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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Health Economics Program Meeting

Michael Grossman and Theodore J. Joyce, Organizers

April 19, 2013

NBER
2^nd Floor Conference Room
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

Thursday, April 18, 2013
6:30 pm	Dinner Dante Restaurant (Located within the Royal Sonesta Hotel) 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard Cambridge, MA
Friday, April 19, 2013
8:00 am 8:20 am	Shuttle Van Departs the Royal Sonesta for the NBER Shuttle Van Departs the Royal Sonesta for the NBER
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Resul Cesur, University of Connecticut Erdal Tekin, Georgia State University and NBER Aydogan Ulker, Deakin University Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
9:30 am	Break
9:45 am	John Romley, University of Southern California Neeraj Sood, University of Southern California and NBER Identifying the Health Production Function: The Case of Hospitals
10:45 am	Break
11:00 am	Hans van. Kippersluis, Erasmus University Rotterdam Titus J. Galama, RAND Corporation Why the Rich Drink More but Smoke Less: The Impact of Wealth on Health Behaviors
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Ping Wang, Washington University and NBER Yin-Chi Wang, Chinese University of Hong Kong Barrier to Health and Poverty Trap
2:00 pm	Break
2:15 pm	Andrea Chung, Carnegie Mellon University Martin Gaynor, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Seth Richards-Shubik, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Subsidies and Structure: The Lasting Impact of the Hill-Burton Program on the Hospital Industry
3:15 pm	Adjourn