RAND Conference on Health, Aging and Human Capital

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  • The Economics of Life Extension and Quality of Life ImprovementDavid MeltzerUniversity of Chicago

The RAND Bing Center for Health Economics and RAND Labor and Population, in collaboration with the Journal of Human Capital, held a two-day conference at the RAND Headquarters in Santa Monica, Calif., on Friday and Saturday, December 2-3, 2011, on Health, Aging, and Human Capital.

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Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in Physical Activity Now Playing

Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in Physical Activity

Michael Grossman

City University of New York

41:43

Health, Education, and the Post-Retirement Evolution of Household Assets Now Playing

Health, Education, and the Post-Retirement Evolution of Household Assets

David Wise

Harvard University

37:20

Is Medical R&D Unique? The link between output markets and development Now Playing

Is Medical R&D Unique? The link between output markets and development

Tom Philipson

University of Chicago

40:23

Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt Now Playing

Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt

Nicole Maestas

RAND Corporation

42:34

Life and Growth Now Playing

Life and Growth

Chad Jones

Stanford

38:43

Health Spending and Population Aging in a Model of Human Capital Based Endogenous Growth Now Playing

Health Spending and Population Aging in a Model of Human Capital Based Endogenous Growth

Isaac Erlich

SUNY Buffalo

53:16

Education and Health Now Playing

Education and Health

Adriana Lleras-Muney

UCLA

54:03

A Theory of Socioeconomic Disparities in Health over the Life Cycle Now Playing

A Theory of Socioeconomic Disparities in Health over the Life Cycle

Titus Galama

RAND Corporation

40:54

The Implications of Alzheimer’s Risk for Household Financial Decision Making Now Playing

The Implications of Alzheimer’s Risk for Household Financial Decision Making

Bob Willis / Joanne W. Hsu

University of Michigan / Federal Reserve Board

42:27

The Economics of Life Extension and Quality of Life Improvement Now Playing

The Economics of Life Extension and Quality of Life Improvement

David Meltzer

University of Chicago

37:21

Provider reimbursement, treatment intensity, and patient outcomes: Evidence from the Home Health Interim and Prospective Payment Systems Now Playing

Provider reimbursement, treatment intensity, and patient outcomes: Evidence from the Home Health Interim and Prospective Payment Systems

Peter Huckfeldt

RAND Corporation

39:13

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