Communication and Incentives Conference
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Saturday, March 17
 
9:00 AM Opening remarks and refreshments
 
9:30 AM DOUG ALMOND, Columbia University
"Long-term Effects of 1959-1961 China Famine: Mainland China and Hong Kong"
joint with (with Lena Edlund, Hongbin Li and Junsen Zhang)

Discussant: PETER KUHN, UCSB
 
10:30 AM

DOUG MILLER, UC Davis
"The Impacts of Head Start on Health"

Discussant: ELIZABETH DHUEY (UCSB)

   
11:30 AM Break
 
11:45 AM

CARLOS DOBKIN, UC SANTA CRUZ
"The Effect of Alcohol Access on Consumption and Mortality: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from the Minimum Drinking Age"

Discussant: PHILIP BABCOCK, UCSB

 
12:45 PM Lunch
 
1:30 PM

MICHAEL GREENSTONE, MIT
"Climate Change, Mortality, and Adaptation: Evidence from Annual Fluctuations in Weather in the U.S."
(joint with Olivier Deschenes)

Discussant: CHARLIE KOLSTAD, UCSB

 
2:30 PM
HEATHER ROYER, CASE WESTERN UNIVERSITY
"The Effect of Compulsory Schooling on Longevity: Evidence from the United Kingdom"
(joint with Damon Clark)

Discussant: KELLY BEDARD, UCSB

 
3:30 PM Break
 
3:45 PM

OLIVIER DESCHENES, UC SANTA BARBARA
"The Effect of Education on Mortality: Evidence from the Baby Boom Generation"

Discussant: DOUG STEIGERWALD, UCSB

 
4:45PM Adjourn
 
6:30 PM Dinner at Café Buenos Aires
1316 State St.
Santa Barbara