Massive credit to @fedeabides.bsky.social —the real mastermind behind the JIVI paper! Can’t believe I missed the tag in the first tweet. 👏📈
In 1961 Cuba bet everything on health and education. Did it work? New paper with Rok Spruk follows the next 60 years and finds the payoff was real and lasting: fewer infant deaths, longer lives, and human capital that compounded for generations.
arxiv.org/abs/2605.29785
A new way to estimate causal effects when using several IVs. Just Accepted new paper by Nadja van’t Hoff, Arthur Lewbel, and Giovanni Mellace zurl.co/XZvKK
Giovanni Mellace
Giovanni Mellace
Looking forward to presenting in Torino at #IAAE2025 our Shapley Instruments paper in a super interesting session. Join us on Wednesday if you attend the conference
Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat)
Excited to present at #iHEA2025 in Bali 🌴:
📄 Nudging Nutrition: Lessons From the Danish "Fat Tax"
📄 Sex Differences in Healthcare Utilisation: Evidence from Unexpected Adverse Health Shocks
#IHEA205
It's always a great time visiting my coauthor @fedeabides.bsky.social in Siena. This time I also presented our brand new paper Shapley Instruments joint with Nadja van't Hoff and Zsolt Sandor.
🎉 Thrilled to share that my paper with Riccardo Di Francesco has been accepted at Economics Letters!
🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2502.11691
Dealing with many weak instruments? 📉
Our new paper "Jackknife Instrumental Variable Inference" (JIVI) provides robust tests for models with endogeneity & heteroskedasticity. Better size and power in tough settings! 🚀
Read the full draft:
arxiv.org/abs/2604.1543
Excited to share our new paper on arXiv! 📢
With my amazing colleagues Seetha Menon and Nadja van 't Hoff, we show that—contrary to common belief—men use more healthcare than women when faced with an unexpected health shock.
🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2509.01310
I had such a great time at #espe2025 in Napoli. Very interesting presentations and outstanding social events in an amazing location.
