@davidmolitor

Economist and Associate Professor @giesbusiness. Director, Health Care Research Initiative. Affiliate @nberpubs @JPAL_NA.

 Champaign, IL
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I’m excited to see my work on how place shapes health outcomes featured in AEA chart of the week
AEA Journals@AEAjournals2 Dec 2020
Your choice of where to live affects more than personal finances and lifestyle—it can actually have an impact on your long-term health, say @TDeryugina and @davidmolitor in today's #ChartOfTheWeek aeaweb.org/research/charts/k…

Moving to a healthier place

Hurricane Katrina forced New Orleanians to uproot and live somewhere else. What effect did that have on their health?

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Ishan Nath@IshanBNath7h
we @HarvardSalata @Kennedy_School @HarvardEcon are hiring predoctoral fellows to work with Wolfram Schlenker, Anna Russo, and myself starting in the summer of 2027! Please send CV/transcript/cover letter to [email protected]. Full job ad here: academicpositions.harvard.ed…

Salata Institute Predoctoral Research Fellowship in Environmental Economics

The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University is recruiting Predoctoral Fellows to support the research of affiliated faculty. Fellows will be given a one-year appointment...

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Joseph Shapiro@_josephshapiro14h
Are we consuming too much groundwater? 💧 Dynamic models for most of the world’s 3,400 aquifers say 61–82% of aquifers are pumped faster than is optimal, costing trillions of $. New paper w BGreaney & KWagner joseph-s-shapiro.com/researc… 1/🧵
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Joseph Shapiro@_josephshapiroSep 16
Love the new @econimate video on our paper "Water Works" w/ @DavidKeiserEcon , Bhash Mazumder, @davidmolitor. youtube.com/watch?v=HkDebSfr… US drinking water pollution fell more than half from 2003 to 2019; Safe Drinking Water Act loans helped, older Americans' health improved.

Safe Drinking Water in America

David A. Keiser, Bhashkar Mazumder, David Molitor, Joseph S. Shapir...

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David Molitor@davidmolitorJun 9
Does cleaning up drinking water save lives? New paper: We link US federal drinking water investments to Medicare records and find they reduce mortality among older Americans, with benefit/cost ratio >20. Thread on what we did... w/ @DavidKeiserEcon Mazumder @_josephshapiro
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Dave Keiser@DavidKeiserEconJun 10
How do you measure drinking water pollution in America? Turns out: with a lot of FOIA requests. Our new working paper assembles a national database of U.S. drinking water pollution concentrations. Here's what it took 🧵 w/ Bhash Mazumder @davidmolitor @_josephshapiro
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Does cleaning up drinking water save lives? New paper: We link US federal drinking water investments to Medicare records and find they reduce mortality among older Americans, with benefit/cost ratio >20. Thread on what we did... w/ @DavidKeiserEcon Mazumder @_josephshapiro
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9/ Caveats: We measure mortality for ages 65+; effects on younger ages are imprecise in county data that is not linked to specific systems. We don't observe cause of death in Medicare. Benefits likely extend beyond mortality. Our estimates are probably a lower bound.
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10/ Bottom line: Federal drinking water investments pass a cost-benefit test by a wide margin. This is useful to know as policymakers debate infrastructure spending. Paper: davidmolitor.com/s/DrinkingW… Paper also has much more on pollution trends, causes: xitter.cf/_josephshapiro/status/…
Joseph Shapiro@_josephshapiroJun 8
💧New Paper Water Works: Causes and Consequences of Safe Drinking Water in America 📉US drinking water pollution fell by HALF in 2003-2019 💰Safe Drinking Water Act $ helped ❤️Investments reduce mortality, benefit/cost ratio >20 w @DavidKeiserEcon BMazumder @davidmolitor 👇
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Joseph Shapiro@_josephshapiroJun 8
💧New Paper Water Works: Causes and Consequences of Safe Drinking Water in America 📉US drinking water pollution fell by HALF in 2003-2019 💰Safe Drinking Water Act $ helped ❤️Investments reduce mortality, benefit/cost ratio >20 w @DavidKeiserEcon BMazumder @davidmolitor 👇
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Submissions for the 2026 Midwest Health Economics Conference are due 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟏. Sept 24–25 at University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign @Illinois_Alma Submit: go.gies.illinois.edu/MHEC202… Submit a paper or volunteer as a discussant: go.gies.illinois.edu/MHEC202…
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Erzo F.P. Luttmer@ErzoLuttmerMay 3
Replying to @ErzoLuttmer @sndurlauf
A straight reject denies the authors a second chance, which may matter especially for authors from less resourced places. A revise-and-resubmit gives expectations that may be too high. From what I see, roughly 50% of reject-and-resubmits convert.
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Recession-induced entry into disability Insurance reflects reduced opportunity costs, not worsening health. Just Accepted new paper by Colleen Carey, Nolan Miller, and David Molitor (@davidmolitor). zurl.co/8lj93

Why Does Disability Insurance Enrollment Increase During Recessions? Evidence from Medicare

Abstract. Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) awards rise in recessions, especially for workers over age 50. We use Medicare data to investigate how health, entry costs, and age-based DI...

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