Health Economics Program Meeting

Christopher S. Carpenter and Laura Dague, Organizers

December 9, 2022

Le Meridien, Cambridge, MA and on Zoom

Thursday, December 8
6:00 pm	Group Dinner at Le Meridien
Friday, December 9
8:20 am	Welcome and Logistics, Luscomb Ballroom
8:30 am	Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER Joshua Schwartzstein, Harvard University Heidi L. Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER Maya Durvasula, Stanford University Harsh Gupta, Stanford University Representation and Extrapolation: Evidence from Clinical Trials
9:20 am	Break
9:30 am	Jamein P. Cunningham, University of Texas at Austin Angélica Meinhofer, Cornell University and NBER Adrian Rubli, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México State Recreational Cannabis Laws and Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System
10:20 am	Break
10:40 am	Abby E. Alpert, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Steve Schwab, University of Texas at San Antonio Benjamin D. Ukert, Texas A&M University Opioid Use and Employment Outcomes: Evidence from the Military
11:30 am	Break
11:40 am	Mika Akesaka, Kobe University Hitoshi Shigeoka, Simon Fraser University and NBER “Invisible Killer”: Seasonal Allergy and Accidents
12:30 pm	Lunch, Taylor Ballroom
1:40 pm	Esra Kose, University of California, Merced Siobhan M. O'Keefe, Davidson College Maria Rosales-Rueda, University of Delaware and NBER Does the Delivery of Primary Health Care Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence from the Rollout of Community Health Centers
2:30 pm	Break
2:40 pm	Stefanie J. Fischer, Monash University Heather Royer, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER Corey D. White, Monash University Health Care Centralization: The Health Impacts of Obstetric Unit Closures in the US
3:30 pm	Break
3:40 pm	Marika Cabral, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Colleen Carey, Cornell University and NBER Sarah Miller, University of Michigan and NBER The Impact of Provider Reimbursement on Health Care Utilization of Low-Income Individuals: Evidence from Medicare and Medicaid
4:30 pm	Adjourn