SI 2024 Economics of Health
Organized by Christopher S. Carpenter, Amy Finkelstein, Joshua D. Gottlieb, Timothy Layton, Mario Macis, Analisa Packham, Maria Polyakova, and Barton Willage
July 24-25, 2024
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
Wednesday, July 24
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am
Welcome/Announcements
9:00 am

Does Income Affect Health? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Guaranteed Income

Sarah Miller, University of Michigan and NBER
Elizabeth Rhodes, OpenResearch
Alexander W. Bartik, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
David E. Broockman, University of California, Berkeley
Patrick K. Krause, OpenResearch
Eva Vivalt, University of Toronto
9:45 am
Break
10:00 am

The Economics of Infertility: Evidence from Reproductive Medicine

Sarah Boegl, Stanford University
Jasmin Moshfegh, Stanford University
Petra Persson, Stanford University and NBER
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am

Reproductive Policy Uncertainty and Defensive Investments in Contraception

Kate Pennington, U.S. Census Bureau
Joanna Venator, Boston College
11:45 am
Lunch
1:00 pm

The Effects of Pension Reforms on Physician Labour Supply: Evidence from the English NHS

Carol Propper, Imperial College London
George Stoye, Institute for Fiscal Studies: IFS
Max S. Warner, Institute for Fiscal Studies: IFS
1:20 pm

Do Medical Treatments Work for Work? Evidence from Breast Cancer Patients

N. Meltem Daysal, University of Copenhagen
William N. Evans, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Mikkel Hasse Pedersen, EY Denmark
Mircea Trandafir, Rockwool Foundation
1:40 pm
Break
2:00 pm

The Long-Run Impacts of Regulated Price Cuts: Evidence from Medicare

Yunan Ji, Georgetown University and NBER
Parker Rogers, Indiana University
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Getting Down to Business: Chain Ownership and Fertility Clinic Performance

Ambar La Forgia, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Julia Bodner, Copenhagen Business School
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

The Expansionary and Contractionary Supply-Side Effects of Health Insurance

Eilidh Geddes, University of Georgia
Molly Schnell, Northwestern University and NBER
4:45 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 25
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

The Chronic Disease Index: Analyzing Health Inequalities Over the Lifecycle

Kaveh Danesh, University of California, Berkeley
Jonathan T. Kolstad, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
William D. Parker, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Johannes Spinnewijn, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
9:45 am
Break
10:00 am

The Limits of Spending Limits: Evidence from Medicare

Maggie Shi, University of Chicago and NBER
Ashvin Gandhi, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am

Innovations and Inequities in Access to Medical Services

Alex Hoagland, University of Toronto
11:45 am
Lunch
1:00 pm

Public Investment and Health Care Quality: Evidence from Rural Hospital Subsidies

Caitlin Carroll, University of Minnesota
1:20 pm

Covering the Uninsured with Primary Care Networks: Utilization and Spending Implications

Yaming Cao, ZEW Mannheim
Kurt J. Lavetti, The Ohio State University and NBER
Nicolas R. Ziebarth, ZEW Mannheim
1:40 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Creative Financing and Public Moral Hazard: Evidence from Medicaid and the Nursing Home Industry

Martin B. Hackmann, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Juan S. Rojas, Charles River Associates
Nicolas R. Ziebarth, ZEW Mannheim
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Managers and Public Hospital Performance

Cristobal Otero, Columbia University
Pablo Munoz, Universidad de Chile
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Externalities from Medical Innovation: Evidence from Organ Transplantation

Kevin Callison, Tulane University
Michael E. Darden, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Keith F. Teltser, Georgia State University
4:45 pm
Adjourn