Longer-Term Health and Economic Effects of COVID-19
Organized by Gopi Shah Goda and Maria Polyakova
Supported by the National Institute on Aging
February 2, 2024
Zoom
All times are EST.

Friday, February 2

1:00 pm

Welcome

1:05 pm

Disruptions to Outpatient Care and Adverse Health Events: Evidence from Medicaid Patients with Chronic Diseases

Ying Chen, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Laura Dague, Texas A&M University and NBER
Thomas DeLeire, Georgetown University and NBER
Justin R. Sydnor, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Alyssa S. Tilhou, Boston University School of Medicine

1:30 pm

Effects of Expanding Unemployment Insurance on Well-Being: Responses to COVID-19

Elisa Alonso Herrero, University of Zurich
Marianne Bitler, University of California, Davis and NBER
Danea Horn, University of California, San Francisco
Arian Seifoddini, Federal Trade Commission

1:55 pm

Aggregate Health Shocks Have Long-Lasting Mental Health Effects: Evidence from Covid-19 Surges in India

Simone G. Schaner, University of Southern California and NBER
Jinkook Lee, University of Southern California
Heather Schofield, Cornell University

2:20 pm

Discussion

2:30 pm

Break

2:35 pm

COVID-19 Vaccinations, Business Activity, and Firm Value

Swami Kalpathy, Texas Christian University
John Bizjak, Texas Christian University
Vassil Mihov, Texas Christian University
Jue Ren, Texas Christian University

3:00 pm

Where Did Pandemic-Era Fiscal Aid to States Land?

Jeffrey Clemens, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Oliver Giesecke, Stanford University
Joshua Rauh, Stanford University and NBER
Stan Veuger, American Enterprise Institute

3:25 pm

Heterogeneity in Damages from A Pandemic

Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Geoffrey Kocks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER
Victoria Udalova, U.S. Census Bureau

3:50 pm

Discussion

4:00 pm

Break

4:05 pm

Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Marco Angrisani, University of Southern California
Jeremy Burke, University of Southern California
Francisco Perez Arce, University of Southern California

4:15 pm

School Closures and Parental Labor Supply: Differential Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated Closures

Sofia Schroeter, University of Lausanne
Rafael Lalive, University of Lausanne
Kalaivani Karunanethy

4:25 pm

Parental Labor Supply Responses to COVID-19 School Closures in Russia: Unpacking Heterogeneous Effects

Klara Peter, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ivan Suvorov, UNC-CH

4:35 pm

Gender Gaps: Back and Here to Stay? Evidence from Skilled Ugandan Workers during COVID-19

Livia Alfonsi, Harvard University
Mary Namubiry, BRAC Univeristy
Sara Spaziani, Brown University

4:45 pm

Discussion

5:00 pm

Adjourn