NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

HEALTH ECONOMICS PROGRAM MEETING

Michael Grossman Organizer

April 13, 2007

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

THURSDAY, APRIL 12:

6:30 p.m. Dinner

Dante Restaurant

Royal Sonesta Hotel

40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard

Cambridge, MA

FRIDAY, APRIL 13:

7:45 a.m. Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue

8:00 a.m. Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue

8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. JAVIER A. BIRCHENALL, UC, Santa Barbara

RODRIGO R. SOARES, University of Maryland and NBER

Altruism, Fertility, and the Value of Children:

Health Policy Evaluation and Intergenerational Welfare

9:30 a.m. Break

9:45 a.m. DONALD KENKEL, Cornell University and NBER

The Evolution of the Schooling-Smoking Gradient

10:45 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. CHARLES L. BAUM II, Middle Tennessee State University

CHRISTOPHER J. RUHM, University of North Carolina and NBER

Age, Socioeconomic Status and Obesity Growth

12:00 Noon Lunch

1:00 p.m. EMILY OSTER, University of Chicago and NBER

HIV and Sexual Behavior Change: Why not Africa?

2:00 p.m. Break

2:15 p.m. ELIZABETH OLTMANS ANANAT, Duke University

DANIEL M HUNGERMAN, University of Notre Dame and NBER

The Power of the Pill for the Next Generation

3:15 p.m. TINNA LAUFEY ASGEIRSDOTTIR, University of Iceland

Health and Income: The Case of Iceland

4:15 p.m. Adjourn

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