NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2003

Health Economics Workshop

July 31, 2003

Michael Grossman, Organizer

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30:

6:00 PM Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

THURSDAY, JULY 31:

8:30 AM Coffee and Pastries

9:00 AM JONATHAN KLICK, George Mason University

SARA MARKOWITZ, Rutgers University at Newark and NBER

Are Mental Health Parity Laws Effective? Evidence from Suicide

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM JEFFREY KLING, Princeton University and NBER

JEFFREY LIEBMAN, Harvard University and NBER

LARRY KATZ, Harvard University and NBER

LISA SANBONMATSU, Harvard University

Is Living in a High Poverty Neighborhood Bad for Your Health?

11:15 AM Break

11:30 AM WILLIAM H. DOW, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NBER

KRISTY GONZALEZ, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

LUIS ROSERO-BIXBY, University of Costa Rica

Aggregation and Insurance-Mortality Estimation

12:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM EDWARD MIGUEL, UC, Berkeley and NBER

MICHAEL KREMER, Harvard University and NBER

The Illusion of Sustainability

2:30 PM Break

2:45 PM SHERRY GLIED, Columbia University and NBER

ADRIANA LLERAS-MUNEY, Princeton University and NBER

Health Inequality, Education and Medical Innovation

3:45 PM Break

4:00 PM CHRISTOPHER J. RUHM, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and NBER

Healthy Living in Hard Times

5:00 PM Break