Nathan Blascak
@nathanblascak.bsky.social
Health economics and consumer/household finance at the Philadelphia Fed || Data enthusiast || Views expressed here are my own.
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Nathan Blascak
@nathanblascak.bsky.social
· Sep 22
Happy first birthday to Jon and Ray! Had no idea a year could go by that quickly.
My paper on the consumer financial impacts of Missouri's 2005 Medicaid cut with @1armedeconomist.bsky.social and Slava Mikhed is finally out in the fall issue of AJHE: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Missouri’s Medicaid Contraction and Consumer Financial Outcomes | American Journal of Health Economics: Vol 11, No 4
Abstract In July 2005, the state of Missouri implemented a series of cuts to its Medicaid program. These cuts resulted in the elimination of the Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities progra...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My paper on the consumer financial impacts of Missouri's 2005 Medicaid cut with @1armedeconomist.bsky.social and Slava Mikhed is finally out in the fall issue of AJHE: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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🚨 JOB MARKET PAPER ALERT! 🚨
Why do firms provide different workplace amenities? And how does amenity provision affect labor market inequality? 🧵
Why do firms provide different workplace amenities? And how does amenity provision affect labor market inequality? 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🚨 JOB MARKET PAPER ALERT! 🚨
Why do firms provide different workplace amenities? And how does amenity provision affect labor market inequality? 🧵
Why do firms provide different workplace amenities? And how does amenity provision affect labor market inequality? 🧵
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ICYMI: New #FEDSPaper: Understanding Preferences for Payment Cards using Household Scanner Data: www.federalreserve.gov/econres/feds... #EconSky
Understanding Preferences for Payment Cards using Household Scanner Data
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.
www.federalreserve.gov
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
ICYMI: New #FEDSPaper: Understanding Preferences for Payment Cards using Household Scanner Data: www.federalreserve.gov/econres/feds... #EconSky
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🚨New predoc positions!🚨
Join @alexbartik.bsky.social and me to work on developing LLM tools to analyze zoning regulations and their impacts on housing affordability.
One position starting at the "normal" cycle next year, and another ASAP.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/176538
Join @alexbartik.bsky.social and me to work on developing LLM tools to analyze zoning regulations and their impacts on housing affordability.
One position starting at the "normal" cycle next year, and another ASAP.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/176538
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October 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🚨New predoc positions!🚨
Join @alexbartik.bsky.social and me to work on developing LLM tools to analyze zoning regulations and their impacts on housing affordability.
One position starting at the "normal" cycle next year, and another ASAP.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/176538
Join @alexbartik.bsky.social and me to work on developing LLM tools to analyze zoning regulations and their impacts on housing affordability.
One position starting at the "normal" cycle next year, and another ASAP.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/176538
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The fall edition of the @ashecon.bsky.social newsletter came out last week with 6 great articles
1. @jimflynn9.bsky.social interviewed ASHEcon President-Elect @johncawley.bsky.social
www.ashecon.org/activities/n...
1/7
1. @jimflynn9.bsky.social interviewed ASHEcon President-Elect @johncawley.bsky.social
www.ashecon.org/activities/n...
1/7
John Cawley Interview – ASHEcon
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October 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The fall edition of the @ashecon.bsky.social newsletter came out last week with 6 great articles
1. @jimflynn9.bsky.social interviewed ASHEcon President-Elect @johncawley.bsky.social
www.ashecon.org/activities/n...
1/7
1. @jimflynn9.bsky.social interviewed ASHEcon President-Elect @johncawley.bsky.social
www.ashecon.org/activities/n...
1/7
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Posted a short blog post with updated data (and public repo with data) of current state of Econ job market:
paulgp.com/2025/10/08/j...
paulgp.com/2025/10/08/j...
October 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Posted a short blog post with updated data (and public repo with data) of current state of Econ job market:
paulgp.com/2025/10/08/j...
paulgp.com/2025/10/08/j...
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My co-authors Sarah Shubeck (UCM) & Emily Crawford (Booth PhD student) & I have a new paper in JAMA Health Forum studying the effects of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on insurance churn (defined as losing health insurance over the next 12 months) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Insurance Churn and the COVID-19 Pandemic
This study estimates whether the Families First Coronavirus Response Act decreased insurance churn.
jamanetwork.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My co-authors Sarah Shubeck (UCM) & Emily Crawford (Booth PhD student) & I have a new paper in JAMA Health Forum studying the effects of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on insurance churn (defined as losing health insurance over the next 12 months) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
More great work from this amazing team of researchers! The collection of papers Sarah and colleagues have put out have really changed my priors.
1000 low income adults were randomly selected to receive $1000/month for 3 years, with a control group receiving $50/month over that same period. Many of them had children in the household. How did it affect how they parented and their kids’ outcomes? www.nber.org/papers/w34040
July 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
More great work from this amazing team of researchers! The collection of papers Sarah and colleagues have put out have really changed my priors.
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Our workshop Econometrics at Emory: Causal Inference with Panel Data is happening May 2–3, 2025!
🎯 We are thrilled to welcome Guido Imbens as our keynote speaker. But that’s just the start.
🎙️ We have a stellar lineup of speakers from both academia and industry to talk about causal inference!
🎯 We are thrilled to welcome Guido Imbens as our keynote speaker. But that’s just the start.
🎙️ We have a stellar lineup of speakers from both academia and industry to talk about causal inference!
April 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Our workshop Econometrics at Emory: Causal Inference with Panel Data is happening May 2–3, 2025!
🎯 We are thrilled to welcome Guido Imbens as our keynote speaker. But that’s just the start.
🎙️ We have a stellar lineup of speakers from both academia and industry to talk about causal inference!
🎯 We are thrilled to welcome Guido Imbens as our keynote speaker. But that’s just the start.
🎙️ We have a stellar lineup of speakers from both academia and industry to talk about causal inference!
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JUST IN: Federal health agencies have to slash their spending by more than a third, on top of the 10,000-person staffing cuts.
On top of layoffs, HHS ordered to cut 35% of spending on contracts
Federal health agencies have to slash their spending by more than a third, on top of the 10,000-person staffing cuts.
www.npr.org
April 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
JUST IN: Federal health agencies have to slash their spending by more than a third, on top of the 10,000-person staffing cuts.
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The 2025 Midwest Health Economics Conference will be held at Notre Dame, September 4-5. Paper submissions are due by May 15. This is a fantastic conference, you can submit your papers here:
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March 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The 2025 Midwest Health Economics Conference will be held at Notre Dame, September 4-5. Paper submissions are due by May 15. This is a fantastic conference, you can submit your papers here:
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Our #WEFIDEV #webinar on #Finance and #Development is back! We are meeting on April 14, 28, and May 12, with great speakers. Have a look at our program & sign up for our mailing list:
www.wefidev.com/spring-2025-...
Organized w/ @giorgiabarboni.bsky.social Kim Fe Cramer & Nicola Limodio
www.wefidev.com/spring-2025-...
Organized w/ @giorgiabarboni.bsky.social Kim Fe Cramer & Nicola Limodio
WEFIDEV - SPRING 2025 WEBINAR SCHEDULE
Seminars take place the second and fourth Monday of every month at 5pm Central European Time / 11 am Eastern Time on Zoom.
www.wefidev.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Our #WEFIDEV #webinar on #Finance and #Development is back! We are meeting on April 14, 28, and May 12, with great speakers. Have a look at our program & sign up for our mailing list:
www.wefidev.com/spring-2025-...
Organized w/ @giorgiabarboni.bsky.social Kim Fe Cramer & Nicola Limodio
www.wefidev.com/spring-2025-...
Organized w/ @giorgiabarboni.bsky.social Kim Fe Cramer & Nicola Limodio
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Since 2018, UW RDRC supported over 150 research projects, including the well-being of seniors and people with disabilities in Social Security programs (SSI, SSDI, OASI). I am proud of the training and research conducted as part of the RDRC, but without SSA as a partner, this research will stall.
February 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Since 2018, UW RDRC supported over 150 research projects, including the well-being of seniors and people with disabilities in Social Security programs (SSI, SSDI, OASI). I am proud of the training and research conducted as part of the RDRC, but without SSA as a partner, this research will stall.
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NEW: Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
www.propublica.org
February 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NEW: Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
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Hi #econtwitter and #econsky, we finally made the switch! This is the official account for the Electronic Health Economics Colloquium (EHEC).
Follow for our 2025 presentation schedule, out soon! And please share widely!
Follow for our 2025 presentation schedule, out soon! And please share widely!
February 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hi #econtwitter and #econsky, we finally made the switch! This is the official account for the Electronic Health Economics Colloquium (EHEC).
Follow for our 2025 presentation schedule, out soon! And please share widely!
Follow for our 2025 presentation schedule, out soon! And please share widely!
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BRFSS data has been taken offline
January 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
BRFSS data has been taken offline
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January 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Applications due 2/1 ⏰ for AEA Summer Economics Fellows at the Philly Fed and many other Reserve Banks and gov agencies, run by @aeacswep.bsky.social and @aeacsmgep.bsky.social. This is a great program!
Please apply!
www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
Please apply!
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Summer Economics Fellows Program
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January 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Applications due 2/1 ⏰ for AEA Summer Economics Fellows at the Philly Fed and many other Reserve Banks and gov agencies, run by @aeacswep.bsky.social and @aeacsmgep.bsky.social. This is a great program!
Please apply!
www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
Please apply!
www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
The twins are at a fun stage where they constantly bring me books to read to them.
Unfortunately (for me), the only book they bring me is "Wheels on the Bus."
Unfortunately (for me), the only book they bring me is "Wheels on the Bus."
January 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The twins are at a fun stage where they constantly bring me books to read to them.
Unfortunately (for me), the only book they bring me is "Wheels on the Bus."
Unfortunately (for me), the only book they bring me is "Wheels on the Bus."
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The Society of Government Economists welcomes submissions of individual papers and sessions for its annual conference to be held on Friday, April 4, 2025 at American University Washington College of Law. All are welcome! Please help me circulate the Call for Papers: www.sge-econ.org/sge-2025-ann...
January 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The Society of Government Economists welcomes submissions of individual papers and sessions for its annual conference to be held on Friday, April 4, 2025 at American University Washington College of Law. All are welcome! Please help me circulate the Call for Papers: www.sge-econ.org/sge-2025-ann...
As usual, Paul's list is great (though admittedly, I've only had a chance to play a 1/4 of the games on his list). Here are some additional ones that are great:
Video games I liked or loved this year:
December 22, 2024 at 3:31 PM
As usual, Paul's list is great (though admittedly, I've only had a chance to play a 1/4 of the games on his list). Here are some additional ones that are great:
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Just in time before the holidays! New FEDS Notes with my coauthor Anna Tranfaglia on gender differences in credit card limit *changes*. www.federalreserve.gov/econres/note...
A Note on Gender Differences in Credit Card Limit Changes
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.
www.federalreserve.gov
December 20, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Just in time before the holidays! New FEDS Notes with my coauthor Anna Tranfaglia on gender differences in credit card limit *changes*. www.federalreserve.gov/econres/note...
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(From Fed Board post on X. Great opportunity for PhD students doing macro! #econsky)
The Federal Reserve Board is hiring Ph.D. Dissertation Fellows for summer 2025. Applications will be accepted through February 1, 2025.
To learn more and apply, visit: frbog.taleo.net/careersectio...
The Federal Reserve Board is hiring Ph.D. Dissertation Fellows for summer 2025. Applications will be accepted through February 1, 2025.
To learn more and apply, visit: frbog.taleo.net/careersectio...
Graduate Dissertation Fellow Program, Economic Research (Summer 2025)
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
frbog.taleo.net
December 20, 2024 at 4:23 PM
(From Fed Board post on X. Great opportunity for PhD students doing macro! #econsky)
The Federal Reserve Board is hiring Ph.D. Dissertation Fellows for summer 2025. Applications will be accepted through February 1, 2025.
To learn more and apply, visit: frbog.taleo.net/careersectio...
The Federal Reserve Board is hiring Ph.D. Dissertation Fellows for summer 2025. Applications will be accepted through February 1, 2025.
To learn more and apply, visit: frbog.taleo.net/careersectio...
Just in time before the holidays! New FEDS Notes with my coauthor Anna Tranfaglia on gender differences in credit card limit *changes*. www.federalreserve.gov/econres/note...
A Note on Gender Differences in Credit Card Limit Changes
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.
www.federalreserve.gov
December 20, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Just in time before the holidays! New FEDS Notes with my coauthor Anna Tranfaglia on gender differences in credit card limit *changes*. www.federalreserve.gov/econres/note...
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📢 Due to technical difficulties with the Confex system, we will be extending abstract submissions until 11:59 PST December 19, 2024. If you have any difficulties please reach out to [email protected].
Submit here 👉 ashecon.confex.com/ashecon/2025...
Submit here 👉 ashecon.confex.com/ashecon/2025...
Call for Papers
Call for Papers
ashecon.confex.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:46 PM
📢 Due to technical difficulties with the Confex system, we will be extending abstract submissions until 11:59 PST December 19, 2024. If you have any difficulties please reach out to [email protected].
Submit here 👉 ashecon.confex.com/ashecon/2025...
Submit here 👉 ashecon.confex.com/ashecon/2025...