NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

HEALTH ECONOMICS PROGRAM MEETING
Michael Grossman Organizer

April 13, 2007
NBER
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

THURSDAY, APRIL 12:

6:30 p.m. Dinner
Dante Restaurant
Royal Sonesta Hotel
40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
Cambridge, MA

FRIDAY, APRIL 13:

7:45 a.m. Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue

8:00 a.m. Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue

8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. JAVIER A. BIRCHENALL, UC, Santa Barbara
RODRIGO R. SOARES, University of Maryland and NBER
Altruism, Fertility, and the Value of Children:
Health Policy Evaluation and Intergenerational Welfare

9:30 a.m. Break

9:45 a.m. DONALD KENKEL, Cornell University and NBER
The Evolution of the Schooling-Smoking Gradient

10:45 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. CHARLES L. BAUM II, Middle Tennessee State University
CHRISTOPHER J. RUHM, University of North Carolina and NBER
Age, Socioeconomic Status and Obesity Growth

12:00 noon Lunch

1:00 p.m. EMILY OSTER, University of Chicago and NBER
HIV and Sexual Behavior Change: Why not Africa?

2:00 p.m. Break

2:15 p.m. ELIZABETH OLTMANS ANANAT, Duke University
DANIEL M HUNGERMAN, University of Notre Dame and NBER
The Power of the Pill for the Next Generation

3:15 p.m. TINNA LAUFEY ASGEIRSDOTTIR, University of Iceland
Health and Income: The Case of Iceland

4:15 p.m. Adjourn

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