Economics of Health

Christopher S. Carpenter, Monica Deza, Amy Finkelstein, and Tal Gross, Organizers

December 7-8, 2023

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Riverfront Room, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and Zoom

Thursday, December 7
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:30 am	Welcome, Introductions, and Logistics
	The following presentation will not be live-streamed:
9:40 am	Raymond Kluender, Harvard University Neale Mahoney, Stanford University and NBER Francis Wong, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Wesley Yin, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER A Bittersweet Jubilee: Effects of Randomized Medical Debt Relief
10:25 am	Break
10:35 am	Stephen D. Schwab, University of Texas at San Antonio Manasvini Singh, Carnegie Mellon University How Power Shapes Behavior: Evidence from Physicians
11:20 am	Break
11:30 am	Riley League, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Administrative Burden and Consolidation in Health Care: Evidence from Medicare Contractor Transitions
12:15 pm	Break
12:25 pm	Gina Li, Federal Reserve Board Becoming Dual: Measuring the Impact of Gaining Medicaid Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries
1:10 pm	Lunch - Room Charles A
2:15 pm	Roger Prudon, Lancaster University Is Delayed Mental Health Treatment Detrimental to Employment?
3:00 pm	Break
3:10 pm	Bokyung Kim, University of Connecticut Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Human Capital: Evidence from At-Risk Youth
3:55 pm	Break
4:15 pm	Elena Ashtari Tafti, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Technology, Skills, and Performance: The Case of Robots in Surgery (slides)
5:00 pm	Break
5:10 pm	Parker Rogers, Indiana University Regulating the Innovators: Approval Costs and Innovation in Medical Technologies
5:55 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Reception and Dinner - Parkview Room
Friday, December 8
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Marius Guenzel, University of Pennsylvania Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Denis Sosyura, Arizona State University Longevity and Occupational Choice
8:50 am	Break
9:00 am	Kelly M. Jones, American University Mayra B. Pineda Torres, Georgia Institute of Technology TRAP'd Teens: Impacts of Abortion Provider Regulations on Fertility & Education
9:45 am	Break
9:55 am	Tine L. Mu. Eriksen, VIVE—The Danish Center for Social Science Research Amanda P. Gaulke, Kansas State University Jannet Svensson, University of Copenhagen Hospital Niels Skipper, Aarhus University Peter R. Thingholm, Arhus University Childhood Health Shocks and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality
10:40 am	Break
11:00 am	Osea Giuntella, University of Pittsburgh and NBER Silvia Saccardo, Carnegie Mellon University Sally Sadoff, University of California at San Diego Sleep: Educational Impact and Habit Formation
11:45 am	Break
11:55 am	Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER Maurice Dalton Douglas O. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER Are Hospital Quality Indicators Causal?
12:40 pm	Adjourn