Monday, July 20
1:00 pm

Fifty-Four Years at the NBER and Still Hanging in There (slides)

Michael Grossman, City University of New York and NBER
1:50 pm
Break
Format: 30 minute presentation followed by 20 minutes for Q&A
2:00 pm

Understanding the Education Polygenic Score and Its Interactions with SES in Determining Health in Young Adulthood

Peter A. Savelyev, Virginia Commonwealth University
Atticus Bolyard, College of William and Mary
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Hospital Allocation and the Evolution of Racial Health Disparities: Evidence from Heart Attacks (slides)

Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER
Pragya Kakani, Cornell University
Adam Sacarny, Columbia University and NBER
3:50 pm
Break
4:00 pm

The Indian Health Insurance Experiment: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect of Hospital Insurance on Utilization and Health

Anup Malani, University of Chicago and NBER
Gabriella Conti, University College London
Alessandra Voena, Stanford University and NBER
Cynthia Kinnan, Tufts University and NBER
(this paper will not be livestreamed)
4:50 pm
Adjourn
5:00 pm
Tribute to Michael Grossman
Moderator: James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Sara Markowitz, Emory University and NBER
Victor Fuchs, Stanford University and NBER
Adriana Lleras-Muney, University of California at Los Angeles and NBER
Dhaval Dave, Bentley University and NBER
Jody Sindelar, Yale University and NBER
Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Tuesday, July 21
10:00 am

The Health Effects of Prison (slides)

Randi Hjalmarsson, University of Gothenburg
Matthew J. Lindquist, Stockholm University
10:50 am
Break
11:00 am

Are We Overdiagnosing Mental Illnesses? Evidence From Randomly Assigned Doctors (slides)

Marieke Bos, Stockholm School of Economics
Andres Liberman, New York University
Andrew Hertzberg, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
11:50 am
Break
12:00 pm

The Effects of E-Cigarette Taxes on E-Cigarette Prices and Tobacco Product Sales: Evidence from Retail Panel Data (slides)

Chad D. Cotti, Michigan State University
Charles J. Courtemanche, University of Kentucky and NBER
Johanna Catherine Maclean, George Mason University and NBER
Erik T. Nesson, Wake Forest University and NBER
Michael F. Pesko, University of Missouri
Nathan Tefft
12:50 pm
Adjourn
1:00 pm
Social Hour