Health Economics Program Meeting
Organized by Michael Grossman, Theodore J. Joyce, and Christopher S. Carpenter
May 4, 2018
NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Friday, May 4

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

The Effect of Education on Mortality and Health: Evidence from a Schooling Expansion in Romania (slides)

Ofer Malamud, Northwestern University and NBER
Andreea Mitrut, University of Gothenburg
Cristian Pop-Eleches, Columbia University and NBER

9:30 am

Break

9:45 am

Effects of Medicare Coverage for the Chronically Ill on Health Insurance, Utilization, and Mortality: Evidence from Coverage Expansions Affecting People with End-Stage Renal Disease

Martin Andersen, UNC Greensboro

10:45 am

Break

11:00 am

The Effects of Perceived Disease Risk and Access Costs on Infant Immunization

Jessamyn Schaller, Claremont McKenna College and NBER
Lisa Schulkind, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Teny Maghakian Shapiro, Santa Clara University

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

How Far Is Too Far? New Evidence on Abortion Clinic Closures

Scott Cunningham, Baylor University
Jason M. Lindo, Georgia Institute of Technology and NBER
Caitlin K. Myers, Middlebury College and NBER
Andrea Schlosser, Baylor University

2:00 pm

Break

2:15 pm

Children of the Pill: The Effect of Subsidizing Oral Contraceptives on Children’s Health and Wellbeing

Emilia Simeonova, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Andreas Madestam, Stockholm University

3:15 pm

Do 'All-Age' Bicycle Helmet Laws Work? Evidence from Canada

Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Casey Warman, Dalhousie University and NBER

4:15 pm

Adjourn