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December 28, 2005
ASHE and iHEA activities at the AEA Meetings In Boston
ASHE Board Meeting
Friday, January 6, 2006, 8:00-10:00am
Sheraton Boston - Jefferson Room
ASHE Luncheon
Saturday, January 7, 2006, 12:30-2:30pm
Sheraton Boston, Fairfax A.
Moderator: Joseph Newhouse, President, ASHE
Speaker: Martin Feldstein, Harvard University and NBER
Title: “The Challenge of Health Care Economics”
iHEA/ASHE Reception
Saturday, January 7, 2006. 5:30-7:00PM
Sheraton Boston, Berkeley A & B
AEA/iHEA Session
Saturday, January 7, 2006, 10:15 am
Hynes Convention Center Room 202.
“Issues in Industrial Organization of Health Care”
Presiding: Vivian Ho (Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine)- “Evolution of the US Hospital Industry” - Sujoy Chakravarty, Marty Gaynor, Stephen Klepper, and William Vogt (Carnegie Mellon University)
- “Estimation and Identification of Merger Effects: An Application to Hospital Mergers” - Leemore Dafny (Northwestern University)
- “Causality and the Volume-Outcome Relationship in Surgery” - Gautam Gowrisankaran (Washington University), Vivian Ho (Rice university and Baylor College of Medicine), and Robert Town (University of Minnesota)
Discussants: Thomas Holmes (University of Minnesota), Frank Wolak (Stanford University), Ariel Pakes (Harvard University)
iHEA Session
Sunday, January 8, 2006, 10:15 am
Hynes Convention Center, Room 204
Health and Family
Presiding: Kenneth Chay (University of California-Berkeley)- “Marriage Perfection or Marriage Selection?” - William Evans (University of Maryland)
- “Contraception as Development? New Evidence from Family Planning in Columbia” - Grant Miller (Stanford University)
- “Disease Management: Helping Patients Who Won’t Help Themselves” - Paul Gertler (University of California - Berkeley)
- “The Long-Term Effects of Head Start: A Regression Discontinuity Approach” - Jens Ludwig (Georgetown University)
Discussant: Kenneth Chay, University of California - Berkeley
Some sessions involving Health Economics and related subjects
Friday January 6, 2006, 8:00 am
Topics in Health Care Economics
Presiding: Randall Ellis (Boston University)- “Do Prescription Drug Withdrawals Yield Competitive Benefits to, or Impose Negative Spillovers on, Remaining Drugs in the Therapeutic Class?” - John Cawley (Cornell University), and John Rizzo (State University of New York - Stony Brook)
- “Ownership vs. Contract: How Vertical Integration Affects Investment Decisions in Pharmaceutical R&D” - Ilan Guedj (University of Texas - Austin)
- “The Impact of Liability on the Physician Labor Market” - Eric Helland (Claremont McKenna College), and Mark Showalter (Brigham Young University)
- “The Convergence Between For-Profit and Nonprofit Hospitals in the United States” - Guy David (University of Pennsylvania)
Multiple-Father Families (J1)
Presiding: V. Jeffery Evans (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)- “Examining the Struck Bargains: Bargaining Theory in the Case of Multiple-Partner Fertility” - Christina Gibson-Davis (Duke University), and Katherine Magnuson (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
- “Who Is My Daddy? Multiple Fathers in Low-Income Families” - Natasha Cabrera (University of Maryland - College Park)
- “The Hand or the Heart: The Adverse Effects of Multiple Partner Fertility on Family Formation” - Ronald Mincy (Columbia University) and Chien-Chung Huang (Rutgers University)
Neuroeconomics (C9)
Presiding: David Laibson (Harvard University)- “Ambiguity-Aversion in the Brain: Evidence from FMRI and Lesion Patients” - Ming Hsu, Meghana Bhatt, Ralph Adolphs (California Institute of Technology), Dan Tranel (University of Iowa Health Care), and Colin Camerer (California Institute of Technology)
- “From Social Mind to Business Mind: Neural Foundations of Sanction Effects” - J. Li, E. Xiao, D. Houser (George Mason University), B. King-Casas, and R. Montague (Baylor College of Medicine)
- “The Role of Differential Outcome Feedback on Transitivity, Heart Rate, Galvanic Skin Response and FMRI” - John Dickhaut, Trent Jerde, Aldo Rustichini and Baohua Xin (University of Minnesota)
- “Backward Induction as a Cognitive Process” - Uri Gneezy (University of Chicago), Aldo Rustichini and Alexander Vostroknutov (University of Minnesota)
- “Exchange Task Reveals Differential Neural Responses across Social Context and Gender” - Damon Tomlin, Brooks King-Casas (Baylor College of Medicine), Cedric Anen, Steven R. Quartz (California Institute of Technology), and P. Read Montague (Baylor College of Medicine)
Friday, January 6, 2006, 10:15 am
- Economic Analysis of the Medicare Modernization Act
Presiding: Donald E. Yett (University of Southern California)- “Assessing the Impact of Health Savings Accounts on Insurance and Coverage Costs” - Stephen T. Parente, Roger Feldman, Jean Abraham, and John Christianson (University of Minnesota)
- “Will the Lack of a Level Playing Field in the MMA Undermine Regional Competition?” - Steven D. Pizer, Austin Frakt (Boston University and VA Boston Health Care Systems), and Roger Feldman (University of Minnesota)
- “Will Competition Return to Medicare?” - Joseph Antos (American Enterprise Institute)
Friday January 6, 2006, 2:30 pm
The Impact of Medicare (I1)
Presiding: Jonathan Skinner (Dartmouth College)- “What Did Medicare Do (And Was It Worth IT?)” - Amy Finkelstein (Harvard University) and Robin McKnight (University of Oregon)
- “The Impact of Nearly Universal Insurance Coverage on Health Care Utilization and Health: Evidence from Medicare” - David Card (University of California - Berkeley), Carlos Dobkin (University of California - Santa Cruz), and Nicole Maestas (Rand)
- “Racial Disparities in the Medicare Program” - Katherine Baicker and Amitabh Chandra (Dartmouth College)
The Economic History of Labor and Health
Presiding: Lee Craig (North Carolina State University)- “The Political Economy of Workers’ Compensation Benefits Since 1930” - Samuel K. Allen (University of California - Davis)
- “Food Supply Fluctuations and Cycles of Growth”
- “Historical Trends in Executive Compensation, 1936-2003” - Carola Frydman and Raven Saks (Harvard University)
- “Demand for Private Health Insurance and the Failure of Progressive Reform” - John E. Murray (University of Toledo)
Quality in Health Care Markets
Presiding: Martin Gaynor (Carnegie Mellon University)- “Effects of Hospital Price Competition on Input Mix and Quality of Care” - Kevin G. Volpp, (University of Pennsylvania), R. Tamara Konetzka (University of Chicago), Julie Sochalski, and Jingsan Zhu (University of Pennsylvania)
- “HMO Competition and HMO Quality: Longitudinal Evidence” - Dennis P. Scanlon (Pennsylvania State University), Michael Chernew (University of Michigan), Shailender Swaminathan (University of Alabama - Birmingham), and Woolton Lee (Pennsylvania State University)
- “Effects of Physician Specialization of Costs and Outcomes: Results of a Multi-Center Study of Hospitals” - David Meltzer, Willard G. Manning, and J. Zhang (University of Chicago)
Saturday, January 7, 2006, 8:00 am
- Competition in Highly Related Sectors: Telecom, Health, and Financial Services
Presiding: Sharon Oster (Yale University)- “The Effect of Rate Regulation on Demand for Supplemental Health Insurance” - M. Kate Bundorf (Stanford University), and Kosali Simon (Cornell University)
- “The Color of Money Revisited: Are Banking Regulations Effective in Reducing Disparities in Home Mortgage Lending to Neighborhoods” - Yan Lee (University of California - Los Angeles)
- “Influence and Information Technology in Health Care” -James Rebitzer and Mari Rege (Case Western Reserve University)
- “‘Build or Buy’ Strategies in the Local Loop” - Marc Borreau, Enst, and Pinar Dogan (Harvard University)
Saturday, January 7, 2006, 10:15 am
Wealth and the Health of Children: Intrahousehold Decision-Making (D1)
Presiding: Theodore Tsukahara, Jr., Saint Mary’s College of California- “Child Disability and Longer-Term Parental Health: Are Implications the Same for Mothers and Fathers?” - Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University), Martha Macdonald (Saint Mary’s University), Peter Burton, and Lynn Lethbridge (Dalhousie University)
- “Saving for Whose Retirement? Household Decision-Making and Household Wealth” - Shelly Lundberg (University of Washington), and Jennifer Ward-Batts, (Claremont McKenna College)
- “Measuring Intra-Household Bias in Healthcare of Children” - Sharmistha Self (St. John’s University), and Sajal Lahiri (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale)
Contributed Papers in Health Economics: Teenage Sex and Drugs, Nursing Homes, and Infants
Presiding: J. Michael Fitzmaurice (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)- “An Exploration of the Relationship between Risky Sexual Behavior and Substance Use by Teenagers and Young Adults” - Michael Grossman, Freddy Siahaan, (City University of New York and National Bureau of Economic Research)
- “Moral Hazard in Nursing Home Use” - David C. Grabowski (Harvard Medical School) and Jonathan Gruber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- “The Demand for Health and Unhealthy Prenatal Inputs” - Reichman (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey), Hope Corman, Kelly Noonan, (Rider University and National Bureau of Economic Research), and Dhaval Dave (Bentley College and National Bureau of Economic Research)
Saturday, January 7, 2006, 2:30 pm
- Technology, Competition, and Quality in Heart Attack Treatment
Presiding: Laurence Baker (Stanford University and NBER)- “The Returns to More Invasive Treatments for Heart Attacks” - Amitabh Chandra (Harvard University and NBER), and Douglas O. Staiger (Dartmouth College and NBER)—
- “Incorporating Health Care Quality within Health Antitrust Law” - Helen Schneider (University of California - Berkeley)
- “Managed Care, Competition, and Heart Attack Treatments” - Laurence Baker and Christopher Afendulis (Stanford University and NBER)
Sunday, January 8, 2006, 8:00 am
Hospital Prices and Utilization
Presiding: Michael Chernew (University of Michigan)- “Is the Impact of Managed Care on Hospital Prices Decreasing?” - David Dranove (Northwestern University), Richard Lindrooth (Medical University of South Carolina), William D. White (Cornell University), and Jack Zwanziger (University of Illinois - Chicago)
- “The Relationship between Insurance Status and Utilization of Hospital Services in Australia” - H.E. Frech III (University of California - Santa Barbara), Sandra Hopkins (Curtin University), and Michael Kidd (University of Aberdeen)
- “Hospital Prices and Market Structure in the Hospital and Insurance Industries” - Martin Gaynor, Asako Shimazaki, and William B. Vogt (Carnegie Mellon University)
Education, Health and Welfare from Diverse Perspectives (I0)
Presiding: Linda Loubert (Morgan State University)- “Inequality, Race, and Mortality: A Critical Replication” - Michael Ash and Dean Robinson (University of Massachusetts - Amherst)
- “Double Disadvantage? African American Same-Sex Couples: Evidence from the 2000 Census” - Lee Badgett, Lisa Saunders (University of Massachusetts - Amherst), and Gary Gates (University of California - Los Angeles)
- “Occupational Segregation by Race and Sex in Brazil, 1989-2001” - Mary King (Portland State University)
- “Racial Gaps in High School Leadership Opportunities” - Catherine Weinberger (University of California - Santa Barbara)
Sunday, January 8, 2006, 10:15 am
HIV/AIDS and Rural Food Security in Africa
Presiding: Stuart Gillespie (International Food Policy Research Institute)- “Ten Years On: Summary Findings of a Longitudinal Study on the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Rural Livelihoods in Zambia” - Michael Drinkwater, Margaret Mcewan, Fiona Samuels, Simon Tunkanya and Team CARE International, FAO, HIV/AIDS Alliance
- “Labour Market and Wage Impacts of HIV/AIDS In Rural Malawi” - Andrew Dorward (Imperial College London) and I. Mwale (Ministry of Agriculture, Malawi)
- “Factors Associated with Community Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Evidence From Zambia” - Elizabeth Byron (International Food Policy Research Institute), Albert Chalabesa (Zambian Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives), Petan Hamazakaza, (Farming Systems Group), Thomas Jayne (Michigan State University), Mukelabai Ndiyoi (Farming Systems Group), Suneetha Kadiyala (International Food Policy Research Institute), and Stuart Gillespie (International Food Policy Research Institute)
Health and Development
Presiding: Christina Paxson (Princeton University)- “Health, Income, and Household Resource Allocation: Experimental Evidence” - Elizabeth Frankenberg (University of California - Los Angeles), James P. Smith (RAND), Bondon Sikoki (Survey/METER), and Duncan Thomas (University of California - Los Angeles)
- “Consequences of Early Marriage for Women in Bangladesh” - Erica Field (Harvard University)
- “The Gender Division of Labor, Indoor Pollution and Adult and Child Health in Low-Income Countries” - Nazmul Hassan (Dhaka University), Mark M. Pitt (Brown University), and Mark Rosenzweig (Harvard University and Brookings Institution)
- “The Effect of Air Quality on Infant Mortality during Indonesia’s Massive Wildfires in 1997” - Seema Jayachandran (University of California - Berkeley and Los Angeles)
Sunday, January 8, 2006, 1:00 pm
- Understanding the Relationship between Education and Health (I1)
Presiding: Michael Grossman (City University of New York and NBER)- “Education,Information, and Smoking Decisions: Evidence from Smoking Histories, 1940-2000” - Damien De Walque (World Bank)
- “A Theory of Health Disparities and Medical Technology” - Dana Goldman and Darius Lakdawalla (RAND)
- “How Did Compulsory Schooling Reduce Mortality Risk among the Elderly?” - Douglas Almond (Columbia University) and Bhashkar Mazumder (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
