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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Health Economics Program Meeting

Michael Grossman and Theodore J. Joyce, Organizers

April 29, 2016

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

PROGRAM

Thursday, April 28
6:30 pm	Dinner Bambara Restaurant 25 Edwin H. Land Boulevard (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel) Cambridge, MA
Friday, April 29
7:45 & 8:00 am	Shuttle Service from the Royal Sonesta Hotel to the NBER
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Dave Marcotte, American University Something in the Air? Pollution, Allergens and Children’s Cognitive Functioning
9:30 am	Break
9:45 am	Charles J. Courtemanche, Georgia State University and NBER Rusty Tchernis, Georgia State University and NBER Benjamin David Ukert, Georgia State University The Effect of Smoking on Obesity: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
10:45 am	Break
11:00 am	Partha Deb, Hunter College and NBER Carmen Vargas, Hunter College Who Benefits from Calorie Labeling? An Analysis of its Effects on Body Mass
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Christopher J. Ruhm, University of Virginia and NBER Taking the Measure of a Fatal Drug Epidemic
2:00 pm	Break
2:15 pm	Tom Chang, University of Southern California Joshua S. Graff Zivin, University of California at San Diego and NBER Tal Gross, Columbia University and NBER Matthew J. Neidell, Columbia University and NBER The Effect of Pollution on Worker Productivity: Evidence from Call-Center Workers in China
3:15 pm	Marianne Bitler, University of California at Davis and NBER Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University and NBER Effects of Direct Care Provision to the Uninsured: Evidence from Federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Programs
4:15 pm	Adjourn