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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2009

 

Health Economics Workshop

 

Michael Grossman and Ted Joyce, Organizers

 

July 20 and 21, 2009

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

 

MONDAY, JULY 20:

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

GRANT MILLER, Stanford University and NBER

 

DIANA PINTO, Pontificia Universidad and Fedesarrollo

 

MARCOS VERA-HERNÁNDEZ, University College London

 

Supply vs. Demand-Side Rationing in Developing Country Health Insurance: Evidence from Colombia’s “Régimen Subsidiado” 

 

 

 2:00 pm

Break

 

 

 2:15 pm

BRYAN BOLLINGER, Stanford University

 

PHILLIP LESLIE, Stanford University and NBER

 

ALAN SORENSEN, Stanford University and NBER

 

Calorie Posting in Chain Restaurants

 

 

 3:15 pm

Break

 

 

 3:30 pm

JOSEPH ALTONJI, Yale University and NBER

 

SARAH CATTAN, University of Chicago

 

IAIN WARE, 3i Group plc

 

Identifying Sibling Influences on Teenage Risky Behavior

 

 

 4:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

TUESDAY, JULY 21:

 

 

 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

 9:00 am

MARIANNE BITLER, UC, Irvine and NBER

 

CHRISTOPHER CARPENTER, UC, Irvine and NBER

 

Insurance Mandates and Mammography

 

 

10:00 am

Break

 

 

10:15 am

EDWARD NORTON, University of Michigan and NBER

 

LISA POWELL, University of Illinois at Chicago

 

EUNA HAN, University of Illinois at Chicago  

 

Direct and Indirect Effects of Teenage Body Weight on Adult Wages

 

 

11:15 am

Break

 

 

11:30 am

MICHAEL ANDERSON, UC, Berkeley

 

CARLOS DOBKIN, UC, Santa Cruz

 

TAL GROSS, University of Miami

 

The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage on the Use of Medical Services

 

 

 

 

12:30 pm

Lunch and Adjourn