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

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