Alberto Ortega
@berto_econ
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Assistant Professor @IUONeill @IndianaUniv
Bloomington, IN
Joined June 2017
Health economics pre-doc opening at O'Neill School at Indiana University. Come work with @KosaliSimon, @seth_freedman, @DrSumedhaGupta, @berto_econ, @AparnaSoni7, @coady_wing, and more! Send recommendations. Apply at: https://t.co/lqB3PpYTDg
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The threat of affirmative action litigation reduces police killings of non-White civilians while diversifying police departments up to 25 years after litigation, from @RobynnCox, @DrJPCunningham, and @berto_econ
https://t.co/zh30VjUbER
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We are looking for a postdoctoral scholar to come work with us at Indiana University! Please circulate widely. Posting at https://t.co/WkKBMcQUu7 Application reviewing starts May 29th and continues til position is filled.
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We are excited to host the 14th annual Midwest Health Economics Conference at Indiana University, Bloomington, Sept 26-27. Submit to https://t.co/xtyyZc9eNj by May 1. Tell all your friends in the midwest (both geographically and in spirit)! @EconTony
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2024 Economic Report of the President dedicated the first chapter to our very own beloved and greatly missing Dr. William Spriggs. He was a giant and left a lasting impact on how we think about labor economics. @HowardU @HU_COAS @hufaculty
Ch 1, The Benefits of Full Employment, dedicated to the late William Spriggs, examines the macroeconomic and labor market impacts of full employment and tight labor markets, with a particular focus on the benefits for traditionally disadvantaged workers. https://t.co/pTq3sT9VQl
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Tennessee booted a bunch of people off Medicaid in 2005, they lost access to mental health services, and went out and did crimes. https://t.co/uzqeQDNE45
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Key mechanisms are lapse in mental health and decreased economic security.
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Forthcoming in the AER: "The Gift of a Lifetime: The Hospital, Modern Medicine, and Mortality" by Alex Hollingsworth, Krzysztof Karbownik, Melissa A. Thomasson, and Anthony Wray.
aeaweb.org
(July 2024) - We explore how access to modern hospitals and medicine affects mortality by leveraging efforts of the Duke Endowment to modernize hospitals in the early twentieth century. The Endowment...
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Just finished presenting our paper (joint work with @berto_econ) on racial protests and credit access at the Freedom and Justice Conference. Thanks for the great comments and suggestions! @NEAEcon @ASHE_ASSA AERIP @Nina_EBanks @aviceisza @indigenalysis #EconTwitter
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Can’t stop thinking about this story. A *QUARTER* of all CT State troopers wrote tens of thousands of fake tickets to fake white people, likely to hide over-policing of minorities. Both the number of tickets and the share of troopers is ASTOUNDING. https://t.co/9bLlqEjoX5
ctinsider.com
There is a “high likelihood” hundreds of Connecticut State Police troopers...
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Community access to mental health and substance use disorders is associated with a reduction in on-duty assaults against police officers, from @monicajdeza, @thanh2lu, @JCMecon, and Alberto Ortega https://t.co/7kuPBdnZbi
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Increasing access to mental healthcare improves police officer safety, as measured as on-duty assaults against police. Thank you @nberpubs for promoting our work and to my awesome team @JCMecon @thanh2lu @berto_econ
https://t.co/ixwSx4U7he
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Good on @POTUS and the @WhiteHouse administration for paying their respects and recognition of the contributions of @WSpriggs, an economist dedicated to the improvement of the experience of Black Americans and all of humanity ❤️ 🙏🏾 🥂
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We organized an #LERA2023 round table at 8:30 a.m. ET today on understanding policing and police labor in society and the economy, where @RobynnCox presented work with #EGgrantee @DrJPCunningham + @berto_econ. Also featured: @STRedmond, @LipstickEcon, and more 👇
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