Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Organized by Jevay Grooms and Hannes Schwandt
Supported by the National Institute on Aging
April 28, 2023
Royal Sonesta Hotel (Riverfront Room) and Zoom
Paper Presentations: 20 Minutes, Discussants: 8 minutes, Egg Timer Presentations: 10 minutes, Panelists: Short presentation, then 6 minutes per panelist & 20 minute discussion
Friday, April 28
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am
Welcome
8:35 am

Equity and Efficiency in Technology Adoption: Evidence from Digital Health

Itzik Fadlon, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Ming Tai-Seale, University of California, San Diego

Discussant:
Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER
9:10 am

Drivers of Racial Differences in Unnecessary C-Sections

Adriana Corredor-Waldron, North Carolina State University
Janet Currie, Yale University and NBER
Molly Schnell, Northwestern University and NBER

Discussant:
Joaquin A. Rubalcaba, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:45 am

Racial Disparities in the Quality of Nursing Home Care

Liran Einav, Stanford University and NBER
Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Neale Mahoney, Stanford University and NBER
James Okun, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Salama Freed, The George Washington University
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am

Mortality Among Persons Who Self-Identify as American Indian or Alaska Native (slides)

Michael Bird, University of California, Berkeley
Jacob H. Bor, Boston University
David Himmelstein, CUNY Hunter College
Steffie Woolhandler, CUNY Hunter College

Discussant:
Monica Garcia-Perez, Fayetteville State University
11:15 am
Short Presentations

Racial Segregation in Ambulatory Healthcare

Marcella Alsan, Stanford University and NBER
Kate Bundorf, Duke University and NBER
Melissa McInerney, Tufts University and NBER
Alberto Ortega, Indiana University and NBER
Kosali I. Simon, Indiana University and NBER
Ruth Winecoff, Rutgers University
Engy Ziedan, Tulane University

Does Paired Kidney Exchange Reduce Demographic Disparities in Transplant Outcomes? (slides)

Keith F. Teltser, Georgia State University
Bethany I. Lemont, Ohio University

Distrust Backfires? Ethnic Inequalities in Vaccine Hesitancy

Joan Costa-Font, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Miqdad Asaria, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
11:55 am
Lunch - Somerset Room
1:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Trends in Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Research
Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER
Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University and NBER
Kosali I. Simon, Indiana University and NBER
1:40 pm

Measuring Disparities in Medical Spending and Health Outcomes by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Age and Socioeconomic Status (slides)

David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER
Kaushik Ghosh, National Bureau of Economic Research
Trivellore Raghunathan, University of Michigan
Susan Stewart, National Bureau of Economic Research
Andrew J. Wang, National Bureau of Economic Research

Discussant:
Sebastian Tello-Trillo, University of Virginia and NBER
2:15 pm

State Recreational Cannabis Laws and Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

Angélica Meinhofer, Cornell University and NBER
Adrian Rubli, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
Jamein P. Cunningham, University of Texas at Austin

Discussant:
Krzysztof Karbownik, Emory University and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:10 pm

Black Lives Matter for Productivity: Heterogeneous Impacts of the 2020 Social Justice Movement on Faculty

Mackenzie Alston, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sarah A. Jacobson, Williams College

Discussant:
Dania V. Francis, University of Massachusetts, Boston
3:45 pm

Heterogeneity in Damages from a Pandemic (slides)

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

Discussant:
Marion Aouad, University of California, Irvine and NBER
4:20 pm
Closing Discussion
4:30 pm
Adjourn