SI 2020 Health Economics
Christopher S. Carpenter, Michael Grossman, and Robert Kaestner, Organizers
July 20-21, 2020
on Zoom.us
| Monday, July 20 | ||
| 1:00 pm |
Michael Grossman, City University of New York and NBER Fifty-Four Years at the NBER and Still Hanging in There |
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| 1:50 pm | Break | |
| Format: 30 minute presentation followed by 20 minutes for Q&A | ||
| 2:00 pm |
Peter A. Savelyev, Virginia Commonwealth University Atticus Bolyard, College of William and Mary Understanding the Education Polygenic Score and Its Interactions with SES in Determining Health in Young Adulthood |
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| 2:50 pm | Break | |
| 3:00 pm |
Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER Pragya Kakani, Cornell University Adam Sacarny, Columbia University and NBER Hospital Allocation and the Evolution of Racial Health Disparities: Evidence from Heart Attacks |
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| 3:50 pm | Break | |
| 4:00 pm |
Anup Malani, University of Chicago and NBER Gabriella Conti, University College London Alessandra Voena, Stanford University and NBER Cynthia Kinnan, Tufts University and NBER The Indian Health Insurance Experiment: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect of Hospital Insurance on Utilization and Health |
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| 4:50 pm | Adjourn | |
| 5:00 pm |
Tribute to Michael Grossman Moderator: James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Sara Markowitz, Emory University and NBER Victor Fuchs, Stanford University and NBER Adriana Lleras-Muney, University of California at Los Angeles and NBER Dhaval Dave, Bentley University and NBER Jody Sindelar, Yale University and NBER Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University and NBER |
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| Tuesday, July 21 | ||
| 10:00 am |
Randi Hjalmarsson, University of Gothenburg Matthew J. Lindquist, Stockholm University The Health Effects of Prison |
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| 10:50 am | Break | |
| 11:00 am |
Marieke Bos, Stockholm School of Economics Andres Liberman, New York University Andrew Hertzberg, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Are We Overdiagnosing Mental Illnesses? Evidence From Randomly Assigned Doctors |
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| 11:50 am | Break | |
| 12:00 pm |
Chad D. Cotti, Michigan State University Charles J. Courtemanche, University of Kentucky and NBER Johanna Catherine Maclean, George Mason University and NBER Erik T. Nesson, Wake Forest University and NBER Michael F. Pesko, University of Missouri Nathan Tefft The Effects of E-Cigarette Taxes on E-Cigarette Prices and Tobacco Product Sales: Evidence from Retail Panel Data |
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| 12:50 pm | Adjourn | |
| 1:00 pm | Social Hour | |