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NBER: Introducing 2007-2008 Pre-Doc Fellows in Aging/Health

Introducing 2007-2008 Pre-Doc Fellows in Aging/Health

From: Janet Stein <jbstein_at_nber.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:31:31 -0500

The NBER Fellowship Program in Aging and Health, now in its 19th year, is
pleased to introduce the following pre-doctoral fellows for 2007-2008. The
program is supported by grants from the National Institute on Aging.

>Pre-Doctoral Fellows in Aging and Health Economics, 2007-2008
>
>Tonja Bowen Bishop (MIT)
>Changes in marginal tax rates around retirement
>
>Michael Frakes (MIT)
>Effects of economic factors on physician treatment styles and
>information-gathering behavior
>
>Noam Kirson (Harvard)
>Cross-country comparisons of health and labor market stress
>
>Jonathan Kolstad (Harvard)
>Information and consumer choice of health care providers and the
>industrial organization of hospital markets
>
>Amanda E. Kowalski (MIT)
>Price elasticity of demand for medical care
>
>Chris Nosko (Harvard)
>Lifecycle consumption and savings behavior
>
> David Powell (MIT)
>Occupational risk and tax incidence
>
>Hui Shan (MIT)
>Property taxes and elderly mobility
>
>Anna Sinaiko (Harvard)
>Health insurance markets, Medicare, Consumer behavior
>
>Fabrice Smieliauskas (Harvard)
>Behavioral economics of health care decision-making among the elderly
>
>

Janet Stein
Program Administrator
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