SI 2021 Health Economics
Organized by Christopher S. Carpenter, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, and Tara Watson
July 26-27, 2021
on Zoom.us
Monday, July 26
1:00 pm
Welcome and logistics
1:05 pm

Health Insurance for Whom? The ‘Spill-up’ Effects of Children’s Health Insurance on Mothers

Daniel S. Grossman, West Virginia University and NBER
Sebastian Tello-Trillo, University of Virginia and NBER
Barton Willage, University of Delaware and NBER
1:45 pm
Break
1:50 pm

Malleability of Alcohol Consumption: Evidence from Migrants

Marit Hinnosaar, University of Nottingham
Elaine M. Liu, Georgia State University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:35 pm

Examining Early Effects of Tobacco 21 on Substance Use among Teenagers

Rahi Abouk, William Paterson University
Prabal De, City University of New York
Michael F. Pesko, University of Missouri
3:05 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Reducing Re-arrests Through Light Touch Mental Health Outreach

Mary Kate Batistich, University of Notre Dame
William N. Evans, University of Notre Dame and NBER
David C. Phillips, University of Notre Dame
4:10 pm
Break
4:15 pm

Adolescent Antidepressant Use and Academic Achievement (slides)

Sonia R. Bhalotra, University of Warwick
N. Meltem Daysal, University of Copenhagen
Nis Lydiksen, University of Southern Denmark
Mircea Trandafir, Rockwool Foundation
4:55 pm
Adjourn to virtual Happy Hour
Tuesday, July 27
1:00 pm
Welcome and logistics
1:05 pm

‘We Are Not Guinea Pigs’: The Effects of Negative News on Vaccine Compliance

Francis Annan, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Belinda Archibong, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
1:45 pm
Break
1:50 pm

Two Sides of Gender: Sex, Power, and Adolescence

Manisha Shah, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jennifer Seager, The George Washington University
Joao Montalvao, The World Bank
Markus Goldstein, The World Bank
2:30 pm
Break
2:35 pm

Community-wide Mask Promotion: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Rural Bangladesh

Jason Abaluck, Yale University and NBER
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University and NBER
3:05 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Increased Mortality of White Americans and a Decline in the Health of Cohorts Born after World War II (slides)

Nicholas F. Reynolds, University of Essex
4:10 pm
Break
4:15 pm

What Drives Prescription Opioid Abuse? Evidence from Migration

Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER
Dean Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Heidi L. Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER
4:55 pm
Adjourn to virtual Happy Hour