Health Economics Program Meeting

Christopher S. Carpenter and Sara Markowitz, Organizers

May 6-7, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, May 6
2:00 pm
Welcome and Logistics
2:05 pm
Gabriella Conti, University College London
Paul Rodriguez-Lesmes, Universidad del Rosario

Early Childhood Health Inequalities and In-Utero Health Interventions: Evidence from the Treatment of Gestational Diabetes
2:55 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Marcus Dillender, Vanderbilt University and NBER

The Health Impacts of Public Health Funding: Evidence and Lessons from the Fight against HIV/AIDS
3:50 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Alice Chen, University of Southern California
Elizabeth L. Munnich, University of Louisville
Stephen Parente, University of Minnesota
Michael R. Richards, Cornell University and NBER

Provider Turf Wars and Medicare Payment Rules
4:50 pm
Adjourn to Virtual Happy Hour on Gather.town
Friday, May 7
2:00 pm
Nicolás Badaracco, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Marguerite Burns, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Laura Dague, Texas A&M University and NBER

In-Kind Welfare Benefits and Recidivism Risk: Evidence from Medicaid
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Joshua C. Tibbitts, Washington State University
Benjamin W. Cowan, Washington State University and NBER

The Opioid Safety Initiative and Veteran Suicides
3:50 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Timothy J. Moore, Purdue University and NBER
Benjamin Hansen, University of Oregon and NBER
William W. Olney, Williams College

Importing the Opioid Crisis? Trade, Smuggling, and Fentanyl Overdoses
4:50 pm
Adjourn to Virtual Happy Hour on Gather.town