Friday, November 1st
9:30 am - 10:25 am
“The distributional effects of expanding public health insurance”
Presenter:Â Â Tim Layton, University of Virginia
10:30 am - 11:25 am
“Marine Microplastics and Infant Health”
Presenter:Â Evie Zhang, Old Dominion University
11:30 am – 12:25 pm
“Social Comparisons and Adolescent Body Image: Evidence from School Entry Cutoffs”
Presenter:Â Brandyn Churchill, American University
1:30 pm - 2:25 pm
“Ridesharing and External-Cause Mortality”
Presenter:Â Keith Teltser, Georgia State University
2:30 pm – 3:25 pm
“The impact of privatization: Evidence from the hospital sector”
Presenter:Â Atul Gupta, University of Pennsylvania
3:30 pm – 4:25 pm
Presenter: Sadia Farzana, Northwestern University
Egg Timer Presentations
“Non-nurse Midwives, Home Births, and Health Outcomes”, Jessica Kiser, Vanderbilt University
“Vertical Integration and Regulated Profits in Prescription Drug Markets”, Eric Yde, University of Virginia
“The Effect of Crisis Hotlines on Mortality: Evidence from the 988 Rollout”, Niki Kannan, University of Toronto
“When Cure is Better than Prevention The Fragmentation of Health Insurance and Underinvestment in Preventative Care”, Sarah Kotb, Harvard University
“Oil Production and Its Implications on Neonatal Health: Analyzing Low Birth Weights in California”, Paul Park, Florida State University
Saturday, November 2nd
8:30 am - 9:25 am
"Controlling Costs Through Soft Spending Limits: Evidence from the Medicare Therapy Cap"
Presenter:Â Maggie Shi, University of Chicago
9:30 am - 10:25 am
"Public Insurance Expansions and Provider CapEx"
Presenter:Â Michael Richards, Cornell University
10:30 am - 11:25 am
"Informative ordeals in healthcare: Prior authorization of drugs in Medicaid"
Presenter:Â Ljubica Ristovska, Yale University
11:30 am - 12:25 pm
"Medical Innovation and Health Inequality: Evidence from Hepatitis C"
Presenter:Â Michael Darden, John Hopkins University