Rahi Abouk
@aboukr.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics at William Paterson University
Director of the Cannabis Research Institute
Research on Risky Health Behavior, Environmental Health Shocks, and Health Information Technology
Director of the Cannabis Research Institute
Research on Risky Health Behavior, Environmental Health Shocks, and Health Information Technology
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Lisa Cook documented the devastation of the end of Reconstruction. This graph, from her paper "Violence and Economic Activity," shows the effects of Jim Crow on Black patenting and newspapers. As she said on Planet Money: "1899 was the peak year for African American patents per capita. It still is."
August 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Lisa Cook documented the devastation of the end of Reconstruction. This graph, from her paper "Violence and Economic Activity," shows the effects of Jim Crow on Black patenting and newspapers. As she said on Planet Money: "1899 was the peak year for African American patents per capita. It still is."
New published paper on Covid-19 vaccine mandates!
Excited to share our Labour Economics paper!
@johnsearle.bsky.social @aboukr.bsky.social @sungbinpark.bsky.social
We study the extent to which state mandates requiring employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination impacted U.S. healthcare sector employment
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@johnsearle.bsky.social @aboukr.bsky.social @sungbinpark.bsky.social
We study the extent to which state mandates requiring employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination impacted U.S. healthcare sector employment
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Promoting public health with blunt instruments: Evidence from vaccine mandates
We study the effect of mandates requiring COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare industry workers adopted in 2021 in the United States. There are long-…
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May 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New published paper on Covid-19 vaccine mandates!
It was great to present my work at #UWDemSem! Thank you for the invitation.
👏Thank you to CDE Visiting Scholar Dr. Abouk (@aboukr.bsky.social) for joining us today to present at #UWDemSem @cdhauw.bsky.social
➡️Join us next week for our final #UWDemSem of the semester!
cde.wisc.edu/events/demsem/
➡️Join us next week for our final #UWDemSem of the semester!
cde.wisc.edu/events/demsem/
April 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It was great to present my work at #UWDemSem! Thank you for the invitation.
I look forward to meeting @cdeuw.bsky.social
colleagues next week during my visit!
colleagues next week during my visit!
🩺Next week we are excited to have CDE Visiting Scholar Rahi Abouk (@aboukr.bsky.social) presenting “The Roots of Health Disparities: Access to Physicians in Early 20th Century America” at #UWDemSem
➡️Join us on Tuesday, April 15th, at 12:15pm! @cdhauw.bsky.social
cde.wisc.edu/events/demsem/
➡️Join us on Tuesday, April 15th, at 12:15pm! @cdhauw.bsky.social
cde.wisc.edu/events/demsem/
April 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I look forward to meeting @cdeuw.bsky.social
colleagues next week during my visit!
colleagues next week during my visit!
Health Economics is on Bluesky!
Hello World! The Editorial Board of Health Economics is pleased to announce that we are now live on the happier, friendlier, and all-together Blue-er place. Please follow us (and repost) for updates on articles and journal issues as they come out.
January 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Health Economics is on Bluesky!