SI 2023 Economics of Health

Leila Agha, Christopher S. Carpenter, Laura Dague, Amy Finkelstein, Benjamin R. Handel, and Alex Hollingsworth, Organizers

July 26-27, 2023

Charles Room AB

Format: 50 minutes for each paper, with questions during the presentation

Conference Code of Conduct

Summer Institute 2023 master schedule

Wednesday, July 26
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am	Introductions
9:00 am	Eli B. Liebman, University of Georgia Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis Lasanthi Fernando, Bureau of Economic Analysis How Much Are Medical Innovations Worth? A Detailed Analysis Using Thousands of Cost-Effectiveness Studies
9:50 am	Break
10:00 am	Jonathan I. Dingel, University of Chicago and NBER Joshua D. Gottlieb, University of Chicago and NBER Maya Lozinski, University of Chicago Pauline Mourot, University of Chicago Market Size and Trade in Medical Services
10:50 am	Break The 11:00 am paper will not be livestreamed
11:00 am	Zarek Brot-Goldberg, University of Chicago and NBER Zack Cooper, Yale University and NBER Stuart V. Craig, University of Wisconsin-Madison Lev R. Klarnet, Harvard University Ithai Lurie, U.S. Department of the Treasury Corbin L. Miller, Internal Revenue Service How Does Rising Health Care Spending in the US Impact Labor Markets and Mortality? Evidence from Hospital Mergers
11:50 am	Lunch
1:00 pm	N. Meltem Daysal, University of Copenhagen Hui Ding, Fudan University Maya Rossin-Slater, Stanford University and NBER Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University and NBER Germs in the Family: The Short- and Long-Term Consequences of Intra-Household Disease Spread
1:50 pm	Break
2:00 pm	David Keiser, University of Massachusetts Amherst Bhashkar Mazumder, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago David Molitor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER Joseph S. Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Water Works: Causes and Consequences of Safe Drinking Water in America
2:50 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Janet Currie, Princeton University and NBER Anran Li, Northwestern University Molly Schnell, Northwestern University and NBER The Effects of Competition on Physician Prescribing
3:50 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Adrian Chadi, University of Konstanz Manuel Hoffmann, Harvard University Television, Health, and Happiness: A Natural Experiment in West Germany
4:50 pm	Adjourn
Thursday, July 27
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Abhijit Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Abhijit Chowdhury, John C. Martin Centre for Liver Research and Innovations Jishnu Das, Georgetown University and NBER Jeffrey Hammer, National Council of Applied Economic Research Reshmaan N. Hussam, Harvard University and NBER Aakash Mohpal, The World Bank The Market for Healthcare in Low Income Countries (slides)
9:50 am	Break
10:00 am	Seth M. Freedman, Indiana University Daniel W. Sacks, University of Wisconsin-Madison Kosali I. Simon, Indiana University and NBER Coady Wing, Indiana University Direct and Indirect Effects of Vaccines: Evidence from COVID-19
10:50 am	Break
11:00 am	Tatyana Deryugina, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER Julian Reif, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER The Long-run Effect of Air Pollution on Survival (slides)
11:50 am	Lunch
1:00 pm	Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Matthew J. Notowidigdo, University of Chicago and NBER Frank Schilbach, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Jonathan Zhang, McMaster University and NBER Lives vs. Livelihoods: The Impact of the Great Recession on Mortality and Welfare
1:50 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Danil Agafiev Macambira, Yale University Michael Geruso, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Anthony Lollo, Yale University Chima D. Ndumele, Yale University Jacob Wallace, Yale University and NBER The Private Provision of Public Services: Evidence from Random Assignment in Medicaid
2:50 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Edward Kong, Harvard University Timothy Layton, Harvard University and NBER Mark Shepard, Harvard University and NBER Adverse Selection and (un)Natural Monopoly in Insurance Markets
3:50 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Diane E. Alexander, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Engy Ziedan, Tulane University Provider Payments and the Direction of Innovation: The Case of the Wearable Artificial Kidney
4:50 pm	Adjourn