NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2010 |
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Health Economics Workshop |
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Michael Grossman and Ted Joyce,
Organizers |
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July 26 and 27, 2010 |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
40 Edwin H. Land Blvd. |
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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PROGRAM |
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MONDAY, JULY 26: |
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12:00 n |
Lunch |
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1:00 pm |
Robert Jensen,
UC, Los Angeles |
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Adriana Lleras-Muney, UC, Los Angeles and NBER |
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Does
Staying in School (and not working) Prevent Teen Smoking and Drinking? |
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2:00 pm |
Break |
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2:15 pm |
Damien de Walque, The World
Bank |
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William Dow, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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Rose Nathan, Ifakara Health
Institute-Tanzania |
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Carol Medlin, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
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Evaluating Conditional
Cash Transfers to Prevent HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections
(STDs) in Tanzania |
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3:15 pm |
Break |
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3:30 pm |
Philip DeCicca, McMaster
University and NBER |
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Donald Kenkel, Cornell
University and NBER |
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Feng Liu, Shanghai University of Finance
and Economics |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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TUESDAY, JULY 27: |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
Rui Huang, University of Connecticut |
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Muzhe Yang, Lehigh University |
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Buy What is
Advertised on Television? Evidence from Bans on Child-Directed Food
Advertising |
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10:00 am |
Break |
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10:15 am |
Jason Fletcher, Yale University |
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Stephen Ross, University of Connecticut |
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Estimating
the Effects of Friendship Networks on Health Behaviors of Adolescents |
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11:15 am |
Break |
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11:30 am |
Seth Richards, Carnegie Mellon University |
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Peer Effects
in Sexual Initiation: Separating Social Norms and Partner Supply |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch and Adjourn |