantly associated with this outcome🧵 @NatureMedicine
I was recently on an interview about where behavioral economics is heading. The interviewer and I agreed on 3 general areas, one of them being the spread of behavioral insights to organizations, and leveraging those organizations to advance science. For those interested, I lectured on this topic at the AEA meetings. Slides are here: https://t.co/hJ4p3yLRYs
Kahneman said: “The concept of loss aversion is certainly the most significant contribution of psychology to behavioral economics.”
In a new paper @kubitzg1 and I propose an explanation for it, as a feature of our cognition that helps us make good decisions.
🚨New Paper in @Nature🚨
To simplify & speed up COVID vaxxes in mid-2021, the White House announced free @Uber & @Lyft rides to vax sites. Great idea, right? We ran a HUGE experiment: Do free round-trip @Lyft rides to pharmacies boost vaccination? A🧵
https://t.co/kAEecv6eKN
I'm editing a special issue on health economics for Theory and Decision. The call for papers is here: https://t.co/w8hQ3aZZSZ. Deadline: November 1st, 2024. Looking forward to your contributions!
"low- to very low-certainty evidence regarding the effectiveness and unintended consequences of public health and social measures in controlling the risk and scale of COVID-19 transmission"
https://t.co/M7VS1QTt4l
🚨New Paper🚨
Economics says: pay people directly for goal achievement.
A new field experiment led by @BerkeleyHaas Prof. Rachel Gershon shows higher achievement if you pay people only if they and a friend both achieve their goal (here, gym attendance).👉https://t.co/OSY4qe6Jnf
Too Many Left Behind on the Road to Universal Health Coverage : A Preview of the 2023 Global Monitoring Report on UHC
https://t.co/R8KtiTaTT2
Same stories every year... ;-(
Teaching health economics related classes this semester? Consider using (and adding to) @ashecon repository of syllabi and other teaching materials https://t.co/odgaSD9bR8 Thanks to those who created it, great to have this resource.