SI 2017 Health Economics
Organized by Michael Grossman and Theodore J. Joyce
July 24, 2017
Royal Sonesta Hotel

Monday, July 24

8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

9:00 am

The Long-Run Effects of Childhood Insurance Coverage: Medicaid Implementation, Adult Health, and Labor Market Outcomes

Andrew Goodman-Bacon, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

10:00 am

Break

10:15 am

Health Insurance and Child Health: Evidence from Mexico

Gabriella Conti, University College London
Rita Ginja, University of Bergen

11:15 am

Break

11:30 am

Measuring the Social and Externality Benefits of Influenza Vaccination

Corey D. White, Monash University

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

The Impact of Health on Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from MRFIT

Melvin Stephens, Jr., University of Michigan and NBER
Desmond J. Toohey, University of Delaware

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

How the Reformulation of OxyContin Ignited the Heroin Epidemic

William N. Evans, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Ethan Lieber, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Patrick Power,, Boston University

3:45 pm

Break

4:00 pm

How Increasing Medical Access to Opioids Contributes to the Opioid Epidemic: Evidence from Medicare Part D

David Powell, RAND Corporation
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, University of Southern California and NBER
Erin Taylor, RAND Corporation

5:00 pm

Adjourn