NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2010

 

Health Economics Workshop

 

Michael Grossman and Ted Joyce, Organizers

 

July 26 and 27, 2010

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel
University BC

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PROGRAM

 

 

 

 

  

MONDAY, JULY 26:

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

1:00 pm

Robert Jensen, UC, Los Angeles

 

Adriana Lleras-Muney, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

 

Does Staying in School (and not working) Prevent Teen Smoking and Drinking?

 

 

2:00 pm

Break

 

 

2:15 pm

Damien de Walque, The World Bank

 

William Dow, UC, Berkeley and NBER

 

Rose Nathan, Ifakara Health Institute-Tanzania

 

Carol Medlin, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

 

Evaluating Conditional Cash Transfers to Prevent HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STDs) in Tanzania

 

 

3:15 pm

Break

 

 

3:30 pm

Philip DeCicca, McMaster University and NBER

 

Donald Kenkel, Cornell University and NBER

 

Feng Liu, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

 

Excise Tax Avoidance: The Case of State Cigarette Taxes

 

 

4:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

TUESDAY, JULY 27:

 

 

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

9:00 am

Rui Huang, University of Connecticut

 

Muzhe Yang, Lehigh University

 

Buy What is Advertised on Television? Evidence from Bans on Child-Directed Food Advertising

 

 

 

 

10:00 am

Break

 

 

10:15 am

Jason Fletcher, Yale University

 

Stephen Ross, University of Connecticut

 

Estimating the Effects of Friendship Networks on Health Behaviors of Adolescents

 

 

11:15 am

Break

 

 

11:30 am

Seth Richards, Carnegie Mellon University

 

Peer Effects in Sexual Initiation: Separating Social Norms and Partner Supply

 

 

12:30 pm

Lunch and Adjourn