SI 2024 Economics of Health

Christopher S. Carpenter, Amy Finkelstein, Joshua D. Gottlieb, Timothy Layton, Mario Macis, Analisa Packham, Maria Polyakova, and Barton Willage, Organizers

July 24-25, 2024

Charles AB

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 24
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am
Welcome/Announcements
9:00 am
Sarah Miller, University of Michigan and NBER
Elizabeth Rhodes, OpenResearch
Alexander W. Bartik, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David E. Broockman, University of California, Berkeley
Patrick K. Krause, OpenResearch
Eva Vivalt, University of Toronto

Does Income Affect Health? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Guaranteed Income
9:45 am
Break
10:00 am
Sarah Boegl, Stanford University
Jasmin Moshfegh, Stanford University
Petra Persson, Stanford University and NBER
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER

The Economics of Infertility: Evidence from Reproductive Medicine
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am
Kate Pennington, U.S. Census Bureau
Joanna Venator, Boston College

Reproductive Policy Uncertainty and Defensive Investments in Contraception
11:45 am
Lunch
1:00 pm
Carol Propper, Imperial College London
George Stoye, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Max S. Warner, Institute for Fiscal Studies

The Effects of Pension Reforms on Physician Labour Supply: Evidence from the English NHS
1:20 pm
N. Meltem Daysal, University of Copenhagen
William N. Evans, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Mikkel Hasse Pedersen, EY Denmark
Mircea Trandafir, Rockwool Foundation

Do Medical Treatments Work for Work? Evidence from Breast Cancer Patients
1:40 pm
Break
2:00 pm
Yunan Ji, Georgetown University and NBER
Parker Rogers, Indiana University

The Long-Run Impacts of Regulated Price Cuts: Evidence from Medicare
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Ambar La Forgia, University of California, Berkeley
Julia Bodner, Copenhagen Business School

Getting Down to Business: Chain Ownership and Fertility Clinic Performance
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Eilidh Geddes, University of Georgia
Molly Schnell, Northwestern University and NBER

The Expansionary and Contractionary Supply-Side Effects of Health Insurance
4:45 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 25
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Kaveh Danesh, University of California, Berkeley
Jonathan T. Kolstad, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
William D. Parker, London School of Economics
Johannes Spinnewijn, London School of Economics

The Chronic Disease Index: Analyzing Health Inequalities Over the Lifecycle
9:45 am
Break
10:00 am
Maggie Shi, University of Chicago and NBER
Ashvin Gandhi, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

The Limits of Spending Limits: Evidence from Medicare
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am
Alex Hoagland, University of Toronto

Innovations and Inequities in Access to Medical Services
11:45 am
Lunch
1:00 pm
Caitlin Carroll, University of Minnesota

Public Investment and Health Care Quality: Evidence from Rural Hospital Subsidies
1:20 pm
Yaming Cao, ZEW Mannheim
Kurt J. Lavetti, The Ohio State University and NBER
Nicolas R. Ziebarth, ZEW Mannheim & U Mannheim

Covering the Uninsured with Primary Care Networks: Utilization and Spending Implications
1:40 pm
Break
2:00 pm
Martin B. Hackmann, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Juan S. Rojas, Charles River Associates
Nicolas R. Ziebarth, ZEW Mannheim & U Mannheim

Creative Financing and Public Moral Hazard: Evidence from Medicaid and the Nursing Home Industry
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Cristobal Otero, Columbia University
Pablo Munoz, Universidad de Chile

Managers and Public Hospital Performance
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Kevin Callison, Tulane University
Michael E. Darden, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Keith F. Teltser, Georgia State University

Externalities from Medical Innovation: Evidence from Organ Transplantation
4:45 pm
Adjourn