Fall 2012/Spring 2013 Schedule
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| Date | Workshop Details |
|---|---|
8/24 | Courtney Van Houtven (Duke/Durham VA) Title: Do couples self-insure? The effect of informal care on a couple's labor supply Location/Time: Noon - 1 pm, Rosenfeld Conference Room, 3rd floor, Sheps Center, UNC Link to paper |
9/21 | Anirban Basu (University of Washington) Title: Estimating person-centered treatment effects using instrumental variables: Application to prostate cancer treatments Location/Time: Noon - 1:30 pm, 133 Rosenau Hall, UNC This seminar is jointly sponsored by the Program on Health Outcomes, UNC |
| 10/5 | Janet Currie (Princeton) Title: Is there a Link Between Foreclosure and Health? Location/Time: Noon - 1 pm, Carolina Population Center, Room 405, University Square East Tower, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (as part of the CPC's Interdisciplinary Research Seminar series) |
10/26 | Phil Cook (Duke) Title: The virtuous tax: Lifesaving and crime-prevention effects of the 1991 federal alcohol-tax increase Location/Time: Noon - 1 pm, 211 Gardner Hall, UNC Economics Link to paper |
11/2 | Michael Schoenbaum (National Institute of Mental Health) Title: Assessing Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide in US Army Soldiers: The Army STARRS Study Location/Time: 1:30- 3 pm, 2301 MacGavran-Greenberg Hall, UNC This seminar is jointly sponsored by the Program on Health Outcomes, UNC |
| 11/16 | Kimberley Geissler (PhD Candidate, Health Policy and Management) Title: The impact of homicides in northern Mexico on healthcare access for US residents Location/Time: Noon - 1 pm, DeFriese Conference Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC |
11/30 | Matt Harris (PhD Candidate, UNC Economics) Title: What is the Full Cost of Body Mass in the Workplace? A Dynamic Stochastic Model of Occupational Choice, Hours Worked, and Body Weight Over the Life Cycle Location/Time: Noon - 1 pm, DeFriese Conference Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC Link to paper |
| 1/11/13 | Matt Maciejewski (Duke/Durham VA) Title: Can Value Based Insurance Design (VBID) Bend the Cost Curve? Location/Time: Noon - 1 pm, DeFriese Conference Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC |
| 1/22 | Matt White (Johns Hopkins) Title:An Ounce of Prevention at Half Price: Evaluating a Subsidy on Health Investments Location/Time: 3:30 - 5 pm, 211 Gardner Hall, UNC Economics Link to paper |
| 2/6 | David Chan (MIT) Title: Organizational Structure and Moral Hazard among Emergency Department Physicians Location/Time: 12:30 - 2 pm, Fuqua School of Business, DeSanctis Seminar Room, Duke |
| 2/8 | Donna Gilleskie (UNC Economics) Title: Disentangling the Contemporaneous and Life-Cycle Effects of Body Mass on Earnings Location/Time: 12:00 - 1 pm, Room 405, CPC East, UNC This seminar is sponsored by the Carolina Population Center, UNC |
| 2/15 | Jeff Federspiel (PhD Candidate, Health Policy and Management) Title: Beyond the "Marginal Patient": Addressing Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Observational Outcomes Research Location/Time: Noon - 1 pm, DeFriese Conference Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC |
| 2/22 | Erica Field (Duke Economics) Title: Throwing the Baby out with the Drinking Water: Unintended Consequences of Arsenic Mitigation Efforts in Bangladesh Location/Time: 12:00 - 1 pm, Room 405, CPC East, UNC This seminar is sponsored by the Carolina Population Center, UNC |
| 3/1 | Sally Stearns (UNC) Title: Sally's DC Wild Adventure: Costs and Benefits of Medicare Hospice Use Location/Time: Noon - 1 pm, DeFriese Conference Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC |
| 4/19 | Thomas Buchmueller (University of Michigan) Title: The Effect of Medicaid Payment Rates on Access to Dental Care Among Children Location/Time: Noon - 1:30 pm, Fuqua School of Business, DeSanctis Seminar Room, Duke Link to paper |
| 4/26 | Dmitry Shapiro (UNC Charlotte) Title: Heterogeneous Effect of Prospective Payment System on Hospital's Volume and Quality Location/Time: Noon - 1 pm, DeFriese Conference Room 150, Sheps Center, UNC |
