• The Introduction of PrEP on HIV: Incidence, Mortality and Heterogeneity

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    Add to Calendar! Speaker: Sebastian Tello - Associate professor of public policy and economics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Sebastian's fields of specialization are Public Economics, Health Economics, and Applied Microeconomics. He has […]

  • 10th Workshop in Behavioral and Experimental Health Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam

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    Dear colleagues, We are pleased to invite submissions for the 10th Workshop in Behavioral and Experimental Health Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam on December 11th and 12th, 2025. The workshop is part of the activities of the Behavioral Experiments in Health Network and brings together economists and behavioral scientists who apply behavioral-economics insights and experimental methods to […]

  • State recreational cannabis laws and racial disparities in the criminal legal system

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    Add to Calendar! We estimate the direct and spillover effects of cannabis legalization on longstanding racial disparities in criminal justice outcomes. We find that legalization reduces cannabis possession and sales arrests for White and Black populations, narrowing but not eliminating disparities. We also find spillover increases in hospitalizations involving cannabis and other illegal drugs. However, […]

  • Teaching Health Economics SIG Networking Event

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    Add to Calendar! An interactive networking event for SIG members to exchange ideas, discuss current themes and challenges in higher education, and help shape future SIG activities and events.  

  • Endogenous Screening and Health Behaviors

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    Add to Calendar! Because 80% of lung cancers are caused by cigarette smoking, we build a dynamic structural model in which screening and smoking are chosen simultaneously. We estimate the model from a variety of data sources, including novel survey information and EHR data from over 100 hospital systems. In a survey experiment, we randomly […]

  • Building a Data System for Health and Labor Economics Research: The U.S. National Dementia Workforce Study

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    Add to Calendar! The growing prevalence of dementia in the United States underscores an urgent need to understand and strengthen the workforce providing this specialized care. This seminar presents findings from the National Dementia Workforce Study, sponsored by the U.S. National Institute on Aging. This is the first large-scale, annual survey program systematically tracking the […]

  • Teaching Health Economics SIG Networking Event

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    Add to Calendar! An interactive networking event for SIG members to exchange ideas, discuss current themes and challenges in higher education, and help shape future SIG activities and events.  

  • Fifth Ireland Masterclass in Health Economics

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    See more details here! Venue: University of Galway, Ireland. At the Ireland Masterclass in Health Economics, internationally prominent senior researchers share their cutting-edge research with early-career health economists (assistant professors, post-doctoral researchers, and PhD students). The event also includes professional development sessions, such as a “Meet the Editors” event to discuss publication strategies with the […]