SI 2023 Economics of Health
Organized by Leila Agha, Christopher S. Carpenter, Laura Dague, Amy Finkelstein, Benjamin R. Handel, and Alex Hollingsworth
July 26-27, 2023
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
Format: 50 minutes for each paper, with questions during the presentation
Wednesday, July 26
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am
Introductions
9:00 am

How Much Are Medical Innovations Worth? A Detailed Analysis Using Thousands of Cost-Effectiveness Studies

Eli B. Liebman, University of Georgia
Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Lasanthi Fernando, Bureau of Economic Analysis
9:50 am
Break
10:00 am

Market Size and Trade in Medical Services

Jonathan I. Dingel, Columbia University and NBER
Joshua D. Gottlieb, University of Chicago and NBER
Maya Lozinski, Massachusetts General Hospital
Pauline Mourot, Boston University
10:50 am
Break
The 11:00 am paper will not be livestreamed
11:00 am

How Does Rising Health Care Spending in the US Impact Labor Markets and Mortality? Evidence from Hospital Mergers

Zarek Brot-Goldberg, University of Chicago and NBER
Zack Cooper, Yale University and NBER
Stuart V. Craig, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Lev R. Klarnet, Harvard University
Ithai Lurie, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Corbin L. Miller, Internal Revenue Service
11:50 am
Lunch
1:00 pm

Germs in the Family: The Short- and Long-Term Consequences of Intra-Household Disease Spread

N. Meltem Daysal, University of Copenhagen
Hui Ding, Fudan University
Maya Rossin-Slater, Stanford University and NBER
Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University and NBER
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Water Works: Causes and Consequences of Safe Drinking Water in America

David Keiser, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and NBER
Bhashkar Mazumder, University of California, Irvine and NBER
David Molitor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
Joseph S. Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm

The Effects of Competition on Physician Prescribing

Janet Currie, Yale University and NBER
Anran Li, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Molly Schnell, Northwestern University and NBER
3:50 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Television, Health, and Happiness: A Natural Experiment in West Germany

Adrian Chadi, University of Konstanz
Manuel Hoffmann, Harvard University
4:50 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 27
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

The Market for Healthcare in Low Income Countries (slides)

Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Abhijit Chowdhury, John C. Martin Centre for Liver Research and Innovations
Jishnu Das, Georgetown University and NBER
Jeffrey Hammer, National Council of Applied Economic Research
Reshmaan N. Hussam, Harvard University and NBER
Aakash Mohpal, The World Bank
9:50 am
Break
10:00 am

Direct and Indirect Effects of Vaccines: Evidence from COVID-19

Seth M. Freedman, Indiana University
Daniel W. Sacks, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Kosali I. Simon, Indiana University and NBER
Coady Wing, Indiana University
10:50 am
Break
11:00 am

The Long-run Effect of Air Pollution on Survival (slides)

Tatyana Deryugina, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
Julian Reif, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
11:50 am
Lunch
1:00 pm

Lives vs. Livelihoods: The Impact of the Great Recession on Mortality and Welfare

Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Matthew J. Notowidigdo, University of Chicago and NBER
Frank Schilbach, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Jonathan Zhang, Duke University and NBER
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm

The Private Provision of Public Services: Evidence from Random Assignment in Medicaid

Danil Agafiev Macambira, Yale University
Michael Geruso, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Anthony Lollo, Yale University
Chima D. Ndumele, Yale University
Jacob Wallace, Yale University and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Adverse Selection and (un)Natural Monopoly in Insurance Markets

Edward Kong, Harvard University
Timothy Layton, University of Virginia and NBER
Mark Shepard, Harvard University and NBER
3:50 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Provider Payments and the Direction of Innovation: The Case of the Wearable Artificial Kidney

Diane E. Alexander, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Engy Ziedan, Tulane University
4:50 pm
Adjourn