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

Wednesday, July 26
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am	Introductions
9:00 am	How Much Are Medical Innovations Worth? A Detailed Analysis Using Thousands of Cost-Effectiveness Studies
9:50 am	Break
10:00 am	Market Size and Trade in Medical Services
10:50 am	Break The 11:00 am paper will not be livestreamed
11:00 am	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	Germs in the Family: The Short- and Long-Term Consequences of Intra-Household Disease Spread
1:50 pm	Break
2:00 pm	Water Works: Causes and Consequences of Safe Drinking Water in America
2:50 pm	Break
3:00 pm	The Effects of Competition on Physician Prescribing
3:50 pm	Break
4:00 pm	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	The Market for Healthcare in Low Income Countries (slides)
9:50 am	Break
10:00 am	Direct and Indirect Effects of Vaccines: Evidence from COVID-19
10:50 am	Break
11:00 am	The Long-run Effect of Air Pollution on Survival (slides)
11:50 am	Lunch
1:00 pm	Lives vs. Livelihoods: The Impact of the Great Recession on Mortality and Welfare
1:50 pm	Break
2:00 pm	The Private Provision of Public Services: Evidence from Random Assignment in Medicaid
2:50 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Adverse Selection and (un)Natural Monopoly in Insurance Markets
3:50 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Provider Payments and the Direction of Innovation: The Case of the Wearable Artificial Kidney
4:50 pm	Adjourn