Economics of Health
Organized by Christopher S. Carpenter, Monica Deza, Amy Finkelstein, and Tal Gross
December 7-8, 2023
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Riverfront Room, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and Zoom
Thursday, December 7
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:30 am
Welcome, Introductions, and Logistics
The following presentation will not be live-streamed:
9:40 am

A Bittersweet Jubilee: Effects of Randomized Medical Debt Relief

Raymond Kluender, Harvard University and NBER
Neale Mahoney, Stanford University and NBER
Francis Wong, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
Wesley Yin, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
10:25 am
Break
10:35 am

How Power Shapes Behavior: Evidence from Physicians

Stephen D. Schwab, University of Texas at San Antonio
Manasvini Singh, Carnegie Mellon University
11:20 am
Break
11:30 am

Administrative Burden and Consolidation in Health Care: Evidence from Medicare Contractor Transitions

Riley League, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
12:15 pm
Break
12:25 pm

Becoming Dual: Measuring the Impact of Gaining Medicaid Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries

Gina Li, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
1:10 pm
Lunch - Room Charles A
2:15 pm

Is Delayed Mental Health Treatment Detrimental to Employment?

Roger Prudon, Lancaster University
3:00 pm
Break
3:10 pm

Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Human Capital: Evidence from At-Risk Youth

Bokyung Kim, University of Connecticut
3:55 pm
Break
4:15 pm

Technology, Skills, and Performance: The Case of Robots in Surgery (slides)

Elena Ashtari Tafti, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
5:00 pm
Break
5:10 pm

Regulating the Innovators: Approval Costs and Innovation in Medical Technologies

Parker Rogers, Indiana University
5:55 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Reception and Dinner - Parkview Room
Friday, December 8
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

Longevity and Occupational Choice

Marius Guenzel, University of Pennsylvania
Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Denis Sosyura, Arizona State University
8:50 am
Break
9:00 am

TRAP'd Teens: Impacts of Abortion Provider Regulations on Fertility & Education

Kelly M. Jones, American University
Mayra B. Pineda Torres, Georgia Institute of Technology and NBER
9:45 am
Break
9:55 am

Childhood Health Shocks and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality

Tine L. Mu. Eriksen, The Danish Center for Social Science Research (VIVE)
Amanda P. Gaulke, Kansas State University
Jannet Svensson, University of Copenhagen Hospital
Niels Skipper, Aarhus University
Peter R. Thingholm, Arhus University
10:40 am
Break
11:00 am

Sleep: Educational Impact and Habit Formation

Osea Giuntella, University of Pittsburgh and NBER
Silvia Saccardo, Carnegie Mellon University
Sally Sadoff, University of California, San Diego
11:45 am
Break
11:55 am

Are Hospital Quality Indicators Causal?

Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER
Maurice Dalton Douglas O. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER
12:40 pm
Adjourn