Longer-Term Health and Economic Effects of COVID-19

Gopi Shah Goda and Maria Polyakova, Organizers

February 2, 2024

All times are EST.

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, February 2
1:00 pm
Welcome
1:05 pm
Ying Chen, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Laura Dague, Texas A&M University and NBER
Thomas DeLeire, Georgetown University and NBER
Justin R. Sydnor, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER
Alyssa S. Tilhou, Boston University School of Medicine

Disruptions to Outpatient Care and Adverse Health Events: Evidence from Medicaid Patients with Chronic Diseases
1:30 pm
Elisa Alonso Herrero, University of Zurich
Marianne Bitler, University of California, Davis and NBER
Danea Horn, Stanford University
Arian Seifoddini, Federal Trade Commission

Effects of Expanding Unemployment Insurance on Well-Being: Responses to COVID-19
1:55 pm
Simone G. Schaner, University of Southern California and NBER
Jinkook Lee, University of Southern California
Heather Schofield, Cornell University

Aggregate Health Shocks Have Long-Lasting Mental Health Effects: Evidence from Covid-19 Surges in India
2:20 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm
Break
2:35 pm
Swami Kalpathy, Texas Christian University
John Bizjak, Texas Christian University
Vassil Mihov, Texas Christian University
Jue Ren, Texas Christian University

COVID-19 Vaccinations, Business Activity, and Firm Value
3:00 pm
Jeffrey Clemens, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Oliver Giesecke, Stanford University
Joshua Rauh, Stanford University and NBER
Stan Veuger, American Enterprise Institute

Where Did Pandemic-Era Fiscal Aid to States Land?
3:25 pm
Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Geoffrey Kocks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER
Victoria Udalova, U.S. Census Bureau

Heterogeneity in Damages from A Pandemic
3:50 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm
Break
4:05 pm
Marco Angrisani, University of Southern California
Jeremy Burke, University of Southern California
Francisco Perez Arce, University of Southern California

Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic
4:15 pm
Sofia Schroeter, University of Lausanne
Rafael Lalive, University of Lausanne
Kalaivani Karunanethy

School Closures and Parental Labor Supply: Differential Effects of Anticipated and Unanticipated Closures
4:25 pm
Klara Peter, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ivan Suvorov, UNC-CH

Parental Labor Supply Responses to COVID-19 School Closures in Russia: Unpacking Heterogeneous Effects
4:35 pm
Livia Alfonsi, Harvard Business School
Mary Namubiry, BRAC Univeristy
Sara Spaziani, Brown University

Gender Gaps: Back and Here to Stay? Evidence from Skilled Ugandan Workers during COVID-19
4:45 pm
Discussion
5:00 pm
Adjourn