Audience seated in a large lecture theatre at the Scottish Economic Society Conference 2026 in Glasgow, watching Jeffrey Wooldridge deliver the President’s Invited Lecture, with his presentation slide projected on a large screen at the front.

President’s Invited Lecture at #SES2026 🎓
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We’re delighted to welcome Jeffrey Wooldridge to deliver the Scottish Economic Society President’s Invited Lecture 2026.

"Simple, Flexible Strategies for Estimating Causal Effects with Staggered Interventions"

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Lantz retires from the University of Michigan Paula Lantz, whose work has helped shape national conversations about social determinants of health, will retire from the University of Michigan on May 31, 2026.

Congratulations to Paula Lantz, my forever-advisor, mentor, collaborator, and friend. fordschool.umich.edu/news/2026/la...

A graph titled “the public health success of the measles vaccine” that shows the number of measles cases in the United States plummeting after the vaccine was introduced in 1963

I showed this graph in class yesterday on how measles cases in the United States plummeted dramatically after the vaccine was licensed in 1963. It’s not subtle and I could not resist observing: “This stunning design in measles cases was not thanks to vitamin A. It was not due to beef tallow.”

"Frog," said Toad, "what if there was more to economics than diff-in-diffs?"

Congratulations

First edition published 250 years ago today

Competition in Health Insurance Markets Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

New paper out with Amanda Starc on competition in health insurance markets, in particular on the complicated ways in which asymmetric information and competition interact (spoiler: things aren’t going so well). www.nber.org/papers/w34928

🎉Introducing Dr. David Powell as a new Senior Fellow at Penn LDI!

Dr. Powell is a health economist with research on the opioid crisis, population aging, working conditions, and end-of-life care.

Learn more about his work: ldi.upenn.edu/fellows/fellows-director...

Dr. Harsha Thirumurthy named CHIBE’s Inaugural Endowed Chair - Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE) Dr. Harsha Thirumurthy has been named CHIBE’s Inaugural Endowed Chair called the Founders Professorship of Population Health.

Congrats to Dr. Harsha Thirumurthy (@hthirumurthy.bsky.social) on being named CHIBE's inaugural endowed chair! chibe.upenn.edu/news/dr-hars...

Public Health Care Cambridge Core - Macroeconomics - Public Health Care

This is really good- Luigi and his colleagues are both excellent economists and real health scholars who do important, useful, work every day. It shows in this book.

Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D., internationally recognized leader in health policy and economics, beloved teacher, loving patriarch, and inaugural chair of the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC), passed away on January 1, 2026.

“Our country has lost a legend.” masshpc.gov/news/press-r...

We mourn the loss of Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D., a leader in health policy and economics and the inaugural chair of the HPC.

“Dr. Altman dedicated his life to a health care system that is affordable and accessible for all,” said HPC Executive Director David Seltz.

Reforming Long-Term Care Policy A summary of the current long-term care crisis, how we got here, options for reforming federal policy, and the costs of the status quo to the people affected.

Long-term care needs are rising—but federal policy isn’t keeping pace. A new brief from Penn LDI, drawing on research by Allison K. Hoffman, Rachel Werner, and Tamara Konetzka, explores today’s LTC challenges and opportunities for reform. https://penncareylaw.news/4aPHvcw

In case anyone is interested, here is my latest contribution to DiD. In this case, nonlinear models with repeated cross sections. A (short) paper will be ready soon. It's nothing path breaking but shows the obvious extensions from the panel data case works.

www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/lne2y...

TWFE is not perfect, of course. But when selection is largely based on time-constant unobservables, it can still be very effective. We have to use a flexible enough model, but that’s on us — not on the estimator. We can allow lots of heterogeneity. Plus, we sometimes can combine with IV.

Tragic death of John Leahy. An amazing economist, wonderful adviser, consistently modest and kind, he will be greatly missed.

May his memory be a blessing.

Kate Ho at the beach.

The Economics Department at @Princeton is saddened to share the news of Professor Kate Ho's passing. Professor Ho was an exemplary teacher, researcher, adviser, colleague, and friend. She will be dearly missed.

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My boss is very fast.

It was a pleasure attending the #AHEW at @umich.edu this year. It was a great opportunity to get in-depth exposure to cutting edge econometric work. Special thanks to @edwardnorton.bsky.social, #NickPapaGeorge, & many others for organizing & hosting a great workshop.

6. and @johnmullahy.bsky.social and @edwardnorton.bsky.social, recipients of the Willard G. Manning Memorial Award (health econometrics research)

www.ashecon.org/activities/n...

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Early View The Rise of Health Economics: Transforming the Landscape of Economic Research

📈 Once niche, health economics is now central to the field.

A new study shows its share in top journals tripled since the 1990s—driven not by conformity, but by innovative, high-quality research.

Health is shaping the future of economics.

It is with great sadness that I learned today of the passing of my friend, mentor, and co-author Dr. Allen Goodman. Allen was an exceptional mentor and was kind, thoughtful, and supportive. I am passing his legacy on, teach the next generation of health economists.

Today's date, 7/24/25, is a Pythagorean triple. The next one will be next century: on 2103/04/05.

The Int’l Health Econ Assn (IHEA) is searching for a health economics researcher to serve as its next Exec Director

healtheconomics.org/job-advertisem…

Michigan Medicine locations through history - Google My Maps In honor of the 175th anniversary of the University of Michigan Medical School, this map traces the locations of medical education, clinical care and research facilities across U-M's history, from 185...

Need something to distract you from the news?

Try my interactive map of @umich.edu medical history!

michmed.org/NYAyW

(Click the pins to see and read about each building)

Read more about how we went from one building on the Diag to today's Michigan Medicine: michmed.org/vQ5eZ #medhist #histmed

Last week 7 leading journals (including Health Economics) distributed a joint statement on editorial independence and academic freedom. Today, IHEA (the International Health Economics Association) joins our statement in solidarity. See their endorsement on the IHEA homepage:

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Thank you to IHEA for joining with the health economics journal editorial boards in defending academic freedom and editorial independence. The IHEA May Newsletter has both their endorsement and our original statement: healtheconomics.org/wp-content/u...

Royal Economic Society honour for Lancaster Professor Bruce Hollingsworth - Lancaster University Professor of Health Economics Bruce Hollingsworth has been appointed a Founding Fellow of the Royal Economic Society.

The Editorial Board of Health Economics is very pleased to congratulate one of our own, Prof. Bruce Hollingsworth, on being appointed a Founding Fellow of the Royal Economic Society. This is a high and well-deserved honour! Read all about it here:

www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/oyal-ec...

Joint Statement of Principles Statement of Principles from the Editorial Boards of Leading Health Economics Journals May 21, 2025 As academic independence and freedom of expression face increasing threats across many countries a...

A direct link to this statement can be found below. Please distribute this widely so that all of our colleagues in the discipline can see that their work is valued and that we will not collaborate with, or tolerate, political coercion.

sites.google.com/view/joint-s...

The Editorial Boards of leading health economics journals are issuing a Joint Statement of Principles on Editorial Independence. In these troubled times some scholars worry their work might suffer ideological attack. We reaffirm our commitment to unfettered scholarship. Please repost.