Fall 2015/Spring 2016 Schedule
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| Date | Workshop Details | Primary sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| 10/14/15 (Wednesday) | Jane Cooley Fruehwirth (UNC) Title: Religion and Depression in Adolescence Location/Time: 3:30 - 5:00 pm, UNC Economics, 211 Gardner Hall Link to paper | UNC Economics Applied Micro Seminar |
| 11/3/15 (Tuesday) | Mike Geruso (UT-Austin) Title: Upcoding or Selection? Evidence from Medicare on Squishy Risk Adjustment Location/Time: 3:15-4:45 pm, 111 Social Sciences Bldg., Duke Link to paper | Duke Economics |
| 11/4/15 (Wednesday) | David Chan (Stanford) Title: Uncertainty, Tacit Knowledge, and Practice Variation: Evidence from Physicians in Training Location/Time: 3:00 - 4:30 pm, UNC Economics, 211 Gardner Hall Link to paper | UNC Economics Applied Micro Seminar |
| 11/18/15 (Wednesday) | Liran Einav (Stanford) Title: Can Health Insurance Competition Work? Evidence from Medicare Advantage Location/Time: 3:30 - 5:00 pm, UNC Economics, 211 Gardner Hall Link to paper | UNC Economics Applied Micro Seminar |
| 12/2/15 (Wednesday) | Gil Shapira (World Bank) Title: Using Data from a Randomized Control Trial to Validate a Dynamic Behavioral Model of Adolescent Girls in Malawi Location/Time: 3:30 - 5:00 pm, UNC Economics, 211 Gardner Hall | UNC Economics Applied Micro Seminar |
| 12/4/15 | Yuna Kim (UNC, Student Job Market Practice) Title: Medical Marijuana Laws, Arrest Rates, and Crime Location/Time: 1 - 2 pm, UNC Department of Health Policy and Management, 1101F McGavran-Greenberg Hall | Triangle Health Economics |
| 1/8/16 | Amanda Starc (Wharton) Title: Ask Your Doctor? Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Pharmaceuticals Location/Time: 10:30 am - noon, McKinley Seminar Room, Fuqua School of Business, Duke Link to paper | Duke |
| 1/28/16 | Amar Hamoudi (Duke) Title: A New Approach to Measuring Cognitive Health Location/Time: 2- 3 pm, Gillings School of Global Public Health, 123 Rosenau Hall Link to paper | HPM |
| 1/29/16 | Hengchen Dai (Washington University, St. Louis) Title: The Fresh Start Effect Location/Time: 1- 2 pm, Gillings School of Global Public Health, 2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall | Triangle Health Economics |
| 2/4/16 (Thursday) | Aine Seitz McCarthy (University of Minnesota) Title: His and Her Fertility Preferences: An Experimental Evaluation of the Asymmetric Information in Tanzania Location/Time: 9- 10 am, Gillings School of Global Public Health, 1101F McGavran-Greenberg Hall Link to paper | HPM |
| 2/5/16 | Elena Prager (Wharton) Title: Tiered Hospital Networks, Health Care Demand, and Prices Location/Time: 10:30 am - noon, McKinley Seminar Room, Fuqua School of Business, Duke Link to paper | Duke |
| 2/11/16 (Thursday) | Nicholas Wilson (Reed College) Title: Money, Masculinity and Men's Health: Experimental Evidence on Demand for a Preventative Health Input Location/Time: 9- 10 am, Gillings School of Global Public Health, 123 Rosenau Hall Link to paper | HPM |
| 2/16/16 (Tuesday) | Joseph Kofi Acquah (Brown University) Title: Peer-to-peer lending and birth outcomes during national economic crises: Lessons from Indonesia Location/Time: 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Gillings School of Global Public Health, 2304 McGavran-Greenberg Hall (NOTE: Rescheduled due to inclement weather) Link to paper | HPM |
| 3/11/16 | Stuart Altman (UNC adjunct faculty/Brandeis) Title: The Role of States in Slowing Health Care Spending: The Massachusetts Story Location/Time: noon - 1 pm, Gillings School of Global Public Health, room TBA | Triangle Health Economics |
| 3/16/16 | Ingrid Nembhard (Yale) Title: Changing Interaction Dynamics in Hierarchical Groups: Evidence from a Nurse Role Expansion Field Experiment in Healthcare Groups Location/Time: 1 - 2:30 pm, McKinley Seminar Room, Fuqua School of Business, Duke Link to paper | Duke |
| 4/15/16 | W. David Bradford and Ashley Bradford (University of Georgia) Title: Medical Marijuana Legalization Reduces Prescription Medication Use in Medicare Part D Location/Time: 1- 2 pm, Gillings School of Global Public Health, 2301 McGavran-Greenberg Hall Link to paper | Triangle Health Economics |
