We’re pleased to announce that Dr. Jishnu Das of Georgetown University will be on campus to present at the Joint Seminar in Development Economics on Monday, October 10 at 11:00am. The seminar will take place in person in Savery 410.
Zoom Link (for those unable to attend in person): https://washington.zoom.us/j/98699064305 [washington.zoom.us]
There are some opportunities to meet with Jishnu on Monday (sign up here [docs.google.com]), but Jishnu is also giving the CSSS seminar on Wednesday, October 12, and will have many more opportunities to meet then. So if you are interested in meeting with him then and not on the CSSS listserve, please let me know and I’ll make sure you get the sign-up. Graduate students interested in joining Jishnu for lunch on Monday though, do let me know.
Please contact me at rmheath@uw.edu, if you have any questions about meetings or the seminar.
Title: Randomized Regulation: The impact of minimum quality standards on health markets
Abstract: We report results from the first randomization of a regulatory reform in the health sector. The reform established minimum quality standards for patient safety, an issue that has become increasingly salient following the Ebola and COVID-19 epidemics. In our experiment, the census of 1348 health facilities in three Kenyan counties were classified into 273 markets, and the markets were then randomly allocated to treatment and control groups. Government inspectors visited health facilities in treated markets and, depending on the results of their inspection, recommended closure or a timeline for improvements. The intervention increased compliance with patient safety measures in both public and private facilities (more so in the latter) and reallocated patients from private to public facilities without increasing out-of-pocket payments or decreasing facility use. In treated markets, improvements were equally marked throughout the quality distribution, consistent with a simple model of vertical differentiation in oligopolies. Our paper establishes the use of experimental techniques to study regulatory reforms and, in doing so, shows that minimum standards can improve quality across the board without adversely affecting utilization.
Demographic Research has released a new publication by Drs. Sara Johnsen and Megan Sweeney titled “Female sterilization in the life course: Understanding trends and differentials in early sterlization”. This paper utilizes the National Survey of Family Growth to examine racial, ethnic, and educational differences in the prevalence of sterilization and its timing in the life course. Key findings include observing differing patterns of sterilization timing across racial, ethnic, and educational groups.
The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment has several job opportunities ranging from Research Manager, Policy Researcher, Senior Policy Researcher and many others! Check these out!
The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS) is calling for applications for two postdoctoral fellowships. The David E. Bell Fellowship and the Mortimer Spiegelman Postdoctoral Fellowship are fantastic opportunities for early-career scientists coming from a range of fields such as sociology, public policy, medicine, and economics. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 at Noon (EST). Make sure to check out this incredible opportunity here!
CHIA’s Research Unit is seeking a Researcher to support the development of meaningful research and analysis to leverage the agency’s extensive data resources. The Researcher will report to the Research Manager and will work closely with the research team and in collaboration with other colleagues in CHIA to develop practical and optimal analytical strategies for utilizing the CHIA data assets, including survey data, case-mix datasets, and the APCD. The successful candidate will have technical expertise in research design, methodologies, analytic methods, and analytic techniques to support the team’s ongoing projects and new initiatives.
The Researcher will work on multiple projects a year in collaboration with internal and external colleagues and be engaged in qualitative and quantitative research related to health care quality, affordability, utilization, access, and outcomes in Massachusetts. The Researcher will receive mentorship in the preparation of presentations for professional meetings (potential meetings include the American Public Health Association annual meeting, the AcademyHealth annual meeting, the American Association for Public Opinion Research annual meeting, and the National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) annual meeting), research briefs, and white paper development. The Researcher will have the opportunity to receive training, including Python, R, and SQL, through CHIA’s internal Data Science Institute. In addition, after six months of full-time employment, the Researcher will become eligible for the Commonwealth Tuition Remission Program for further professional development.
CSDE Fellow Aasli Nur and co-authors publish a paper in the Journal of Global Health. The paper entitled “Drivers of COVID-19 policy stringency in 175 countries and territories: COVID-19 cases and deaths, gross domestic products per capita, and health expenditures.” The authors utilize a dataset of 175 countries and territories to model the marginal effects of new COVID-19 cases on policy stringency controlling for adjusted gross domestic product (GDP), per capita and health expenditure (% of GDP), and public expenditure on health. The results show that policy response to new cases and deaths was faster and more stringent early in the COVI-19 pandemic (March-August 2020) in comparison to subsequent periods. Make sure to check out other findings from this publication!
The CEPH-accredited School of Public Health at Texas A&M University seeking qualified candidates for three Instructional Track Professor (APT) positions in the Department of Health Behavior. Our program continues to grow, and we are seeking three outstanding emerging or established teaching scholars. We are accepting applications with the intention to hire for Fall 2023 and will begin reviews of applications on November 15, 2022. Link to announcement: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apply.interfolio.com/110265__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!lqh1YWpMOpdxHDgmnzE_bWy-t5GXHWPOiewEjB9IZoNnx6OJ4TVqdHMqULEf4aa3-Esbn4JEvPlx7eqS$
The Jackson School has shared a series of events! Check out this weeks events such as “Waging Peacce in View Nam | US Soldiers & Veterans Who Opposed The War: exhibit and student essay contest” in the Suzzalo Library!
Department of Sociology at Rowan University seeks Tenure Track Faculty position specializing in Health and Illness
Position available at University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez