Health Economics Program Meeting

Michael Grossman and Theodore J. Joyce, Organizers

April 17, 2015

NBER

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, April 17
8:30 am
8:30 am
Philip DeCicca, Ball State University and NBER
Harry Krashinsky, University of Toronto

Does Education Reduce Teen Fertility?
9:45 am
Thomas Goldring, Georgia State University
Fabian Lange, McGill University and NBER
Seth Richards-Shubik, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

Testing for Changes in the SES-Mortality Gradient when the Distribution of Education Changes Too
11:00 am
11:00 am
Elaine M. Liu, University of Houston and NBER
Jin-Tan Liu, National Taiwan University and NBER
Hazel Tseng, University of Houston

The Impact of a Natural Disaster on the Incidence of Fetal Losses and Pregnancy Outcomes
1:00 pm
Mark L. Egan, Harvard University and NBER
Tomas Philipson, University of Chicago and NBER

Non-Adherence in Health Care: A Positive and Normative Analysis
2:15 pm
D. Mark Anderson, Montana State University and NBER
Benjamin Crost, University of Calgary
Daniel I. Rees, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Wet Laws, Drinking Establishments, and Crime
3:15 pm
Chad D. Cotti, Michigan State University
Erik Nesson, Wake Forest University and NBER
Nathan Tefft

The Effects of Tobacco Control Policies on Tobacco Products, Tar, and Nicotine Consumption: Evidence from Household Panel Data