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The Applied Econ Angle
by Lauren Hoehn Velasco
Key Insights from Applied Economics Papers in Less than 10 Minutes laurenhoehnvelasco.substack.com
Episodes
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The Impact of Financial Assistance Programs on Health Care Utilization
In this episode, we delve into a 2022 study by Adams et al. published in AER Insights AI Generated Timestamps 00:19 Background on Healthcare Financing 00:37 Importance of Hospital Financial Assistance 00:54 Case Study: Kaiser Permanente 03:08 Key Findings on Healthcare Utilization 04:36…
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Race and the Provision of Water and Sewerage Services in American Cities, 1880-1925
In this episode, we explore The Limits of Jim Crow: Water and Sewage Services in American Cities (1880-1925) by Werner Troesken, published in the Journal of Economic History in (2002) AI-Generated Timestamps 00:16 Overview of the Paper 00:40 Historical Context: Jim Crow Era 00:58 Research…
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Representation and Extrapolation: Evidence from Clinical Trials
In this episode, we dive into the paper 'Representation and Extrapolation: Evidence from Clinical Trials' by Alsan et al., published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 2024. AI-Generated Timestamps 00:57 The Problem of Underrepresentation 01:26 Impact on Physicians and Patients 02:28...
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1918 Every Year
This episode examines “1918 Every Year: Racial Inequality and Infectious Mortality” by Feigenbaum et al., published in the AEA Papers and Proceedings in 2022. AI-Generated Timestamps 00:00 Introduction to the Paper 01:24 Key Findings 02:44 Exploring the Causes of Disparities 03:20 Future Research...
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The Long-Term Economic Impact of Public Health Interventions
In this episode, we explore how effective public health initiatives are in shaping lifelong economic outcomes and look at Hoehn-Velasco (2021), published in the Economic Journal. This study investigates the long-term impact of county-level health departments introduced in rural America between…
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Water Quality and Human Capital Formation
In this episode, we explore a significant public health issue: the long-term effects of early life exposure to contaminated water. I overview a 2016 study published in the Journal of Economic History by Beach et al., focusing on typhoid fever and its impact on human capital formation.…
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Impact of Hospital Delivery Practices on Health Outcomes
In this episode, we cover a 2023 study titled 'The Health Impacts of Hospital Delivery Practices' published in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. This study explores the crucial question of whether variations in hospital delivery practices, especially the use of cesarean sections,...
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The Impact of Birth Weight on Life Outcomes
In this episode, we explore a paper 'From the Cradle to the Labor Market: The Effect of Birthweight on Adult Outcomes,' authored by Black, Devereux, and Salvanes published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 2007. We delve into the study that examines both the short-term and long-term…
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The Role of Culture in the Historical Fertility Transition
This episode covers the fertility transition of the late 19th century, explored in Beach and Hanlon's 2023 study published in the Review of Economic Studies — Culture and the Historical Fertility Transition. The paper considers why fertility rates dropped so suddenly and uniformly in the late...
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The Impact of Family Planning Programs on US Fertility
In this episode, we examine a paper by Martha Bailey, published in 2012 in the American Economic Journal, Applied Economics, Reexamining the Impact of Family Planning Programs on US Fertility: Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X that analyzes the rollout of federally...
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Abortion before & after Roe
In this episode, we dive into Joyce, Tan, and Zhang, published in the Journal of Health Economics in 2013, which explores the effects of abortion legalization in the United States around the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. We discuss the availability of abortion services pre- and post-Roe,...
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The Impact of Legal Abortion on Maternal Mortality
Impact of Legal Abortion on Maternal Mortality In this episode, we look at the effect of legal abortion on maternal mortality. The paper considered is by Farin, Hoehn-Velasco, and Pesko and Published in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy in 2024. AI-generated timestamps 00:00...
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Environmental Health Risks and Housing Values
Overview of 'Environmental Health Risks and Housing Values: Evidence from 1600 Toxic Plant Openings and Closings,' published in the American Economic Review in 2015 by Currie, Davis, Greenstone, and Walker. This research delves into the external costs of industrial plants in the U.S. by examining...
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The Role of Air Pollution in Procyclical Mortality
Overview of 'Air Pollution and Procyclical Mortality' by Heutel and Ruhm, published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists in 2016. The paper investigates the paradoxical relationship between health and economic activity, specifically examining how pollution...
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Water Quality, Public Notifications, and Child Outcomes
Overview of 'Testing the Water: Drinking Water Quality, Public Notifications, and Child Outcomes' published in the Review of Economics and Statistics in 2022 by Michelle Marcus. This paper investigates the links between drinking water quality violations, avoidance behavior, and child health...
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Lead, Fertility, and Birth Outcomes
Overview of “The Flint Water Crisis: Impact on Fertility and Birth Outcomes” a 2019 study by Grossman and Slusky, published in Demography, examining the effects of the Flint water crisis on fertility and birth outcomes. The research investigates the impact of the switch from Lake Huron to Flint...
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Family Health Behaviors
Summary of Fadlon and Nielsen (2019) or Family Health Behaviors published in the American Economic Review. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit laurenhoehnvelasco.substack.com
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Prenatal Cigarette Taxes and Adult Smoking
Summary of Hoehn Velasco et al (2023) The Long-Term Impact of in Utero Cigarette Taxes on Adult Prenatal Smoking published in the American Journal of Health Economics. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Young Adult Alcohol Consumption and Mortality
Summary of Carpenter and Dobkin (2009) The Effect of Alcohol Consumption on Mortality: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from the Minimum Drinking Age, published in AEJ: Applied. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...
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Alcohol taxes and alcohol consumption
Summary of Gehrsitz, Saffer, Grossman (2021) published in Journal of Public Economics. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit laurenhoehnvelasco.substack.com
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Paid Sick Leave and Fertility
Overview of Maclean, Popovici, and Ruhm (2023), which is currently an NBER working paper. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit laurenhoehnvelasco.substack.com
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Understanding Pro-cyclical Mortality
Overview of The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Understanding Pro-cyclical Mortality by Ann H. Stevens, Douglas L. Miller, Marianne E. Page, and Mateusz Filipski published in the American Economics Journal: Economic Policy 2015. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...
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Place-based Drivers of Mortality
Overview of Based Drivers of Mortality: Evidence from Migration published in the American Economic Review 2021 by Amy Finkelstein, Matthew Gentzkow, and Heidi Williams This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Paid Family Leave and Health
Overview of The Effect of Paid Family Leave on Infant and Parental Health in the United States - Bullinger (2019) published in Journal of Health Economics. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Education and Mortality: Evidence from a Social Experiment
Overview of Meghir, Palme, & Simeonova (2018) published in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit laurenhoehnvelasco.substack.com
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Health Behaviors and Education
Overview of Cutler & Lleras-Muney (2010) published in Journal of Health Economics. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit laurenhoehnvelasco.substack.com
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Income, Education, and Health
Overview of Lleras-Muney (2022) published in the Canadian Journal in Economics. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit laurenhoehnvelasco.substack.com
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Income and Child Health
Overview of Case, Lubotsky & Paxson (2002) published in AER. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit laurenhoehnvelasco.substack.com
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Rural Health in the United States 1870 - 1920
Overview of Higgs (1973) published in Explorations in Economic History. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit laurenhoehnvelasco.substack.com
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Booms, Busts, and Babies Health
Overview of Dehejia and Lleras-Muney (2004) published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit laurenhoehnvelasco.substack.com
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Child health and family income
Overview of Currie, Shields, Price (2007) published in Journal of Health Economics This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit laurenhoehnvelasco.substack.com
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Foreclosures and Health
Overview of Currie and Tekin (2015) published in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit laurenhoehnvelasco.substack.com
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