sam sturm
@samuel_m_sturm
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Health Economist @JohnsHopkinsSPH formerly @aysps
Atlanta, GA
Joined October 2014
#RDDers: check it out. rd2d: Causal Inference in Boundary Discontinuity Designs "This article introduces the R package rd2d, which implements and extends the methodological results developed in Cattaneo et al. (2025) for boundary discontinuity designs [like geographic RDDs]."
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Proud advisor moment, Sam just started a scientist position at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He will be continuing tobacco research there. Follow him now to keep up with what will be an exciting career!
Had a great first week @EconForHealth Really excited about the work ahead. Grateful to be starting interesting research with such a sharp, welcoming group!
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Had a great first week @EconForHealth Really excited about the work ahead. Grateful to be starting interesting research with such a sharp, welcoming group!
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These indirects are crucial to what I do as an NIH-funded health economist at @Mizzou. They pay for research infrastructure I use on a daily basis such as grants managers, legal teams, IRB, computers/software, and high-performance computing environments. For some scientists, they
Last year, $9B of the $35B that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) granted for research was used for administrative overhead, what is known as “indirect costs.” Today, NIH lowered the maximum indirect cost rate research institutions can charge the government to 15%, above
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It's well known that lower income people tend to suffer much worse health. Is poverty at the heart of this disparity, and, if so, could a large cash transfer help close this gap? We examine an RCT that provided 1000 low income participants $1000/month for 3 years. We find…
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econometrics is the most meaningful thing you can do with your life and everything else is just cope
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This is a very striking "hockey stick" graph. TV coverage starts rising when gas price hits around $3.50. https://t.co/uJ9waLVOzc
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Every 3 years, the Fed conducts the single most detailed survey of US wealth—and they just released the first data since COVID In it, real median net worth rose 37% to a record high, wealth inequality fell, debt burdens eased, and asset ownership rose🧵 https://t.co/he4Jxt8LUL
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US Median Wealth Has Hit a Record High Propelled by Rising Home Prices, Growing Stock Ownership, and Pandemic-era Excess Savings
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If Karikó had faced today’s immigration system back in 1985, she probably wouldn’t be here How many Karikós are we turning away today?
BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
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People are deeply confused about the purpose of wealth. You save for (1) life-cycle reasons (retirement) (2) uncertainty (3) inability to borrow or tap into equity (4) inheritance. (1) isn't important at median (social security), (4) either. (2) and (3) are symptoms of problems
This seems underdiscussed. If you are rich the best place to be is in the United States, but that is a big if.
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Today is a good day to remember that no one knows what a derivative is.
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Really solid report! Unemployment and Prime Age Employment/Population are basically where they were in July 2019.
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@boomergeek @chrisgeidner @soledadobrien @samtrayter @kamilumin How special can something be if it’s in Goddam Dayton, Ohio?
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First one has always been a personal fav
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Jordan Peterson and Jack Dorsey have a favorite inflation "measure." It's not very good.
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Jordan Peterson and Jack Dorsey are touting a bogus theory about the inflation rate.
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Big victory for progressives who fought chained CPI, which would have likely caused significantly lower benefits in a strange year like this.
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Millions of people have had federal UI benefits cut off Stated goal: speed the labor market recovery. Is it working? Tldr: Nope. Per person losing benefits, net employment changes by -0.14 to + 0.08. Uncertainty remains large.
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This is a really interesting paper by @AmandaYAgan & @mikemakowsky, finds minimum wages (and EITC) reduced recidivism. Recently accepted at @J_HumanResource. Wasn't sure what we should expect to find here...so interesting to see the evidence. Paper: https://t.co/k3DuTPeaHt
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