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Researches at UNC found that marriage may make you happy and healthy but fat as well. If you’ve been a loyal reader of the Healthcare Economist, however, you knew that already. Jason Shafrin’s research on marriage and weight gain already showed that marriage leads to increased weight gain. In fact, the research demonstrated that one…
This week I’ll be in Vancouver for the Western Economic Association International Conference. I’ll be presenting my paper on “Why Does Getting Married Make You Fat? Incentives and Appearance Maintenance.”
Today, April 13th, I successfully defended my dissertation. I now officially have a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, San Diego.
Daniel Wiesen and Jason Shafrin ask you to participate in an economic survey. By completing the survey, you will help advance the science of economics. Further, if you complete the survey by March 20, you will be made eligible to win a $25 gift card to Amazon. To take the survey click on this link or paste…
Daniel Wiesen and Jason Shafrin ask you to participate in an economic survey. By completing the survey, you will help advance the science of economics. Further, if you complete the survey by March 20, you will be made eligible to win a $25 gift card to Amazon. To take the survey click on this…
My paper titled “Why Does Getting Married Make You Fat? Incentives and Appearance Maintenance” was just accepted for presenatation at the Western Economic Association International (WEAI) conference. This paper is co-authored with Uri Gneezy. The conference will take place June 29-July 3, 2009 in Vancouver, Canada.
Today, my paper titled “Operating on commission: How physician financial incentives affect surgery rates” was accepted for publication in the journal Health Economics. A summary of the paper’s findings is below. This paper employs a nationally representative, household-based dataset in order to test how the compensation method of both specialists and primary care providers…
The Healthcare Economist, Jason Shafrin, has a new homepage available at jasonshafrin.com. The homepage has links to my recent drafts of my research and a brief bio. Blog posting will continue on this site.
Last Friday I was the keynote speaker for the Pinal County (Arizona) Health Care Delivery System – 2008 Conference. The conference had an interesting mix of speakers (see agenda). Speakers included Lisa Garcia, the Assistant County Manager of Health and Human Services, two academics from the University of Arizona (Gary Hart and Keith Joiner), and…
Below is an abstract of a working paper I am writing with Dr. John Fontanesi and two other co-authors at the CDC. The complete paper is available on my website. Influenza is the 7th leading killer in the United States. In order an attempt to attenuate the threat of an influenza outbreak, the Centers for…