NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2002
Health Economics Workshop
Michael Grossman, Organizer
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Massachusetts
August 1, 2002
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1:
8:30 AM Coffee and Pastries
9:00 AM FRANK R. LICHTENBERG, Columbia University and NBER
SUCHIN VIRABHAK, Columbia University
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM THEODORE JOYCE, City University of New York and NBER
GREGORY COLMAN, Pace University
MICHAEL GROSSMAN, City University of New York and NBER
The Effect of Cigarette Excise Taxes on Smoking among Pregnant and
Non-Pregnant Women
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM JONATHAN GRUBER and SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN, MIT and NBER
Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier?
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM ROSALIE LICCARDO PACULA, RAND and NBER
JAMIE F. CHRIQUI, MayaTech Corporation
FRANK J. CHALOUPKA, University of Illinois at Chicago and NBER
Do Medical Marijuana Laws Influence the Recreational Use of Marijuana? Evidence from High School Seniors
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2:30 PM Break
2:45 PM JEFF DESIMONE, East Carolina University and NBER
The Response of Drug Injection Behavior to Local Heroin Prices and AIDS Prevalence
3:45 PM Break
4:00 PM MIREILLE JACOBSON, Harvard University
Trends in Youth Drug Use in the United States, 1975-2000
5:00 PM Adjourn
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