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Do mental health treatment delays impact mortality?
Sydney Costantini (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) on how clinic congestion affects mortality for veterans:
youtu.be/r62hE1agkkI
How does divorce affect children in the near- and long-term?
From @acjohnston.bsky.social (@utaustin.bsky.social), @maggierjones.bsky.social (@capolicylab.bsky.social) & Nolan Pope (UMD):
youtu.be/_W-0dMVf7hM
Can providing free education to one generation benefit future ones as well?
From Esther Duflo (MIT), Pascaline Dupas (@princetonecon.bsky.social), Elizabeth Spelke (Harvard) & Mark Walsh (GiveWell):
youtu.be/Ta7vQqkkNxw
The Nordic countries are often cited as a socioeconomic model that combines low inequality with prosperity and growth.
Magne Mogstad (UChicago), Kjell Salvanes (@nhhnor.bsky.social) & Gaute Torsvik (University of Oslo) critically examine that claim:
youtu.be/nTMXPa-GJjM
How do criminal organizations affect economic development?
Nikita Melnikov (Nova SBE), Carlos Schmidt-Padilla (@goldmanschool.bsky.social) & MarÃa Micaela Sviatschi (@princetonecon.bsky.social) on the impact of gang control:
youtu.be/2030Yfdj7ug
Preschoolers get sick frequently, and may expose their infant siblings to severe respiratory infection.
@meltemdaysal.bsky.social (Univ. of Copenhagen), Hui Ding (Fudan), @maya-rossin-slater.bsky.social (Stanford) & Hannes Schwandt (@sesp-nu.bsky.social) on the consequences:
youtu.be/WmRM2RUx_gU
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What are the political consequences of weakening local newspapers?
Milena Djourelova (USC), Ruben Durante (NUS) & @gjmartin.bsky.social (@gsb.stanford.edu) on the impact of Craigslist:
youtu.be/QmRYRZHY9aE
Is college still an engine of social mobility?
@zbleemer.bsky.social (@princetonecon.bsky.social) & Sarah Quincy (@vanderbilt.edu) on changes in the relative wage premium for low-income Americans:
youtu.be/05OUfSKvlUw
Can redistribution change policy views?
Travis Baseler (@urochester.bsky.social), @thomasginn.bsky.social (@cgdev.org), Robert Hakiza (YARID), Helidah Ogude-Chambert (@odid-qeh.bsky.social) & Olivia Woldemikael (@thenewschool.bsky.social) on aid & attitudes toward refugees:
youtu.be/9Y1yKIImwZs
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Economic models often assume households behave as a single decision-making unit. Does this mirror reality?
Taha Choukhmane (@mitsloan.bsky.social), Lucas Goodman (U.S. Treasury) & @cormacodea.bsky.social (Yale) on the retirement savings of U.S. couples:
youtu.be/eHowMVi5MoA
