Trends and Patterns in Health Disparities
Organized by Jevay Grooms and Hannes Schwandt
May 16, 2025
National Bureau of Economic Research, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Friday, May 16

8:15am

Breakfast

8:45am

Welcome

8:50am

The Geography of Health Disparities

Timothy Layton, University of Virginia and NBER
Graeme P. Peterson, Harvard University

Discussant:
Ellen Meara, Harvard University and NBER

9:30am

Effects of Neighborhood Labeling on Children

Hans Grönqvist, Linnaeus University
Magdalena Dominguez, Uppsala University
Torsten O. Santavirta, Helsinki School of Economics

Discussant:
Tal Gross, Boston University and NBER

10:10am

Break

10:30am

Drivers of Mental Health Disparities in American Indian Youth: The Effect of Economic Conditions (slides)

Emilia Simeonova, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Patrick Carlin, Washington State University
Randall Akee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Discussant:
Angela Wyse, Dartmouth College

11:10am

Tracing the Genetic Footprints of the UK National Health Service

Nicolau Martin-Bassols, University of Bologna
Pietro Biroli, University of Bologna
Elisabetta De Cao, University of Bologna
Massimo Anelli, Bocconi University
Silvia Mendolia, University of Turin

Discussant:
Michael Stepner, University of Toronto

11:50am

Lunch

12:50pm

Keynote address: Sendhil Mullainathan, MIT

1:50pm

Disparate Treatment and Outcomes in Emergency Departments: Evidence from Florida

Minu Philip, New York University
Ozde Ozkaya Arasli

Discussant:
Ines Guix Sauquet, Opportunity Insights

2:30pm

Who Gains When Medicine Becomes More Precise? Evidence from Genomic Testing in Breast Cancer

Jasmin Moshfegh, Stanford University

Discussant:
Keisha T. Solomon, Howard University

3:10pm

Break

3:30pm

The Role of Geography in Explaining the Disproportionate Rise in the Opioid Overdose Death Rate Among Black Americans

Jevay Grooms, Howard University and NBER
David Powell, RAND Corporation
Rosalie Pacula, University of Southern California and NBER
Dan Han, National University of Singapore

Discussion led by Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University and NBER

4:10pm

Passing as White: Racial Identity and Old-Age Longevity

Hamid Noghanibehambari, Austin Peay State University
Jason Fletcher, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER

Discussant:
Felipe Juan, Howard University

4:50pm

Closing Discussion

5:00pm

Adjourn