Thursday, December 3
12:45 pm
Introductory remarks/logistics
1:00 pm

Career Effects of Mental Health

Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER
Petra Moser, New York University and NBER
Michael S. Dahl, Aalborg University Business School

Discussant:
Janet Currie, Princeton University and NBER
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Choices and Outcomes in Assignment Mechanisms: The Allocation of Deceased Donor Kidneys

Nikhil Agarwal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Paulo J. Somaini, Stanford University and NBER
Charles B. Hodgson, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
Peter Hull, Brown University and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm

The Effect of Bundled Payments on Provider Behavior and Patient Outcomes

Paul J. Eliason, University of Utah and NBER
Riley J. League, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Benjamin Heebsh, Federal Trade Commission
Ryan C. McDevitt, Duke University and NBER
James W. Roberts, Duke University and NBER

Discussant:
Neale Mahoney, Stanford University and NBER
3:50 pm
Adjourn
Friday, December 4
12:45 pm
Introductory remarks/logistics
1:00 pm

The Federal Effort to Desegregate Southern Hospitals and the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap

D. Mark Anderson, Montana State University and NBER
Kerwin Kofi Charles, Yale University and NBER
Daniel I. Rees, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Discussant:
Melissa A. Thomasson, Miami University and NBER
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Picking Your Patients: Selective Admissions in the Nursing Home Industry

Ashvin Gandhi, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Discussant:
Amanda Starc, Northwestern University and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Heterogeneity in the Impact of Privatizing Social Health Insurance

Mark Duggan, Stanford University and NBER
Craig Garthwaite, Northwestern University and NBER
Yanyue Wang, Stanford University

Discussant:
Anna Aizer, Brown University and NBER
3:50 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Is There a VA Advantage? Evidence from Dually Eligible Veterans

David C. Chan Jr, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
David Card, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Lowell Taylor, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER

Discussant:
James B. Rebitzer, Boston University and NBER
4:50 pm
Adjourn