MD-PhD professing at the University of Pennsylvania. Health, economics, and health economics.
Aaron Schwartz
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Reminder, if you’re going to @ashecon.bsky.social 2026, come to our Wednesday session of creative uses of recession discontinuity with some of the best in the business, including @aschwartz.bsky.social, @vinisingh.bsky.social, @dzeltzer.bsky.social, and @mlbarnett.bsky.social!
This study of four cohorts of French schoolchildren shows that the gender gap in math (girls falling behind) begins essentially immediately as soon as kids start school. They use the natural variation in kids' ages at school start to show that it's school entry, not age, that triggers the change.
Boys and girls exhibit very similar maths scores upon school entry, but a gender gap in favour of boys becomes highly significant after 4 months of schooling, which increases with years of schooling,&...
Early risers at #ASHEcon2026, come see my work looking at referral frictions from primary to specialty care in the VA!
Excited for our #ASHEcon panel TUESDAY 10:15am on natural experiments in acute care. Papers on decisionmaking in surgeon-anesthesiologist dyads, emergency attending peer dyads, and clustering of patient acuities. ashecon.confex.com/ashecon/2026...
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wow, @vinisingh.bsky.social and @dzeltzer.bsky.social and @aschwartz.bsky.social in one session? what a treat. I’ve already been by bowled over by @vinisingh.bsky.social ‘s Deadlt Stigma paper and the other two look fascinating as well.
A tired dad knowledge worker who putters around the house/garden and sings extemporaneous songs about his daughter. I’ve never felt more seen on film in my dad life era.
Impressive digitization of historical physician directories to study the effects of liberalizing licensing for foreign medical graduates in the 1960s and 70s. Nice work from Wenni Yang, a UC Davis PhD student.
Pretty poor rates of referrals to specialists being converted from primary care orders to completed specialty encounters. Work by @assumenormality.bsky.social
Aaron Schwartz
If you're buying plane tickets to ASHEcon '26, make sure you stay for our session (last of the conference) of 3 RDs studying heuristics, stigma, & guidelines. With @aschwartz.bsky.social, @vinisingh.bsky.social, @dzeltzer.bsky.social, and @mlbarnett.bsky.social! ashecon.confex.com/ashecon/2026...
Reminder, if you’re going to @ashecon.bsky.social 2026, come to our Wednesday session of creative uses of recession discontinuity with some of the best in the business, including @aschwartz.bsky.social, @vinisingh.bsky.social, @dzeltzer.bsky.social, and @mlbarnett.bsky.social!
Dan Ly
If you're buying plane tickets to ASHEcon '26, make sure you stay for our session (last of the conference) of 3 RDs studying heuristics, stigma, & guidelines. With @aschwartz.bsky.social, @vinisingh.bsky.social, @dzeltzer.bsky.social, and @mlbarnett.bsky.social! ashecon.confex.com/ashecon/2026...
