Economics of Health Program Meeting
Organized by Marion Aouad, Carolina Arteaga, Christopher S. Carpenter, Amy Finkelstein, Martin B. Hackmann, and Adrienne Sabety
December 3-4, 2026
SIEPR, Stanford University, Koret-Taube Conference Center, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA, Zoom
Thursday, December 3
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Welcome, Introductions, and Logistics
8:45 am

The Social Costs of Suicide

Marcella Alsan, Stanford University and NBER
Marissa Hindelang, University of Zurich
Petra Persson, Stanford University and NBER
Ebonya L. Washington, Columbia University and NBER
9:30 am
Break
Egg timer session 1
9:45 am

Patient Identity and Support for Medical Care: Evidence from List Experiments on Puberty Blockers

Christopher S. Carpenter, Vanderbilt University and NBER
9:55 am

Preschool as a Gateway to Health Care Services for Low-Income Children

Maya Rossin-Slater, Stanford University and NBER
Adrienne Sabety, Stanford University and NBER
Aileen Wu, Stanford University
10:05 am

The Potency of the Pill: Erectile Dysfunction Medications and Marital Stability

Qingyuan Chai, NYU Shanghai
10:15 am
Break
10:45 am

Preferences, Beliefs, and Demand for the Flu Vaccine

Daniel W. Sacks, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Justin R. Sydnor, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
11:30 am
Lunch
12:45 pm

Context-Dependent Discrimination: Evidence from Emergency Triage Decisions

Ashley Litwin, University of Pennsylvania
1:30 pm
Break
Egg timer session 2
1:45 pm

Physicians’ Occupational Licensing and the Quantity-Quality Trade-Off

Cristóbal Otero, Columbia University and NBER
1:55 pm

Driving the Distance: How Abortion Access Affects Infant and Maternal Health

Lilly Springer, American University
2:05 pm

Health Insurance Underwriting and the Heterogeneous Effects of the Affordable Care Act

Pietro Tebaldi, Columbia University and NBER
2:15 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Directional AI Advice: Experimental Evidence from Healthcare

Yuyu Chen, Peking University
Hongbin Li, Stanford University
Lingsheng Meng, Stanford University
Xinyao Qiu, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Qingxu Yang, Fudan University
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm

The Effects of SNAP Sugary Drink Restrictions on Consumption and Welfare

Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER
Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Anna Grummon, Stanford University
Matthew J. Notowidigdo, The University of Chicago and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn
5:00 pm
Group Dinner - Location TBA
Friday, December 4
7:30 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am

The Cost of Charitable Care: Resource Externalities and the Value of Insurance

Benjamin Vatter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Tong Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Xuelin Li, Columbia University
8:45 am
Break
9:00 am

The Equilibrium Effects of Automatic Enrollment in Health Insurance

Giancarlo Buitrago, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Paul Rodriguez-Lesmes, Universidad del Rosario
Natalia Serna, Stanford University
Marcos Vera-Hernández, University College London
9:45 am
Break
10:00 am

What Prevents Health Insurance Take-up?: Quantifying Frictions and Policy Responses

Soheil Ghili, Yale University
Igal Hendel, Northwestern University and NBER
Michael R. Sullivan, University of British Columbia
Michael D. Whinston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am

Redeterminations: What Happens When an Insurance Subsidy is Lost?

Laurence C. Baker, Stanford University and NBER
Margarita Khvan, Stanford University
Aleksandr Lutsenko, Northwestern University
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER
11:45 am
Adjourn with Boxed Lunches