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Fall 2006 - Spring 2007 Schedule
9/8/06 |
Beomsoo Kim (Assistant Professor, UNC Greensboro ) Title: The Impact of Malpractice Risk on the Use of Obstetrics Procedures Location/Time: Noon - 1 p.m., RTI Link to paper |
9/22 |
Edward Norton (Professor, UNC Chapel Hill ) Title: Using Genetic Information to Identify the Causal Effect of Obesity on Labor Market Outcomes Location/Time: Noon - 1 p.m., Duke University, Fuqua Seminar Room 1 |
10/6 |
Reed Johnson (PhD, RTI ) |
11/3 |
Frank Sloan (Professor, Duke University) Title: Do Smokers Really Underestimate Risks? Evidence from Subjective Beliefs about Mortality and Health Ahmed Khwaja, Dan Silverman, Frank Sloan Location/Time: Noon - 1 p.m., Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC Chapel Hill Link to paper |
11/17 |
Marty Gaynor (Professor, Carnegie Mellon University) |
12/1 |
David Grabowski (Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School) Title: The Impact of Ownership Conversions on Nursing Home Performance Location/Time: 3:30 - 5 p.m., Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC Chapel Hill |
12/6 Wednesday |
Rob Huckman (Harvard University) Title: Is Entry Efficient When Inputs Are Constrained? Lessons from Cardiac Surgery Location/Time: 9:30 - 11:00 a.m., Seminar Room 1, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University For more information, please see http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~dbr1/health/seminar.html |
12/8 |
Betty Tao and Sean Zhang (PhD candidates, UNC Economics - Job Market Practice) Titles: The Impact of Insurance on Recommended Medical Care, Lifestyle Behaviors and the Health of Non-Elderly Diabetics (Betty Tao) and Friendship Formation and Peer Effects on Smoking Initiation Among American Teens (Sean Zhang) Location/Time: Noon - 2 p.m., Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC Chapel Hill Link to Tao paper Link to Zhang paper |
12/14 Thursday |
France Weaver (PhD Candidate, Job Market Practice) Title: Proximity to death and participation in the long-term care market Location/Time: Noon - 1 p.m., Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC Chapel Hill Link to paper |
1/26/07 |
Lee Mobley (RTI) Title: Geo-spatial Measurement and Methods in Health Outcomes Research Location/Time: Noon - 1 p.m. Seminar Room 1, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University |
2/9 |
Daniel Eisenberg (University of Michigan) Title: The Effect of Serving in Vietnam on Smoking Later in Life Location/Time: 3:30 - 5 p.m. Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC Chapel Hill Link to paper |
2/21 |
Duncan Thomas (UCLA) Title: Causal Effect of Health on Labor Market Outcomes: Empirical Evidence Location/Time: 3:30 - 5 p.m. Room 211, Gardner Hall, UNC Chapel Hill Link to paper |
2/23 |
Albert Ma (Boston University) |
3/2 |
Leemore Dafny (Northwestern University) Title: Are Health Insurance Markets Competitive? A Test of First-Degree Price Discrimination Location/Time: 3:30 - 5 p.m. Seminar Room C, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University |
3/9 |
Harsha Thirumurthy (UNC Chapel Hill) Title: AIDS Treatment and Intrahousehold Resource Allocations: Children's Nutrition and Schooling in Kenya Location/Time: Noon - 1 p.m. Room 3005, Hooker Research Center, UNC Chapel Hill |
3/23 |
Sally Stearns (UNC Chapel Hill) Title: Maternal Peridontal Disease and Birth Outcomes: An Elusive Relationship Location/Time: Noon - 1 pm. RTI, Hobbs Ground Floor conference room (see directions below) Link to paper |
4/13 |
Justin Trogdon (RTI) Title: Use of Econometric Models to Estimate Disease-Specific Shares of Medical Expenditures Location/Time: Noon - 1 p.m. Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC Chapel Hill Link to paper |
4/27 |
Chris Ruhm (UNC Greensboro) Title: Age, Socioeconomic Status and Obesity Growth Location/Time: Noon - 1 p.m. Seminar Room C, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University Link to paper |
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