NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.



HEALTH ECONOMICS PROGRAM MEETING



Michael Grossman, Organizer



March 26, 2004



NBER

2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts



PROGRAM





THURSDAY, MARCH 25:

6:30 PM Dinner

Davio's Restaurant

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, MA



FRIDAY, MARCH 26:



7:45 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.



8:00 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.



8:00 AM Continental Breakfast



8:30 AM TED JOYCE, Baruch College and NBER

Some Simple Tests of Abortion and Crime



9:30 AM Break



9:45 AM NEERAJ KAUSHAL, Columbia University

ROBERT KAESTNER, University of Illinois and NBER

Welfare Reform and Health Insurance of Immigrants



10:45 AM Break



11:00 AM THOMAS BUCHMUELLER, UC, Irvine and NBER

Price and Health Plan Choices of Retirees



12:00 N Lunch



1:00 PM PHILIP COOK, Duke University and NBER

JENS LUDWIG, Georgetown University

Gun Ownership and Homicide Risk



2:00 PM Break



Over, Please!



2:15 PM BRUCE MEYER, Northwestern University and NBER

ANTHONY LO SASSO, Northwestern University

The Health Care Safety Net and Crowd-Out of Private Health Insurance



3:15 PM ISAAC EHRLICH and YONG YIN, State University of New York

Rationalizing Diversities in Age-Specific Life Expectancies and Values

of Life Saving: A Numerical Analysis



4:15 PM Adjourn



3/24/04