Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Jevay Grooms and Hannes Schwandt, Organizers

April 28, 2023

Paper Presentations: 20 Minutes, Discussants: 8 minutes, Egg Timer Presentations: 10 minutes, Panelists: Short presentation, then 6 minutes per panelist & 20 minute discussion

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, April 28
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am
Welcome
8:35 am

Equity and Efficiency in Technology Adoption: Evidence from Digital Health
Discussant: Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER
9:10 am

Drivers of Racial Differences in Unnecessary C-Sections
Discussant: Joaquin A. Rubalcaba, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:45 am

Racial Disparities in the Quality of Nursing Home Care
Discussant: Salama Freed, The George Washington University
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am

Mortality Among Persons Who Self-Identify as American Indian or Alaska Native (slides)
Discussant: Monica Garcia-Perez, Fayetteville State University
11:15 am
Short Presentations

Racial Segregation in Ambulatory Healthcare

Does Paired Kidney Exchange Reduce Demographic Disparities in Transplant Outcomes? (slides)

Distrust Backfires? Ethnic Inequalities in Vaccine Hesitancy
11:55 am
Lunch - Somerset Room
1:00 pm
Panel Discussion: Trends in Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Research
Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER
Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University and NBER
Kosali I. Simon, Indiana University and NBER
1:40 pm

Measuring Disparities in Medical Spending and Health Outcomes by Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Age and Socioeconomic Status (slides)
Discussant: Sebastian Tello-Trillo, University of Virginia and NBER
2:15 pm

State Recreational Cannabis Laws and Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System
Discussant: Krzysztof Karbownik, Emory University and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:10 pm

Black Lives Matter for Productivity: Heterogeneous Impacts of the 2020 Social Justice Movement on Faculty
Discussant: Dania V. Francis, University of Massachusetts, Boston
3:45 pm

Heterogeneity in Damages from a Pandemic (slides)
Discussant: Marion Aouad, University of California, Irvine and NBER
4:20 pm
Closing Discussion
4:30 pm
Adjourn