Health Economics Program Meeting
Christopher S. Carpenter and Johanna Catherine Maclean, Organizers
December 10, 2021
Cambridge, MA and on Zoom.us
Friday, December 10 | ||
7:45 am | Continental Breakfast | |
8:15 am | Welcome | |
8:20 am |
Monica Deza, Syracuse University and NBER Thanh Lu, Cornell University Johanna Catherine Maclean, George Mason University and NBER Office-Based Mental Healthcare and Juvenile Arrests |
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8:40 am |
Paul J. Eliason, Brigham Young University and NBER Riley J. League, Duke University Jetson Leder-Luis, Boston University and NBER Ryan C. McDevitt, Duke University and NBER James W. Roberts, Duke University and NBER Ambulance Taxis: The Impact of Regulation and Litigation on Health Care Fraud |
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9:00 am | Break | |
9:10 am |
Alex Hollingsworth, Indiana University and NBER Krzysztof Karbownik, Emory University and NBER Melissa A. Thomasson, Miami University and NBER Anthony Wray, University of Southern Denmark A Gift of Health: The Duke Endowment’s Impact on Hospital Care and Mortality |
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9:50 am | Break | |
10:00 am |
Emily C. Lawler, University of Georgia and NBER Katherine G. Yewell, University of Louisville The Effect of Hospital Postpartum Care Regulations on Breastfeeding and Maternal Time Allocation |
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10:40 am | Break | |
10:50 am |
Alon Bergman, University of Pennsylvania Guy David, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Hummy Song, University of Pennsylvania "I Quit": The Role of Schedule Volatility in Employee Turnover |
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11:30 am | Lunch - Parkview Room | |
12:30 pm |
Andrew I. Friedson, University of Colorado Denver Moyan Li, Indiana University Katherine Meckel, University of California, San Diego and NBER Daniel I. Rees, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Daniel W. Sacks, University of Wisconsin - Madison Cigarette Taxes, Smoking, and Health in the Long Run |
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1:10 pm | Break | |
1:20 pm |
Michael L. Anderson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Lucas W. Davis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Uber and Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities |
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2:00 pm | Break | |
2:10 pm |
Sherajum Monira Farin, Georgia State University Lauren Hoehn-Velasco, Georgia State University Michael F. Pesko, Georgia State University The Impact of Legal Abortion on Maternal Health: Looking to the Past to Inform the Present |
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2:50 pm | Break | |
3:00 pm |
Stephanie G. Coffey, Syracuse University Amy Ellen Schwartz, University of Delaware Towering Intellects? Sizing Up the Relationship Between Height and Academic Success |
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3:20 pm |
Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University and NBER Brandyn F. Churchill, University of Massachusetts Amherst Michelle M. Marcus, Vanderbilt University and NBER Bad Lighting: Effects of Youth Indoor Tanning Prohibitions |
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3:40 pm | Adjourn |