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Tal Gross

@talgross.bsky.social
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Economist at Questrom School of Business, Boston University. Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Co-author of "Better Health Economics: An Introduction for Everyone."

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Tal Gross @talgross.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Humana introduced popular Walmart-branded plans. Younger spouses were more likely to pick them if their older spouse joined Medicare when the plan was available. We study this using a regression-discontinuity design that exploits birth dates just before/after the new plans entered the market.
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Tal Gross @talgross.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Over 70% of couples choose the exact same Part D plan. Even among couples whose drug needs are very different, the majority still pick the same plan. We create “placebo spouses” based on observables: <20% overlap.
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Tal Gross @talgross.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
That's Stata, here's a start in R.
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Tal Gross @talgross.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Step 3: eliminated unnecessary ink.
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Tal Gross @talgross.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Step 2: all text horizontal. Horizontal text is easier to read than vertical text.
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Tal Gross @talgross.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Step 1: labels not legends. This makes the graph much easier to read.
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Tal Gross @talgross.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
To start, here's a graph with the default Stata options.
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Tal Gross @talgross.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
ChatGPT can help you deal with tables in LaTeX
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Tal Gross @talgross.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Creating slides for class and I broke ChatGPT
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