Health Economics Initiative 2024 Annual Conference
On May 2-3, 2024, the Becker Friedman Institute’s Health Economics Initiative’s annual conference brought together faculty, research professionals, and students to present the latest research on all topics in health economics.
Joining the 2024 Health Economics Initiative Conference as the Keynote speaker was Amy Finkelstein, John & Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Agenda
Registration & Breakfast
Should Top Surgeons Practice at Top Hospitals? Sorting and Complementarities in Healthcare
Germs in the Family: The Short- and Long-Term Consequences of Intra-Household Disease Spread
Break
Turbocharging Profits? Contract Gaming and Revenue Allocation in Healthcare
Atul Gupta, University of Pennsylvania
Entry and Competition in Insurance Markets: Evidence from Medicare Advantage
Break
Introduction by Provost Baicker
Katherine Baicker, University of Chicago Provost
Keynote: Geographic Variation in Health and Healthcare: Evidence from Migration
Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lunch
1st Floor Dining Room
Controlling Healthcare Costs Through Spending Limits and Documentation Requirements
Maggie Shi, University of Chicago
Targeting Overuse of Home Health Care: Evidence from Multiple Policy Instruments
Neale Mahoney, Stanford University
Break
Water Treatment and Child Mortality: A Meta-analysis and Cost-effectiveness Analysis
Michael Kremer, University of Chicago
Getting Down to Business: Chain Ownership and Fertility Clinic Performance
Ambar La Forgia, University of California, Berkeley
Break
The Economics of Infertility: Evidence from Reproductive Medicine
Childhood Shocks Across Ages and Human Capital Formation
Alexander Willen, Norwegian School of Economics
Conference Adjourns
Breakfast
Tunneling and Hidden Profits in Health Care
Andrew Olenski, Lehigh University
Does Health Insurance Reduce Consumption Risk? Evidence from Medicaid Expansions
Dan Sacks, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Break
The Effects of Competition on Physician Prescribing
Molly Schnell, Northwestern University
The Role of Information in Pharmaceutical Advertising: Theory and Evidence
Kelli Marquardt, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Break
Evaluating and Pricing Health Insurance in Low-Income Countries: A Field Experiment in India
Anup Malani, University of Chicago
Negative Externalities of Temporary Reductions in Cognition: Evidence from Particulate Matter Pollution and
Anne Burton, The University of Texas, Dallas
Lunch
How Can Menu Design Address Adverse Selection? Evidence from a Health Insurance Exchange
Myles Wagner, Harvard University
The Chronic Disease Index: Analyzing Health Inequalities Over the Lifecycle
Jon Kolstad, University of California, Berkeley