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David Molitor

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Economist and Associate Professor at Illinois Gies College of Business. davidmolitor.com

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Standard Error Research Editors @standarderror.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We were delighted to select and present the Best Paper Prize for the 2nd time at the @cinchessen.bsky.social Economics of Mental Health Workshop, this year at @univdauphine.bsky.social to prizewinner Alden Chang for research with Martin Hackmann 1/9 stderr-editors.com/blog/cheng-a...
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Cheng and Hackmann receive mental health economics workshop Best Paper Prize for research on mortality effects of nursing home room assignments
The prize recognizes the authors’ outstanding empirical work and the direct applicability of their findings for improving patients’ health outcomes.
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David Molitor @davidmolitor.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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/ Keiser, @bhashmazumder.bsky.social , @joseph-s-shapiro.bsky.social
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Joseph Shapiro @joseph-s-shapiro.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
💧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 www.nber.org/papers/w35288 👇
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