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Daniel van Strien @danielvanstrien.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Uploaded a dataset of 98,877 historical newspaper pages (1700s–1940s) to the Hub, each with its original OCR text, word boxes and confidence scores. huggingface.co/datasets/big...

Sample grid of newspapers in the dataset

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ajhejournal.bsky.social @ajhejournal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What are the long-run health effects of abortion legalization? @hamidnb.bsky.social, Vu & @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social find cohorts in utero under legalized abortion regimes had 4.5% lower adult mortality and sizable reductions in disability. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/744083 #EconSky

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Jason Fletcher @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Here are the 16 papers in the newest issue of Economics and Human Biology--see if you can find the pattern www.sciencedirect.com/journal/econ... In related news, happy to have a paper on early life effects of county health departments on longevity with @hamidnb.bsky.social

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Jason Fletcher @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Very happy to work with @nber.org to outline our research program (with @hamidnb.bsky.social), summarizing what we are learning about the impacts of early life circumstances on old age mortality and next steps.

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The Long Shadow of Early Life: Life Cycle Exposures and Old-Age Mortality

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ajhejournal.bsky.social @ajhejournal.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

In Print! Can clean water in early life shape longevity decades later? Using water filtration programs in 25 cities, @hamidnb.bsky.social & @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social find that childhood exposure to filtered water increased male longevity by 3 months. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/734081

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Jason Fletcher @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Ongoing work with @hamidnb.bsky.social on NAFTA and mortality nber.org/papers/w34840

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Hamid Noghani @hamidnb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Thrilled that my JMP found a home in the Journal of International Economics (@jintlecon.bsky.social)!🎉 This paper examines how NAFTA-induced trade shocks affected U.S. infant 👶 health. Full paper:🔗 authors.elsevier.com/a/1kktQ5330m... #Economics #TradePolicy #HealthEconomics #NAFTA #BirthOutcomes

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