Monday, July 23

8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

9:00 am

Drivers of the Fatal Drug Epidemic (slides)

Christopher J. Ruhm, University of Virginia and NBER

10:00 am

Break

10:15 am

The Long-Term Consequences of a Heroin Supply Shock

Timothy J. Moore, Purdue University and NBER
Kevin Schnepel, Simon Fraser University

11:15 am

Break

11:30 am

The International Epidemiological Transition and the Education Gender Gap

Mariko Klasing, University of Groningen
Petros Milionis, University of Groningen

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

What Difference Does a Diagnosis Make? Evidence from Marginal Patients

Mattan C. Alalouf, University of Michigan
Sarah Miller, University of Michigan and NBER
Laura R. Wherry, New York University and NBER

2:30 pm

Break

2:45 pm

The Impact of Paid Maternity Leave on Maternal Health

Aline Bütikofer, Norwegian School of Economics
Julie Riise, University of Bergen
Meghan Skira, University of Georgia and NBER

3:45 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Re-Examining the Relationship between the EITC and Infant Health

Daniel Dench, Georgia Institute of Technology
Theodore J. Joyce, City University of New York and NBER

5:00 pm

Adjourn