NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008 |
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Health Care/Aging Workshop |
Alan Garber, Organizer |
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Aging/Health Care/Productivity Joint Workshop |
Ernst Berndt, David Cutler, David Wise, and Alan Garber,
Organizers |
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July 24 and 25, 2008 |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel, Parkview Room, |
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PROGRAM |
THURSDAY,
JULY 24: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries |
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9:00 am |
ROBERT TOWN, |
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GAUTAM GOWRISANKARAN, |
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CLAUDIO LUCARELLI, |
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PHILIPP SCHMIDT-DENGLER, |
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Government Policy and the Dynamics
of Market Structure: Evidence from Critical Access Hospitals |
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9:50 am |
Break |
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10:05 am |
KATE BUNDORF, |
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JONATHAN LEVIN, |
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NEALE MAHONEY, |
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10:55 am |
ELLEN MEARA and RICHARD G. FRANK, |
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The Effect of Maternal Depression
and Substance Abuse on ChildrenÂ’s Cognitive, Behavioral, and Educational
Outcomes |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch |
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12:45 pm |
ALAN GARBER, STANFORD and NBER |
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JONATHAN SKINNER, |
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Is
American Health Care Uniquely Inefficient? |
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1:35 pm |
AMY FINKELSTEIN, MIT and NBER |
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ERZO F.P. LUTTMER, |
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MATT NOTOWIDIGDO, MIT |
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What Good is
Wealth Without Health? The Effect of Health on the Marginal Utility of
Consumption |
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2:25 pm |
Break |
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2:35 pm |
KARINE LAMIRAUD, |
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STEPHANE LHUILLERY, Ecole
Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne |
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New Technologies and Medical Costs |
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3:25 pm |
DAN KESSLER, |
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JOHN COGAN, |
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GLENN HUBBARD, |
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The Effect of
Medicare Coverage for the Disabled on the Market for Private Insurance |
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4:15 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:00 pm |
Dinner Celebration to Thank Martin
Feldstein for his Service to the NBER |
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FRIDAY,
JULY 25: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries |
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9:00 am |
JONATHAN ZINMAN,
Innovations for Poverty Action |
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XAVIER GINÉ, The World
Bank |
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DEAN KARLAN, Innovations
for Poverty Action |
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Put Your Money Where Your Butt Is: A Commitment Savings
Account for Smoking Cessation |
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9:50 am |
Break |
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10:05 am |
DAVID BLANCHFLOWER, |
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ANDREW J. OSWALD, |
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10:55 am |
Break |
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11:10 am |
MARIAN V. WROBEL, |
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JEFFREY R. KING, The
Brookings Institute and NBER |
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SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN, |
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ELDAR SHAFIR, |
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LEE VERMEULEN, |
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Misperceived
Prices: Medicare Drug Plan Choice |
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12:00 pm |
JONATHAN GRUBER, MIT
Department of Economics |
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How
Do Elders Do in Choosing a Part D Plan? |
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1:00 pm |
Lunch and Adjourn |
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