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We are thrilled to say the Health Affairs social distancing paper by Director, Chuck Courtemanche and co-authors, Aaron Yelowitz, Anh Le, Joey Garuccio and Josh Pinkston is #42 for the year on Altmetrics across all disciplines. As well as #3 in their #economics category!
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A big congratulations goes to our very own Director Chuck Courtemanche and co-authors, ISFE Affiliate Aaron Yelowitz, Joseph Garuccio, Anh Le and Joshua Pinkston for their social distancing study being the third most read paper in Health Affairs last year!
The Institute's founding director and current affiliate, John Garen, was mentioned in the Washington Post article below regarding Social Security and Medicare as it relates to debt.
The social distancing study by Chuck Courtemanche & Aaron Yelowitz, originally published in Health Affairs, is quoted in this recent article by Chris Nichols of PolitiFact.
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Dr. Charles Courtemanche explains his latest study published in the Health Affairs journal about the effect of stay-at-home orders, business closures and other government measures in the spread of COVID-19.