Professor of Public Affairs at University of Wisconsin. Health Economics, Social Genomics, Networks. Views my own. https://fletcher.lafollette.wisc.edu https://substack.com/@jasonmfletcher
Another AI use case: listening to useless presentations so you don't have to open.substack.com/pub/jasonmfl...
Another AI use case: listening to useless presentations so you don't have toI’m a good way through sketching out a book length treatment of the work I’ve been doing on longevity (esp with Hamid Noghanibehambari).open.substack.comHow often do NBER Summer Institute organizers put their own papers on the program? open.substack.com/pub/jasonmfl...
How often do NBER Summer Institute organizers put their own papers on the program?Peter Hull asked, so...open.substack.comIt's not "verification" of AI-assisted research open.substack.com/pub/jasonmfl...
Time to update our timeline of projects at americanmortalityproject.lafollette.wisc.edu Work on county health departments with @hamidnb.bsky.social Free access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Now there is no excuse not to take advantage of one of the best public good elements of @nber.org, which is circulating so much free, great and timely economics research throughout the year. This webpage makes it even easier to locate work related to your interests. gideon-bornstein.com/si2026.html
NBER Summer Institute 2026 — Video LibraryA searchable library of the NBER Summer Institute 2026 recordings: jump straight to any talk's video and paper.gideon-bornstein.comPapers, press and additional summaries can be found on the project website: americanmortalityproject.lafollette.wisc.edu
American Mortality ProjectFamily structure and household dynamics play a powerful role in longevity. This theme explores how fertility patterns, parental education, and intergenerational resources shape health across the life ...americanmortalityproject.lafollette.wisc.eduVery happy to work with @nber.org to outline our research program (with @hamidnb.bsky.social), summarizing what we are learning about the impacts of early life circumstances on old age mortality and next steps.
The Long Shadow of Early Life: Life Cycle Exposures and Old-Age Mortalitywww.nber.orgAI-assisted research obliges us to be a new type of "Senior Author" open.substack.com/pub/jasonmfl...
AI-assisted research obliges us to be a new type of "Senior Author"This is a new role for many of us. We have some of the tools to do it, but must develop othersopen.substack.com@ruben.the100.ci @torkildl.bsky.social: Related: doi.org/10.1177/0022.... We show many papers are underpowered to elicit cohort trends
Analysis of Sex-Specific Gene-by-Cohort and Genetic Correlation-by-Cohort Interaction in Educational and Reproductive Outcomes Using the UK Biobank Data - Boyan Zheng, Jason M. Fletcher, Jie Song, Qio...Synthesizing prior gene-by-cohort (G×C) interaction studies, we theorize that changes in genetic effects by social conditions depend on the level of resource co...doi.orgData Monopolists (part 2) open.substack.com/pub/jasonmfl...
Data Monopolists (part 2)monopolists everywhere, funded by NIHopen.substack.com
Somewhat more constructively, and in lieu of me saying something rude.
Making SlidesI was asked to give a short talk in my Departmental Proseminar yesterday on the topic of giving presentations, and specifically about making slides effective.
There is more than one way to give a good...kieranhealy.orgMentoring Session Notes (Part 4): Tenure in unit vs. Tenure in profession, and Local vs. Global Maxima open.substack.com/pub/jasonmfl...
Mentoring Session Notes (Part 4): Tenure in unit vs. Tenure in profession, and Local vs. Global MaximaASHEcon 2026 wrapped up in Minneapolis a couple weeks ago, and I thought I’d post a few of the main questions I heard in the early scholars mentoring sessions on Sunday.open.substack.comMonopoly (&) Power in Academic Publishing open.substack.com/pub/jasonmfl...
Monopoly (&) Power in Academic PublishingUnder powered studies are a problem; a bigger problem is data monopolists.open.substack.com