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Lauren Hoehn-Velasco

@lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social
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Economics Assistant Professor @gsueconomics.bsky.social @iza.org Health, public, and demographic economics.

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James Feigenbaum @jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Submitted a pair of referee reports this week. Ran them both through coarse.ink (~80 cents each) after I submitted. I think @packlesshepherd.bsky.social has made an INCREDIBLE tool, but anyone who thinks these things are better referees than a human is telling on themselves...
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‘coarse — AI peer review, of course.
An open-source multi-agent AI system that reviews your academic paper like a real referee. Bring your own OpenRouter key. Usually under $2.
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Lauren Hoehn-Velasco @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Thrilled to kick off the Spring 2026 Economics Seminar Series at @gsueconomics.bsky.social 🎉 If you’re in Atlanta and would like to join one of the talks, feel free to reach out!
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Olanrewaju Yusuff, PhD @olayusuff.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🚨 New Working Paper! 🚨 Excited to share our new study with Professor @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social, and @reinahuang.bsky.social on Public Payment Mandates & Provider Supply: a look at how Medicaid reimbursement helped bring Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNMs) into mainstream U.S. healthcare 🧵
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Lauren Hoehn-Velasco @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🚨 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor! 🚨 Come join us at GSU econ (@gsueconomics.bsky.social)!! We’re an applied, collaborative, and innovative department in the heart of Atlanta. #EconSky Happy to talk more about our department for anyone considering applying.
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Lauren Hoehn-Velasco @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Meet the 2025–2026 job market candidates from GSU Economics! 🎉 @gsueconomics.bsky.social #econsky 👇 Here’s a quick introduction to each candidate.
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Lauren Hoehn-Velasco @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Thrilled to start the fall semester’s seminar series at @gsueconomics.bsky.social 🎉 If you’re in Atlanta and would like to join one of the talks, send me a message!
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Lauren Hoehn-Velasco @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Our 2nd annual @gsueconomics.bsky.social PhD Summer Symposium was a success! 🎉 It was great to showcase our GSU Economics JMCs for 2025–26. Thanks to @jonisaacsmith.bsky.social y.social for co-organizing, and a big thank-you to our endowed chairs for sponsoring this event!
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Lilly Springer @springerecon.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
“The Consequences of Federal Abortion Funding Bans” from @mayrapinedat.bsky.social, @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social, and Nikita Dhingra looks at a really understudied form of abortion restrictions
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Olanrewaju Yusuff, PhD @olayusuff.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
#EconSky Seeking 1-2 papers for the #2025APPAM panel on public insurance mandates & healthcare access! Our paper with @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social and Yu-Ting Huang explores Medicaid CNM reimbursement & midwife delivery growth. Need papers on health policy, labor markets, or reimbursement. Thanks!
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Sukriti Beniwal @beniwalsukriti.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Honored to receive the Graduate Student Paper Award at #SRSA this year! Grateful for the support of my advisors and mentors, and excited to keep digging into health policy & economics. @gsueconomics.bsky.social @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social
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Georgia State Economics Dept. and Seminar Series @gsueconomics.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Congratulations to our own @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social for her recent publication in the Journal of Health Economics along with her coauthors Seth Freedman and Diana R. Jolles! "Intensive care supply and admission decisions": www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Intensive care supply and admission decisions
Over 2005–2019, the number of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) grew by 10%, and the number of NICU beds increased by 30%. This expansion in inten…
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Awful timing given the funding meltdown in the USA IZA shutting down its institute in Bonn Hoping to maintain the scholar network www.deutsche-post-stiftung.org/media/202502...
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Ana Paula Melo @anamelo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
🚨 #EconSky PhD students working in Applied Micro: Submit your paper for the 4th Workshop, co-organized by @cmichaudleclerc.bsky.social, Priya Mukherjee, and me! Plus, we have two amazing keynotes this year: @econsandy.bsky.social and Rema Hanna.
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Lauren Hoehn-Velasco @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Excited for our spring seminar lineup at @gsueconomics.bsky.social !! If you’re in the Atlanta area, reach out to me if you want to drop in on one of these talks.
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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Deadline is soon! The Race and Stratification Working Group at NBER will have its annual meeting on Friday, April 4, 2025! Dania Francis, Vicki Bogan, Ellora Derenoncourt and I are organizing the program. Submit your paper before the December 19, 2024 deadline! conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
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Submission: Race and Stratification Working Group, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBERNBER: National Bureau of Economic Research
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Lauren Hoehn-Velasco @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
We have **two** open endowed chair positions at GSU!! 🎉 Our department is very collegial and everyone works on applied/policy relevant work. It’s a great place to be!
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Gina C. Pieters, PhD @ginapieters.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
264/ Not a literal starter pack, but @annagoeddeke.bsky.social has assembled a googledoc of starter packs. bsky.app/profile/anna...
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Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We often forget how many aspects of life have dramatically improved in recent history
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Lauren Hoehn-Velasco @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
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Lauren Hoehn-Velasco @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I made a starter pack for GSU economists! I’m sure I missed people, so feel free to comment and tell me to add you 😬 go.bsky.app/Qw7tAjd
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Lauren Hoehn-Velasco @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Thanks @jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social for the invitation! It was great to present and catch up with everyone 😊
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Georgia State Economics Dept. and Seminar Series @gsueconomics.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
📢 We're hiring at @gsueconomics.bsky.social ! Come join our Economics department at Georgia State University! 📢 We're hiring an endowed chair position. This is an open field full professor position, with the option for promotion upon hire! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.... #EconSky
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Ingo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
149! I have one spot left in this starter pack! Whom did I miss? (Guess there will be more of these necessary soon...). @bsky.app , why the 150 cap, anyway? go.bsky.app/5NP4VCb
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ASHEcon @ashecon.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
The call for abstracts for the 14th ASHEcon Conference is now open! The conference will be held June 22-25, 2025 at the Grand Hyatt Nashville in Nashville, TN. Submit here 👉 www.ashecon.org/announcement... The deadline for submissions is Dec. 11, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST.
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Lauren Hoehn-Velasco @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Come be our colleague! @gsueconomics.bsky.social is a great place to be an economist. #EconSky Happy to talk more about the position or our department for anyone considering applying.
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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I’ve made a Women in Econ starter pack (s/o @vinisingh.bsky.social for sparking the idea!). Share, follow, and comment below if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 11/11/2024
This place is glowing up quickly! If you're new, welcome! If you love econ, the blog below can help you get plugged into the community here. If you read this a while ago & haven't checked it out lately, maybe do. I'm adding resources & people are changing their starter packs all the time.
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Lauren Hoehn-Velasco @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
For anyone new to Bluesky & looking for starter packs--this ⬇️ is so helpful!!
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
I started a starter pack of economists working on gender. It's sparsely populated, so please point out people I've missed. go.bsky.app/P6kvUEe
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David Slusky @davidslusky.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
We’re here! Follow us for organizational updates and recommendations.
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Lauren Hoehn-Velasco @lhoehnvelasco.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Our GSU Economics Department is excited to introduce our 2024-2025 job market candidates! #EconSky
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