Health Economics Program Meeting
Organized by Christopher S. Carpenter and Sara Markowitz
May 6-7, 2021
on Zoom.us
Thursday, May 6
2:00 pm
Welcome and Logistics
2:05 pm

Early Childhood Health Inequalities and In-Utero Health Interventions: Evidence from the Treatment of Gestational Diabetes

Gabriella Conti, University College London
Paul Rodriguez-Lesmes, Universidad del Rosario
2:55 pm
Break
3:00 pm

The Health Impacts of Public Health Funding: Evidence and Lessons from the Fight against HIV/AIDS

Marcus Dillender, Vanderbilt University and NBER
3:50 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Provider Turf Wars and Medicare Payment Rules

Alice Chen, University of Southern California
Elizabeth L. Munnich, University of Louisville
Stephen Parente, University of Minnesota
Michael R. Richards, Cornell University and NBER
4:50 pm
Adjourn to Virtual Happy Hour on Gather.town
Friday, May 7
2:00 pm

In-Kind Welfare Benefits and Recidivism Risk: Evidence from Medicaid

Nicolás Badaracco, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Marguerite Burns, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Laura Dague, Texas A&M University and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm

The Opioid Safety Initiative and Veteran Suicides

Joshua C. Tibbitts, Washington State University
Benjamin W. Cowan, Washington State University and NBER
3:50 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Importing the Opioid Crisis? Trade, Smuggling, and Fentanyl Overdoses

Timothy J. Moore, Purdue University and NBER
Benjamin Hansen, University of Oregon and NBER
William W. Olney, Williams College
4:50 pm
Adjourn to Virtual Happy Hour on Gather.town