Annual conference for building collaboration among health economists in the southeast US Run by @_Lindsay_Allen & @bradfowd1; take everything with copius salt.
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The Call for Submissions for the 2026 SHESG is now live. SHESG will be held on Oct. 9-10 at the University of Georgia. Submissions from all areas of health economics are welcome. The deadline for abstracts is June 15. See the call below for more details. Submit early and often!
The deadline for submitting an abstract to SHESG 2026 (October 9-10, Athens GA) is tomorrow. Don't miss out on one of the best conferences of the year. Send your abstract to [email protected] with the subject line "SHESG 2026 abstract submission" now! Don't forget!!
Only 10 days left until the deadline for submissions to SHESG 2026 in Athens, GA. Don't miss out! Submit those abstracts soon (deets below).
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The Call for Submissions for the 2026 SHESG is now live. SHESG will be held on Oct. 9-10 at the University of Georgia. Submissions from all areas of health economics are welcome. The deadline for abstracts is June 15. See the call below for more details. Submit early and often!
We wrap up #SHESG2025 on a high note with Christine Durrance presenting work with her colleagues on online dating, dating markets, and family formation. The internet caused a major shock in the way people meet - especially with the introduction of dating-specific apps.
For the #SHESG paper, they study the impact of CP on births. They use a CS DiD with one control (the RUCC urbanicity code) because of the way Craigslist rolled out. They find that the birth rate for 15-44 year old women rises after CP arrives.
For our third presentation of the morning at #SHESG2025 we have Wei Fu presenting work on the benefit of paid family leave in reducing child maltreatment. Obviously, the US stands out among developed countries as not having national paid family leave.
He uses NCANDS data to understand how PFL in three states causally affects cases of child maltreatment reported to authorities over the time frame of 2002-2022. This obviously spans the COVID years. He aggregates data to the county level.
Next up at @SHESG2025, Katherine Wen presents work on employment and vaccine mandates. Katherine and her colleagues study the impact of vaccinations mandates surrounding COVID. You may remember that there was significant push-back from workers about the mandates at the time.
The mandates do seem to translate into lower active COVID rates of illness among the staff. Helpfully, this improvement in staff outcomes benefits residents who see associated reductions in COVID infections and deaths.