Kate Musen
Columbia Econ PhD candidate. Labor, health, and public economics.
- I love using marine animal encounters to explain ICD codes to my undergrad RAs. Do we really need to know if someone was bitten by an orca (W56.21), or is knowing that they had contact with an orca (W56.2) or had contact with any nonvenomous marine animal (W56) sufficient information?
- Reposted by Kate MusenThey’re not perfect, but golly, public universities are one of the best engines of economic mobility we have
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Marginal Returns to Public Universities,” by Jack Mountjoy: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
- I had a great time talking about economics at #SEA2025, but, more importantly, I fulfilled a dream I’ve had since my term as president of the Save the Manatees Club in 2003-2004 as a second grader.
- Reposted by Kate MusenThe findings really chime with the powerful argument made by @lisaharker.bsky.social about our care system pushing young people into independence at too young an age. www.nuffieldfoundation.org/research/our...
- Reposted by Kate MusenThe conclusion is really important: don't assume that investing in 'older' young people doesn't work. Rather think more broadly about the sorts of relational investments most likely to pay-off.
- Reposted by Kate MusenWant to help some of the most vulnerable young people in society get on in life? Then extend the age at which young adults leave foster care, says this fascinating new US study by @khmusen.bsky.social The effects - particularly on employment rates - are significant. katemusen.com/uploads/jmp....
- I'm on the #EconJobMarket! I study how policies and childhood environments shape outcomes of low-income & vulnerable kids. In my JMP, I study the effects of allowing youth who would have aged out of foster care at 18 to stay until 21—offering support their peers not in foster care get from parents.
- In 2012, California introduced extended foster care, creating a natural experiment to study the causal effects of additional time in foster care.
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- Also check out our accompanying Medicaid Pharmaceutical Policy Document Database on Open @icpsr.bsky.social, which we will be updating as we get more documents! www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/pr...
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