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Good introduction to healthcare in the United States?

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Good introduction to healthcare in the United States?
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Healthcare and healthcare insurance in the United States have been the focus of much research by hundreds of health economics in the last several decades. There are many complex economic issues involved. As a first step, I recommend you take a look at the health insurance chapters in Jonathan Gruber's "Public Finance and Public Policy" textbook: https://www.macmillanlearning.com/college/us/product/Public-Finance-and-Public-Policy/p/1319105254

Quick and dirty way to total up the economic costs of COVID-19?

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Quick and dirty way to total up the economic costs of COVID-19?
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In short, there are probably many ways that you could get a rough estimate of this and they are all likely flawed in some way or another which makes this a really tough question to answer. Also, we probably haven't fully realized the impact of COVID on the economy; it is likely to have lingering effects.

Covid-19 Costs

I'm looking for a quick and dirty way to total up the economic costs of Covid-19. Does it make sense to add (1) expected 2020 GDP losses (about
$1.6T) 

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Save lives or open up?

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Save lives or open up?
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In short, we do not know, especially so because nothing like this has hit the US in modern times. The Great Depression was a massive disrupter and devastator but caused ultimately by economic forces from within. This time around, the fundamentals of the economy were basically sound when an external shock hit. As to your specific question, many economists feel a combination of aggressive testing, periodic shut-downs, selected re-openings is the way to go. Both extremes, shutting everything down or opening everything up, will either lead to a long-lived economic disaster or loss of lives.

ROI of early identification and early treatment of children's mental health issue

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ROI of early identification and early treatment of children's mental health issue
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There is a large body of research that shows that peers matter for later academic and economic success.  A prominent study in which children were randomly placed in kindergarten classes showed that children who were placed in schools with higher performing peers had higher earnings and better socioeconomic status as young adults (Chetty et al, 2011).  Children who were exposed to disruptive peers while in elementary school had 3% lower earnings as young adults (Carrell et al, 2018).  Contributing to the adverse effects of disruptive behavior in class is the impact on teachers

Alex Hollingsworth (Indiana University)

Friday, February 26, 2016 - 3:40 pm to 5:00 pm
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