NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2006

Health Economics Workshop

Michael Grossman and Ted Joyce, Organizers

July 24 and 25, 2006

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Charles B Room

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

MONDAY, JULY 24:
12:00 n	Lunch
1:00 pm	ANGELA FERTIG, University of Georgia
	GERHARD GLOMM and RUSTY TCHERNIS, Indiana University
	The Connection between Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: Inspecting the Mechanism
2:00 pm	Break
2:15 pm	SHERRY GLIED, Columbia University and NBER
	MATTHEW NEIDELL, Columbia University
	Smile! The Economic Value of Teeth
3:15 pm	Break
3:30 pm	JOHN BRIDGES, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
	PENNY FELDMAN and TIMOTHY PENG Visiting Nurse Service of New York
	Team Structure and Adverse Events in Home Health Care
4:30 pm	Adjourn
TUESDAY, JULY 25:
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	JOHN CAWLEY, Cornell University and NBER
	JOHN MORAN, Syracuse University
	KOSALIE SIMON, Cornell University and NBER
	You Can Never Be Too Rich or Too Thin: The Causal Impact of Income on Obesity
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	DALTON CONLEY, New York University and NBER
	JEFFREY SACHS, Columbia University and NBER
	GORDON MCCORD, Columbia University
	New Evidence on the Lagging Demographic Transition in Africa
11:15 am	Break
11:30 am	BO MACINNIS, University of Michigan
	The Long-Term Effects of College Education on Morbidities: New Evidence from the Pre-Lottery Vietnam Draft
12:30 pm	Lunch and Adjourn
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