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	A Bittersweet Jubilee: Effects of Randomized Medical Debt Relief
10:25 am	Break
10:35 am	How Power Shapes Behavior: Evidence from Physicians
11:20 am	Break
11:30 am	Administrative Burden and Consolidation in Health Care: Evidence from Medicare Contractor Transitions
12:15 pm	Break
12:25 pm	Becoming Dual: Measuring the Impact of Gaining Medicaid Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries
1:10 pm	Lunch - Room Charles A
2:15 pm	Is Delayed Mental Health Treatment Detrimental to Employment?
3:00 pm	Break
3:10 pm	Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Human Capital: Evidence from At-Risk Youth
3:55 pm	Break
4:15 pm	Technology, Skills, and Performance: The Case of Robots in Surgery (slides)
5:00 pm	Break
5:10 pm	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	Longevity and Occupational Choice
8:50 am	Break
9:00 am	TRAP'd Teens: Impacts of Abortion Provider Regulations on Fertility & Education
9:45 am	Break
9:55 am	Childhood Health Shocks and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality
10:40 am	Break
11:00 am	Sleep: Educational Impact and Habit Formation
11:45 am	Break
11:55 am	Are Hospital Quality Indicators Causal?
12:40 pm	Adjourn