SI 2015 Health Economics

Michael Grossman and Theodore J. Joyce, Organizers

July 20, 2015

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 20
9:00 am
9:00 am
Victor Lavy, University of Warwick and NBER
Analia Schlosser, Tel Aviv University
Adi Shani, Tel Aviv University

Out of Africa: Human Capital Consequences of In Utero Conditions
10:15 am
10:15 am
John Cawley, Cornell University and NBER

Incentivizing Nutritious Diets: A Field Experiment of Relative Prices and How they are Framed
11:30 am
11:30 am
Abby Friedman, Yale University

How do Electronic Cigarettes affect Adolescent Smoking?
1:30 pm
1:30 pm
Onur Altindag, Bentley University
Theodore J. Joyce, City University of New York and NBER
Julie A. Reeder, Oregon WIC Program

Effects of Peer Counseling to Support Breastfeeding: Assessing the External Validity of a Randomized Field Experiment
2:45 pm
Booyuel Kim, KDI School of Public Policy and Management
Hyuncheol Bryant Kim, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Cristian Pop-Eleches, Columbia University and NBER

Externalities and Complementarities of HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs: Evidence from Secondary Schools in Malawi
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER
Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
Jean-Pierre H. Dube, University of Chicago and NBER

The Geography of Poverty and Nutrition: Food Deserts and Food Choices Across the United States