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January 27, 2010

iHEAweek 2010 no. 143 (27 Jan)

This issue of iHEAweek: 27 Jan, 2010

Notices
Health Economic Network (HEN)
Associated Journal Contents
Jobs
Conferences
Education
Colophon: Publication Information

NOTICES

Call for Papers: The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance – Issues and Practice

The Geneva Association Health and Ageing Research Program is pleased to announce a special issue on health of The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance – Issues and Practice to be published in October 2010.

We encourage you to submit contributions related to the following areas:

The impact of integrating an ageing population in health insurance systems.
New health technologies and insurance.
Development of health care systems and the capitalization debate.
The interaction of public and private systems in health care provision.
Insuring and managing long-term care risks.
Health issues for an ageing population in the workplace
Climate change and its impact on health and insurance

Suggestions for other topics will be considered by the editor.

All contributions will go through a refereeing process. Papers should be submitted electronically (word or adobe format only) by 1 February 2010 at the latest to Christophe Courbage christophe_courbage@genevaassociation.org.

For further information on The Geneva Papers, visit its web site http://www.palgrave-journals.com/gpp/

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) Registry

The Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR) at Tufts Medical Center is pleased to announce that the Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) Registry is now updated with data up to and including September 2009.

Visit the CEA Registry at http://www.cearegistry.org.

Health Economic Network/Social Science Research Network

The following is a list of abstract entries in the Health Economics Network (HEN) of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) for the past week. iHEA is a proud sponsor of HEN. HEN encourages the early distribution of research results by publishing submitted abstracts and by soliciting abstracts of top quality research papers from around the world. To view links to the abstracts listed below you may need to register with SSRN for free at http://ssrn.com/hen/index.html.

Demographic Change, Human Capital and Welfare
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1538748
MEA Discussion Paper No. 196-2010
Alexander Ludwig , Thomas Schelkle and Edgar Vogel
University of Cologne - Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences , London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - London School of Economics and University of Mannheim - Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA)
Date Posted: January 27, 2010
Last Revised: January 27, 2010
Working Paper Series

Poverty, Health Expenditure, and Health Status: A Long Term Perspective with Evidence from Nigeria
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1540303
Hodo Bassey Riman Sr. , Jude U. Bassey , Esor E. Ibi and Bernard Enya Edu
University of Uyo , Cross River University of Technology , University of Calabar and Cross River University of Technology
Date Posted: January 27, 2010
Last Revised: January 27, 2010
Working Paper Series

How Does Pharmaceutical Advertising Affect Consumer Search?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1542934
Lesley Chiou and Catherine Tucker
Occidental College - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Management Science (MS)
Date Posted: January 27, 2010
Last Revised: January 27, 2010
Working Paper Series

Paying Primary Health Care Centers for Performance in Rwanda
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1543049
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5190
Paulin Basinga , Paul J. Gertler , Agnes Binagwaho , Agnes L.B. Soucat , Jennifer R. Sturdy and Christel Vermeersch
affiliation not provided to SSRN , University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business , affiliation not provided to SSRN , affiliation not provided to SSRN , affiliation not provided to SSRN and World Bank - Young Professionals Program
Date Posted: January 27, 2010
Last Revised: January 27, 2010

How Beliefs About HIV Status Affect Risky Behaviors: Evidence from Malawi, Second Version
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1543254
PIER Working Paper No. 10-004
Aureo de Paula , Gil Shapira and Petra Todd
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics , University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
Date Posted: January 27, 2010
Last Revised: January 27, 2010
Working Paper Series

Estimation and Pricing with the Cairns-Blake-Dowd Model of Mortality
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1543258
University of Verona Department of Economics Working Paper No. 65
E. S. Cannon
University of Bristol - Department of Economics
Date Posted: January 27, 2010
Last Revised: January 27, 2010
Working Paper Series

Financial Protection for the Poor in Colombia: The Effects of a Subsidized Health Insurance Scheme
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1541944
Documentos de Trabajo, No. 12
Andres Zambrano and Ramon A. Castano
Universidad del Rosario - Faculty of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: January 26, 2010
Last Revised: January 26, 2010
Working Paper Series

Insurance for Poor People: A Tool for Financial Protection (Aseguramiento Para La Población Pobre: Una Herramienta De Protección Financiera)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1541945
Documentos de Trabajo, No. 13
Ramon A. Castano and Andres Zambrano
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Universidad del Rosario - Faculty of Economics
Date Posted: January 26, 2010
Last Revised: January 26, 2010
Working Paper Series

The Hedonic Method: Value of Statistical Life, Wage Compensation, Property Value Compensation
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1542072
RESEARCH TOOLS IN NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, A. Batabyal and P. Nijkamp, eds., World Scientific, 2010
Philip E. Graves
University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Economics
Date Posted: January 26, 2010
Last Revised: January 26, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Healthy Food Outside: Farmers’ Markets, Taco Trucks, and Sidewalk Fruit Vendors
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1542359
Gregg W. Kettles
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: January 26, 2010
Last Revised: January 26, 2010
Working Paper Series

Explaining the Rise in Educational Gradients in Mortality
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1540983
NBER Working Paper No. w15678
David M. Cutler , Fabian Lange , Ellen Meara , Seth Richards and Christopher J. Ruhm
Harvard University - Department of Economics , Yale University - Department of Economics , Harvard Medical School , University of Pennsylvania and University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Date Posted: January 25, 2010
Last Revised: January 25, 2010
Working Paper Series

Wastin’ Away in Margaritaville? New Evidence on the Academic Effects of Teenage Binge Drinking
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1540786
Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 1-22, January 2010
Joseph J. Sabia
American University
Date Posted: January 25, 2010
Last Revised: January 25, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Earthquake Propensity and the Politics of Mortality Prevention
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1539868
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5182
Philip Keefer , Eric Neumayer and Thomas Plumper
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) , London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: January 25, 2010
Last Revised: January 25, 2010

Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande (Book Review)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1540211
Victorian Bar News, Vol. 134, pp. 60-1, Spring 2005
Malcolm McKenzie Park
University of Melbourne - Department of Geomatics
Date Posted: January 25, 2010
Last Revised: January 25, 2010
Working Paper Series

Mapping and Matching DNA: Several Legal Complications of ‘Accurate’ Classifications
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1540783
Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 1, 1994
Aviam Soifer and Miriam Wugmeister
University of Hawaii at Manoa - William S. Richardson School of Law and Proskauer, Rose, Goetz, & Mendelsohn
Date Posted: January 25, 2010
Last Revised: January 25, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Owning What You Eat: The Discourse of Food
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1540895
DEMOCRACY, ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2010
David N. Cassuto
Pace University - School of Law
Date Posted: January 25, 2010
Last Revised: January 25, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

The Disability Term: Dignity, Default, and Negative Capability
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1542241
UCLA Law Review, Vol. 47, No. 5, 2000
Aviam Soifer
University of Hawaii at Manoa - William S. Richardson School of Law
Date Posted: January 25, 2010
Last Revised: January 25, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Health Care Expenditure in Nigeria: Does the Level of Government Spending Really Matter?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1540279
Jude U. Bassey , Hodo Bassey Riman Sr. and Bernard Enya Edu
Cross River University of Technology , University of Uyo and Cross River University of Technology
Date Posted: January 24, 2010
Last Revised: January 24, 2010
Working Paper Series

Health Spending, Consumption and Labour Supply over the Life-Cycle: The Effect of Old-Age Security and Annuity Market Imperfections
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1540607
Casper Worm Hansen
University of Southern Denmark - Department of Business and Economics
Date Posted: January 23, 2010
Last Revised: January 23, 2010
Working Paper Series

Can’t We Just Live Together?: New Evidence on the Effect of Relationship Status on Health
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1539783
Susan L. Averett and Jennifer Kohn
Lafayette College - Department of Economics & Business and Drew University
Date Posted: January 22, 2010
Last Revised: January 22, 2010
Working Paper Series

Associated Journal Contents

PharmacoEconomics

February2010, Volume 28, Issue 2

Leading Article
93-102 Can’t Get No Satisfaction? Will Pay for Performance Help?: Toward an Economic Framework for Understanding Performance-Based Risk-Sharing Agreements for Innovative Medical Products
http://adisonline.com/pharmacoeconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=28020&article=00001&type=abstract
Adrian Towse; Louis P. Garrison, Jr

Conference Papers
105-107 We Know Accurately Only When We Know Little
http://adisonline.com/pharmacoeconomics/Citation/2010/28020/We_Know_Accurately_Only_When_We_Know_Little.2.aspx
Stuart MacLeod; Craig Mitton

Conference Papers
109-111 Principles of Design of Access with Evidence Development Approaches: A Consensus Statement from the Banff Summit
http://adisonline.com/pharmacoeconomics/Citation/2010/28020/Principles_of_Design_of_Access_with_Evidence.3.aspx
on behalf of the signatories to the Consensus Statement

Conference Papers
113-142 Funding the Unfundable: Mechanisms for Managing Uncertainty in Decisions on the Introduction of New and Innovative Technologies into Healthcare Systems
http://adisonline.com/pharmacoeconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=28020&article=00004&type=abstract
Tania Stafinski; Christopher J. McCabe; Devidas Menon

Conference Papers
143-152 Access with Evidence Development Schemes: A Framework for Description and Evaluation
http://adisonline.com/pharmacoeconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=28020&article=00005&type=abstract
for and on behalf of the Banff AED Summit

Conference Papers
153-162 Access with Evidence Development: The US Experience
http://adisonline.com/pharmacoeconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=28020&article=00006&type=abstract
Penny E. Mohr; Sean R. Tunis

Conference Papers
163-170 Access with Evidence Development in the UK: Past Experience, Current Initiatives and Future Potential
http://adisonline.com/pharmacoeconomics/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2010&issue=28020&article=00006&type=abstract
Andrew Briggs; Karen Ritchie; Elisabeth Fenwick; Kalipso Chalkidou; Peter Littlejohns

Jobs

Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis/ Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Endowed Chair in Health Equity
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003522.php
February 01, 2010 | Research Chair | Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Applied Health Economist: Ontario Agency for Health Protection & Promotion (OAHPP)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003515.php
February 05, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Research Assistant in Health Economics: Unit of Cancer Epidemiology and Centre for Oncologic Prevention, San Giovann
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003562.php
February 05, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Turin, Italy

Post Doctorial Research Associate Position, Fellowship in Addiction Research: Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences (CHEOS), University of British Columbia
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003559.php
February 25, 2010 | Post-Doc | Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Senior Lecturer and Lecturer (A/B) in Public Health Economics: University of East Anglia (School of Medicine, Health Policy & Practice)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003561.php
February 18, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: Norwich, England, UK

Associate Outcomes Researcher
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003560.php
March 11, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Houston, Texas, USA

Senior Health Economist: The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003558.php
February 07, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Research Fellows/Research Assistants x3 (Permanent positions): Health Economics Research Group (HERG)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003557.php
February 22, 2010 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: London, UK

Reader/Professor (permanent position): Health Economics Research Group (HERG)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003556.php
February 22, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: London, UK

Health Economics, Sr. Manager: Amgen
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003555.php
March 11, 2010 | Manager | Location: Thousand Oaks, California, USA

Health Economics and outcomes Research Scientist
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003549.php
February 02, 2010 | Industry | Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Conferences

8th World iHEA Congress on Health Economics: Transforming Health & Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003434.php
July 10, 2011 | Health Economics | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

8th European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE 2010)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003326.php
July 07, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Helsinki, Finland

Health, Healthcare and Behavior: 3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/002903.php
June 20, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Ithaca, New York, USA

10th Workshop on Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry - Mental Health Policy and Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003565.php
March 25, 2011 | | Location: Venice, Italy

Call for Abstracts: 10th Workshop on Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry - Mental Health Policy and Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003564.php
October 30, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Venice, Italy

Call for Abstracts: International Applied Econometrics Association Conference: Econometrics of Healthy Human Resources
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003546.php
January 28, 2010 | Econometrics | Location: Rome, Italy

Call for Papers: First CEISUC International Workshop: Demand for Health and Health Care
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003531.php
February 15, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Coimbra, Portugal

Health It Summit For Government Leaders
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003518.php
February 04, 2010 | Pharmaceuticals | Location: Washington, DC, USA

Â National Health Information Exchange (HIE) Summit
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003517.php
February 04, 2010 | Health Communications | Event location: Washington, DC, USA

The Eighteenth National HIPAA Summit
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003516.php
February 02, 2010 | Health Care | Location: Washington, DC, USA

Call For Papers: 11th European Health Economics Workshop
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003507.php
February 10, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Lund, Sweden

Call For Abstracts: Society for Medical Decision Making 13th European Meeting 2010, Public Health Decision Making
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003500.php
February 12, 2010 | Public Health | Location: Hall i.T. / Innsbruck, Austria

Call for Abstracts: First Annual Midwestern Health Economics Study Group Conference
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003464.php
February 01, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Chicago Illinois, USA

Call for Papers: Health. Happiness. Inequality: Modelling the Pathways between Income Inequality and Health
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003374.php
January 31, 2010 | Econometrics | Location: Darmstadt, Germany

Education

Three PhD Scholarships in Economics and Management Science: University of Southern Denmark
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003566.php
March 24, 2010 | PhD | Location: Odense, Denmark

Advanced Modelling Methods for Health Economic Evaluation (3-day Workshop)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003563.php
July 28, 2010 | Short Course | Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Modelling for Health Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003554.php
March 08, 2010 | Short Course | Location: Birmingham, UK

Econometric Analysis in Health Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003535.php
February 15, 2010 | PhD | Location: Lausanne, Switzerland

Systematic reviews for HTA and Pharmacoeconomics: their role in reimbursement decisions. An introductory course
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003508.php
March 01, 2010 | Training | Location: University of York, York, UK

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January 2010: newsletter

January 20, 2010

iHEAweek 2010 no. 142 (20 Jan)

iHEA’s weekly periodical

This issue of iHEAweek: 20 Jan, 2010

Notices
Health Economic Network (HEN)
Jobs
Conferences
Education
Colophon: Publication Information

NOTICES

Abstract Intake Reminder

3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE), Ithaca, NY June 20-23

Abstract Intake - DEADLINE APPROACHING! Just a reminder that the HARD deadline for submitting abstracts and sessions for the upcoming 3rd ASHEcon Conference at Cornell in June is fast approaching!

NO ABSTRACTS OR SESSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER JANUARY 25, 2010

You can submit at:

http://ashe2010.abstractsubmit.org/

Health Economic Network/Social Science Research Network

Incentive Compatible Reimbursement Schemes for Physicians
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1538738
Winand Emons
University of Bern - Department of Economics
Date Posted: January 20, 2010
Last Revised: January 20, 2010 Working Paper Series

Genetic Tests and Inter-Temporal Screening in Competitive Insurance Markets
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1538744
The B. E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Forthcoming
Winand Emons
University of Bern - Department of Economics
Date Posted: January 20, 2010
Last Revised: January 20, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Being Human: What They Don’t Teach in Graduate School – A Review of Deirdre Mccloskey’s ‘How to Be Human, Though an Economist’
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1537965
Humane Studies Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2002
Peter J. Boettke
George Mason University - Department of Economics
Date Posted: January 19, 2010
Last Revised: January 19, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Peer Effects and the Freshman 15: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1538456
olga yakusheva , Kandice Kapinos and Marianne Weiss
Marquette University , ISR, University of Michigan and Marquette University
Date Posted: January 19, 2010
Last Revised: January 19, 2010
Working Paper Series

Program Take-Up Among CalWORKs Leavers: Medi-Cal, Food Stamps, and the EITC: An Evaluation of Participation in Work-Support Programs by CalWORKs Leavers
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1539165
RAND Working Paper Series WR- 730
Jacob Alex Klerman , Amy G. Cox , V. Joseph Hotz and Charles Mullins
The RAND Corporation , RAND Corporation - Santa Monica CA Offices , Duke University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: January 19, 2010
Last Revised: January 19, 2010
Working Paper Series

Informing, Enrolling, and Reenrolling CalWORKs Leavers in Food Stamps and Medi-Cal
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1539222
RAND Working Paper Series WR- 732
Jacob Alex Klerman and Amy G. Cox
The RAND Corporation and RAND Corporation - Santa Monica CA Offices
Date Posted: January 19, 2010
Last Revised: January 19, 2010
Working Paper Series

Calorie Posting in Chain Restaurants
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1537767
NBER Working Paper No. w15648
Bryan Bollinger , Phillip Leslie and Alan T. Sorensen
affiliation not provided to SSRN , Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Date Posted: January 18, 2010
Last Revised: January 18, 2010
Working Paper Series

Terminal Care and the Value of Life Near its End
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1537768
NBER Working Paper No. w15649
Tomas Philipson , Gary S. Becker , Dana Goldman and Kevin M. Murphy
University of Chicago , University of Chicago - Department of Economics , University of Southern California and University of Chicago
Date Posted: January 18, 2010
Last Revised: January 18, 2010
Working Paper Series

Intended and Unintended Effects of Youth Bicycle Helmet Laws
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1537776
NBER Working Paper No. w15658
Christopher S. Carpenter and Mark Stehr
University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business and Drexel University
Date Posted: January 18, 2010
Last Revised: January 18, 2010
Working Paper Series

Medical Repatriation or Deportation?: Redefining Medicare Regulations to Better Protect Immigrants from International Patient Dumping
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1536172
Anna Elin Hunsinger
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: January 18, 2010
Last Revised: January 18, 2010
Working Paper Series

Differences in Body Mass Index in Colombia in 2005: An Application of the Indicators of Inequality (Diferencias En Los Índices De Masa Corporal En Colombia En 2005: Una Aplicación De Los Indicadores De Desigualdad)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1536530
Documentos de Trabajo, Facultad de Economía, Universidad del Rosario, No. 38
Nohora Forero and Luis Fernando Gamboa
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - International Institute of Social Studies and Universidad del Rosario - Faculty of Economics
Date Posted: January 18, 2010
Last Revised: January 18, 2010
Working Paper Series

Purchase or Else: The Health Insurance ‘Tax’
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1536606
Tax Notes, Vol. 126, No. 224, 2010
Rodney P. Mock and Jeffrey Tolin
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo - Orfalea College of Business and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo - Orfalea College of Business
Date Posted: January 18, 2010
Last Revised: January 18, 2010
Accepted Paper Series

Do Firms Benefit from Being Present in Technology Clusters? Evidence from a Panel of Biopharmaceutical Firms
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1536970
Catherine Lecocq , Bart Leten , Jeroen Kusters and Bart Van Looy
affiliation not provided to SSRN , Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) - Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) , Catholic University of Leuven (KUL). Faculty of Business and Economics and Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) - Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE)
Date Posted: January 18, 2010
Last Revised: January 18, 2010
Working Paper Series

Determinants of Demand for Antenatal Care in Colombia
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1537140
Documentos de Trabajo, Facultad de Economía, Universidad del Rosario, No. 22
Andrés Ignacio Vecino-Ortiz
NYSPI - Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Date Posted: January 18, 2010
Last Revised: January 18, 2010
Working Paper Series

Should and Can Development Policy Focus on the Poorest Too?
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1537156
Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper No. 125
Grant Ursula and Andrew Shepherd
Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Date Posted: January 18, 2010
Last Revised: January 18, 2010
Working Paper Series

Institutions and Instruments for Tackling Chronic Poverty: The Case of Special Protection and HIV/Aids
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1537166
Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper No. 127
Rachel Slater
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Date Posted: January 18, 2010
Last Revised: January 18, 2010
Working Paper Series

‘Kiddie Crime?’ The Utility of Criminal Law in Controlling Cyberbullying
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1537873
First Amendment Law Review, Forthcoming
Megan Rehberg and Susan W. Brenner
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Dayton - School of Law
Date Posted: January 18, 2010
Last Revised: January 18, 2010
Working Paper Series

Don’t Worry, I’m Still Your Baby: Canada’s Continuing Support of U.S. Linkage Regulations for Pharmaceuticals
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1537988
Ron A. Bouchard
University of Alberta
Date Posted: January 18, 2010
Last Revised: January 18, 2010
Working Paper Series

The Marginal Willingness-to-Pay for Health Related Food Characteristics
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1513528
Gordon C. Rausser and Linda Thunström
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and The Swedish Retail Institute
Date Posted: January 17, 2010
Last Revised: January 17, 2010
Working Paper Series

The Effects of Parental Death and Chronic Poverty on Children’s Education and Health: Evidence from Indonesia
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1537084
Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper No. 133
Daniel Suryadarma , Yus Medina Pakpahan Jr. and Asep Suryahadi
Research School of Social Sciences - Australian National University , affiliation not provided to SSRN and SMERU Research Institute
Date Posted: January 17, 2010
Last Revised: January 18, 2010
Working Paper Series

Economic Growth and Longevity Risk with Adverse Selection http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1536448
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2898
Ben J. Heijdra and Laurie S. M. Reijnders
University of Groningen - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Date Posted: January 16, 2010
Last Revised: January 16, 2010
Working Paper Series

Fertility and Schooling: How this Relation Changed between 1995 and 2005 in Colombia
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1536510
Documentos de Trabajo, Facultad de Economía, Universidad del Rosario, No. 40
Nohora Forero and Luis Fernando Gamboa
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - International Institute of Social Studies and Universidad del Rosario - Faculty of Economics
Date Posted: January 16, 2010
Last Revised: January 16, 2010
Working Paper Series

Jobs

Research Fellow - Child Health Economic Evaluation
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003553.php
January 27, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Loation: Melbourne, Australia

Reader/ Senior Lecturer in Health Economics: Glasgow Caledonian University - Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003552.php
January 29, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Health Economics and outcomes Research Scientist
http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003549.php
February 02, 2010 | Industry | Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Conferences

Call for Abstracts: Health, Healthcare & Behavior, 3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003544.php
January 25, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Ithaca, New York

8th European Conference on Health Economics (ECHE 2010)
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003326.php
July 07, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Helsinki, Finland

York Expert Workshops Programme for 2010: Centre for Health Economics The University of York
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003550.php
June 28, 2010 | Workshop | Location: York, UK

Call for Papers: Social Capital and Health Global Network III Workshop on Social Capital and Health
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003547.php
April 06, 2010 | | Location: Oslo, Norway

Health It Summit For Government Leaders
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003518.php
February 04, 2010 | Pharmaceuticals | Location: Washington, DC, USA

Â National Health Information Exchange (HIE) Summit
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003517.php
February 04, 2010 | Health Communications | Event location: Washington, DC, USA

The Eighteenth National HIPAA Summit
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003516.php
February 02, 2010 | Health Care | Location: Washington, DC, USA

Call For Papers: 11th European Health Economics Workshop
http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003507.php
February 10, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Lund, Sweden

Education

Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Training in Mental Health Policy and Economics Research
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003551.php
July 01, 2010 | Postgraduate/Non-Degree | Location: online

Econometric Analysis in Health Economics
http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003535.php
February 15, 2010 | PhD | Location: Lausanne, Switzerland

COLOPHON

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January 2010: newsletter

January 13, 2010

iHEAweek 2010 no. 141 (13 Jan)

iHEA’s weekly periodical

This issue of iHEAweek: 13 Jan, 2010

Notices
Health Economic Network (HEN)
Jobs
Conferences
Education
Colophon: Publication Information

NOTICES

iHEA at AEA/ASSA Conference

ASHEcon would like to take this opportunity to remind you that the annual ASHEcon lunch will be held during the AEA/ASSA Conference in Atlanta, Sunday January 3, 2010 at the Hilton Atlanta. Pre-registration for this event can be done via the ASHEcon 2010 registration link provided below. We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta.

https://secure.e-registernow.com/cgi-bin/mkpayment.cgi?state=1422

ASHEcon Luncheon Sherry Glied, Columbia University 12:00 PM, Sunday, January 3, 2010 Hilton Atlanta Grand Salon A

The luncheon’s speaker will be Dr. Glied, a Professor of Economics at Columbia University and nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Policy and Evaluation at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Glied’s principal areas of research are in health policy reform and mental healthcare policy. She served as a senior economist for healthcare and labor market policy to the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, under both President Bush and President Clinton. In the latter part of her term, she was a participant in President Clinton’s Health Care Task Force.

Abstract Intake Extension

3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE), Ithaca, NY June 20-23

Abstract Intake has been extended to January 25, 2010

You can submit at:

http://ashe2010.abstractsubmit.org/

Call for papers: The Geneva Association Health and Ageing Research Program

We encourage you to submit contributions related to the following areas:

The impact of integrating an ageing population in health insurance systems.
New health technologies and insurance.
Development of health care systems and the capitalization debate.
The interaction of public and private systems in health care provision.
Insuring and managing long-term care risks.
Health issues for an ageing population in the workplace
Climate change and its impact on health and insurance

Suggestions for other topics will be considered by the editor.

For further information on The Geneva Papers, visit its web site http://www.palgrave-journals.com/gpp/

Health Economic Network/Social Science Research Network

Trade in Healthcare and Health Insurance Services: The GATS as a Supporting Actor (?) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1527388 WTO Staff Working Paper ERSD-2009-15 Rudolf Adlung World Trade Organization Date Posted: January 13, 2010 Last Revised: January 13, 2010 Working Paper Series

The Testosterone Syndrome http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1535231 Don Nicholas affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 13, 2010 Last Revised: January 13, 2010 Working Paper Series

National Independence, Women’s Political Participation, and Life Expectancy in Norway http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1535600 RAND Working Paper Series WR- 729 Jenna Nobles , Ryan Andrew Brown and Ralph A. Catalano University of Wisconsin - Madison , RAND Corporation and University of California, Berkeley Date Posted: January 13, 2010 Last Revised: January 13, 2010 Working Paper Series

Health Care Evaluation, Utilitarianism and Distortionary Taxes http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1535619 Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 19, No. 5, 2000 Paul Calcott Victoria University of Wellington - School of Economics & Finance Date Posted: January 13, 2010 Last Revised: January 13, 2010 Accepted Paper Series

Demand Inducement as Cheap Talk http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1535643 Health Economics, Vol. 8, pp. 721-733, 1999 Paul Calcott Victoria University of Wellington - School of Economics & Finance Date Posted: January 13, 2010 Last Revised: January 13, 2010 Accepted Paper Series

Tontines for the Young Invincibles http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1534711 Regulation, pp. 20-26, Winter 2009-2010 Tom Baker and Peter Siegelman University of Pennsylvania Law School and University of Connecticut - School of Law Date Posted: January 12, 2010 Last Revised: January 12, 2010 Accepted Paper Series

Personal Wellbeing Index in a National Cohort of 87,134 Thai Adults http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1535118 Social Indicators Research, 2009 Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan , Sam-Ang Seubsman , S. Khamman , Lynette L.-Y Lim and Adrian Sleigh Australian National University , Australian National University , Australian National University , Australian National University and Australian National University Date Posted: January 12, 2010 Last Revised: January 12, 2010 Working Paper Series

Tracking and Decomposing Health and Disease Inequality in Thailand http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1535163 Annals of Epidemiology, Vol. 19, No. 11, pp. 800 -807, 2009 Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan , Lynette L.-Y Lim , Gordon Carmichael , Sam-Ang Seubsman and Adrian Sleigh Australian National University , Australian National University , Australian National University , Australian National University and Australian National University Date Posted: January 12, 2010 Last Revised: January 12, 2010 Accepted Paper Series

Determinants of Obesity: The Case of Germany http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1535185 Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 37, No. 6, 2008 Tobias Schicht , Tim Sievers and Wolfgang Maennig affiliation not provided to SSRN , affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Hamburg - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Date Posted: January 12, 2010 Last Revised: January 12, 2010 Accepted Paper Series

Violence against Women in Gujarat is Increasing……… http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1535229 Kalpana Chandraprakash Satija Sardar Patel Institute of Economics and Social Research Date Posted: January 12, 2010 Last Revised: January 12, 2010 Working Paper Series

Nutrition and Risk Sharing within the Household http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1533179 CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7574 Pierre Dubois and Ethan A. Ligon National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) - Research Center in Toulouse and University of California, Berkeley Date Posted: January 11, 2010 Last Revised: January 11, 2010 Working Paper Series

Selective Contracting and Foreclosure in Health Care Markets http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1533181 CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7576 Michiel J. Bijlsma , Jan Boone , Gijsbert Zwart CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis , Tilburg University - Center for Economic Research (CentER) , CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis and Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) Date Posted: January 11, 2010 Last Revised: January 11, 2010 Working Paper Series

The Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research on Health and Health Care Spending http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1533667 NBER Working Paper No. w15633 Anirban Basu and Tomas Philipson University of Chicago - Department of Medicine and University of Chicago Date Posted: January 11, 2010 Last Revised: January 12, 2010 Working Paper Series

Causes and Consequences of Early Life Health http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1533671 NBER Working Paper No. w15637 Anne Case and Christina H. Paxson Princeton University - Research Program in Development Studies and Princeton University Date Posted: January 11, 2010 Last Revised: January 12, 2010 Working Paper Series

The Long Reach of Childhood Health and Circumstance: Evidence from the Whitehall Ii Study http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1533673 NBER Working Paper No. w15640 Anne Case and Christina H. Paxson Princeton University - Research Program in Development Studies and Princeton University Date Posted: January 11, 2010 Last Revised: January 12, 2010 Working Paper Series

Hormone Therapy Helps Fight the Effects of Aging http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1534487 Don Nicholas affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 11, 2010 Last Revised: January 11, 2010 Working Paper Series

Commitment Mechanisms and Compliance with Health-Protecting Behavior: Preliminary Evidence from Orissa (India) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1533628 American Economic Review, Vol. 99, No. 2, 2009 Alessandro Tarozzi , Aprajit Mahajan , Joanne Yoong and Brian Blackburn Duke University - Department of Economics , Stanford University , RAND Corporation and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 10, 2010 Last Revised: January 10, 2010 Accepted Paper Series

Examining Equal Access to Healthcare among Nationals and Expatriates: Evidence from Qatar’s World Health Survey http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1532627 Altijani Haydar Hussin and Faleh M. Ali Qatar Supreme Council of Health and Qatar Supreme Council of Health Date Posted: January 9, 2010 Last Revised: January 9, 2010 Working Paper Series

Retiree Health Benefit Trends Among the Medicare-Eligible Population http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1532914 EBRI Notes, Vol. 31, No. 1, January 2010 Paul Fronstin Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) Date Posted: January 9, 2010 Last Revised: January 9, 2010 Accepted Paper Series

Implications of Health Reform for Retiree Health Benefits http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1532878 EBRI Issue Brief, No. 338, January 2010 Paul Fronstin Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) Date Posted: January 8, 2010 Last Revised: January 8, 2010 Accepted Paper Series

The (Contingent) Value of Autonomy and the Reflexivity of (Some) Basic Goods http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1533017 Adam MacLeod Faulkner University, Jones School of Law Date Posted: January 8, 2010 Last Revised: January 8, 2010 Working Paper Series

Jobs

Applied Health Economist: Ontario Agency for Health Protection & Promotion (OAHPP) http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003515.php February 5, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis/ Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Endowed Chair in Health Equity http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003522.php February 01, 2010 | Research Chair | Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Senior Public Affairs Advisor http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003542.php February 27, 2010 | Consultant/Advisor | Location: Washington D.C., USA

Health economist: Spanish/German/French speaking http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003541.php February 08, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Stockholm, Sweden

HEMA Postdoctoral Fellowship http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003540.php February 15, 2010 | Fellowship/Studentship | Location: Evanston, Illinois, USA

Research Assistant http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003537.php January 31, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Laxenburg, Austria

Conferences

8th World iHEA Congress on Health Economics: Transforming Health & Economics http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003434.php July 10, 2011 | Health Economics | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Call for Abstracts: Health, Healthcare & Behavior, 3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE) http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/2010/01/25/call-for-abstracts-hea-2.html January 25, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Ithaca, New York

Annual Meeting Canadian Health Economics Study Group (CHESG) http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003543.php May 26, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Call for Papers: 4th ISRICH Conference http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003538.php March 31, 2010 | Health Communications | Location: Paris, France

Call for Papers: First CEISUC International Workshop: Demand for Health and Health Care http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003531.php February 15, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Coimbra, Portugal

Health It Summit For Government Leaders http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003518.php February 04, 2010 | Pharmaceuticals | Location: Washington, DC

Â National Health Information Exchange (HIE) Summit http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003517.php February 04, 2010 | Health Communications | Event location: Washington, DC

The Eighteenth National HIPAA Summit

Call For Papers: 11th European Health Economics Workshop http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003507.php February 10, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Lund, Sweden

Call For Abstracts: Society for Medical Decision Making 13th European Meeting 2010, Public Health Decision Making http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003500.php February 12, 2010 | Public Health | Location: Hall i.T. / Innsbruck, Austria

Call for Abstracts: First Annual Midwestern Health Economics Study Group Conference http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003464.php February 01, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Chicago IL, USA

4th Latin American and Caribbean Congress on Health Economics/1st Chilean Conference on Health Economics (2010) http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003398.php January 20, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Santiago, Chile

Call for Papers: Health. Happiness. Inequality: Modelling the Pathways between Income Inequality and Health http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003374.php January 31, 2010 | Econometrics | Location: Darmstadt, Germany

Call for Abstracts: 7th HTAi Annual Meeting 2010 http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003358.php January 15, 2010 | Health Technology Assessment | Location: Dublin, Ireland

Call for Papers: The 2010 IRDES Workshop Applied Health Economics and Policy Evaluation http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003339.php January 15, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Paris, France

Education

Econometric Analysis in Health Economics http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003535.php February 15, 2010 | PhD | Location: Lausanne, Switzerland

Economic Evaluations and Economic Evidence in Healthcare: Finding Information to Inform Technology Assessments and Economic Models http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003509.php January 20, 2010 | Training | Location: University of York, York, UK

Health Economics of Pharmaceuticals and Other Medical Interventions: The European School of Health Economics http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003239.php January 17, 2010 | Training | Location: Nice (Cannes), France

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January 2010: newsletter

January 6, 2010

iHEAweek 2010 no. 140 (06 Jan)

iHEA’s weekly periodical

This issue of iHEAweek: 06 Jan, 2010

Notices
Health Economic Network (HEN)
Associated Journal Contents
Jobs
Conferences
Education
Colophon: Publication Information

NOTICES

iHEA at AEA/ASSA Conference

https://secure.e-registernow.com/cgi-bin/mkpayment.cgi?state=1422

ASHEcon Luncheon Sherry Glied, Columbia University 12:00 PM, Sunday, January 3, 2010 Hilton Atlanta Grand Salon A

Abstract Intake Reminder

3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE), Ithaca, NY June 20-23 http://healtheconomics.us/conference/2010/submission/ Abstract Intake Closes January 15, 2010

Health Economic Network/Social Science Research Network

Allocation of Parental Time and the Long-Term Effect on Children’s Education http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1531546 Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University, Department of Economics WP 09-22 Astrid Würtz Rasmussen University of Aarhus - Aarhus School of Business Date Posted: January 6, 2010 Last Revised: January 6, 2010 Working Paper Series

Family Structure Changes and Children’s Health, Behavior, and Educational Outcomes http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1531563 Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University, Department of Economics WP 09-15 Astrid Würtz Rasmussen University of Aarhus - Aarhus School of Business Date Posted: January 6, 2010 Last Revised: January 6, 2010 Working Paper Series

Soft Budget Constraint in Health Care: Evidence from Italy http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1531587 Rosella Levaggi and Francesco Menoncin University of Brescia - Department of Economics and University of Brescia - Department of Economics Date Posted: January 6, 2010 Last Revised: January 6, 2010 Working Paper Series

FDA Citizen Petitions: A New Means of Delaying Generic Entry? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1531776 Antitrust Health Care Chronicle, Vol. 20, No. 3, p. 10, 2006 Darren S. Tucker Federal Trade Commision Date Posted: January 6, 2010 Last Revised: January 6, 2010 Accepted Paper Series

The Controversy Over Hospital Charges to the Uninsured - No Villains, No Heroes http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1531832 Villanova Law Review, Vol. 51, p. 95, 2006 Beverly Cohen Albany Law School Date Posted: January 6, 2010 Last Revised: January 6, 2010 Accepted Paper Series

Anorexia: A Role for Law in Therapy? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1531919 Psychiatry Psychology and Law, Vol. 16, No. 1. pp. 41-59, 2009, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 10/05 Terry Carney University of Sydney - Faculty of Law Date Posted: January 6, 2010 Last Revised: January 6, 2010 Accepted Paper Series

Judicial Expenditures and Litigation Access: Evidence from Auto Injuries http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1531974 RAND Working Paper Series WR- 709-ICJ Paul Heaton and Eric Helland RAND Corporation and affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 6, 2010 Last Revised: January 6, 2010 Working Paper Series

The Complex Relationship between Taxes and Health Insurance http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1531322 Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-01 Amy Monahan University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Law Date Posted: January 5, 2010 Last Revised: January 5, 2010 Working Paper Series

Regional Cooperation Efforts in the Mekong River Basin: Mitigating River-Related Security Threats and Promoting Regional Development http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1531374 Austrian Journal for Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 28-52, 2009 Susanne Schmeier Hertie School of Governance Date Posted: January 5, 2010 Last Revised: January 5, 2010 Accepted Paper Series

Poverty, Undernutrition and Vulnerability in Rural India: Public Works Versus Food Subsidy http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1531729 Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper No. 135 Raghbendra Jha , Katsushi S. Imai and Raghav Gaiha Australian National University - Australia South Asia Research Centre (ASARC) , University of Manchester - School of Social Sciences and University of Delhi - Department of Economics Date Posted: January 5, 2010 Last Revised: January 5, 2010 Working Paper Series

Reconciling the HIPAA Privacy Rule with State Laws Regulating Ex Parte Interviews of Plaintiffs’ Treating Physicians: A Guide to Performing HIPAA Preemption Analysis http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1531801 Houston Law Review, Vol. 43, No. 1091, 2006 Beverly Cohen Albany Law School Date Posted: January 5, 2010 Last Revised: January 5, 2010 Accepted Paper Series

Building and Sustaining Local Co-Ordination: An Australian Rural Community Responds to Domestic and Family Violence http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1530140 British Journal of Social Work, Vol. 40, Issue 1, pp. 44-62, 2010 Sarah Wendt affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Posted: January 4, 2010 Last Revised: January 4, 2010 Accepted Paper Series

Years of Schooling, Human Capital and the Body Mass Index of European Females http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1530671 IZA Discussion Paper No. 4667 Giorgio Brunello , Daniele Fabbri and Margherita Fort University of Padua - Department of Economics , University of Bologna - Department of Economics and University of Bologna Date Posted: January 4, 2010 Last Revised: January 5, 2010 Working Paper Series

Dependent Care Tax Benefits: A Sham and a Scam http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1530268 Tax Notes, October 2006 Katherine D. Black and Sheldon R. Smith Utah Valley University and Utah Valley State College - Department of Accounting Date Posted: January 2, 2010 Last Revised: January 2, 2010 Accepted Paper Series

Associated Journal Contents

Health Economics

Editorials 125-129 Preference-based condition-specific measures of health: what happens to cross programme comparability? http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123228821/abstract John Brazier, Aki Tsuchiya Abstract Published Online: 4 Jan 2010 DOI 10.1002/hec.1580

Research Articles

130-141 Spending on new drug development http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122219108/abstract Christopher Paul Adams, Van Vu Brantner Abstract Published Online: 26 Feb 2009 DOI 10.1002/hec.1454

142-153 Medical technology adoption, uncertainty, and irreversibilities: is a bird in the hand really worth more than in the bush? http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122224488/abstract Joshua Graff Zivin, Matthew Neidell Abstract Published Online: 6 Mar 2009 DOI 10.1002/hec.1455

154-172 A social cost-benefit criterion for evaluating Voluntary Counseling and Testing with an application to Tanzania http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122239911/abstract Robert J. Brent Abstract Published Online: 6 Mar 2009 DOI 10.1002/hec.1457

173-188 An instrumental variables evaluation of the effect of antidepressant use on employment among HIV-infected women using antiretroviral therapy in the United States: 1996-2004 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122220822/abstract Omar Galárraga, David S. Salkever, Judith A. Cook, Stephen J. Gange Abstract Published Online: 27 Feb 2009 DOI 10.1002/hec.1458

189-208 Estimating health insurance impacts under unobserved heterogeneity: the case of Vietnam’s health care fund for the poor http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122219293/abstract Adam Wagstaff Abstract Published Online: 26 Feb 2009 DOI 10.1002/hec.1466

209-226 Selection and the effect of prenatal smoking http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122268985/abstract Angela R. Fertig Abstract Published Online: 24 Mar 2009 DOI 10.1002/hec.1469

227-242 Smoking initiation in Germany: the role of intergenerational transmission http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122326310/abstract Silja Göhlmann, Christoph M. Schmidt, Harald Tauchmann Abstract Published Online: 20 Apr 2009 DOI 10.1002/hec.1470

Health Economics Letters

243-250 Ordinal and cardinal measures of health inequality: an empirical comparison http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122247041/abstract David Madden Abstract Published Online: 19 Mar 2009 DOI 10.1002/hec.1472

Jobs

Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis/ Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Endowed Chair in Health Equity http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003522.php February 01, 2010 | Research Chair | Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Health Economics: Imperial College London - Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Global Health http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003534.php January 30, 2010 | Professorship/Lectureship | Location: London, England Salary Range: Lecturer

Senior Research Officer, Health Economics: University of Oxford - National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003533.php January 28, 2010 | Researcher/Co-ordinator | Location: Oxford, England Closing date: 12.00

Health Economist: Dymaxium Inc. http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/003529.php February 18, 2010 | Health Economist | Location: Toronto, Canada We are currently

Conferences

8th World iHEA Congress on Health Economics: Transforming Health & Economics http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003434.php July 10, 2011 | Health Economics | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Call for Abstracts: 3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHE), Health, Healthcare & Behavior http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003401.php January 15, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Ithaca, New York

Call for Papers: First CEISUC International Workshop: Demand for Health and Health Care http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003531.php February 15, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Coimbra, Portugal

Analysing Patient Data: how to use the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) to evaluate health care policy and practice http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003530.php March 29, 2010 | Workshop | Location: York, UK

Health Economics from Theory to Practice: informing related decisions of Reimbursement, Research & Regulation http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003528.php July 19, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Adelaide, South Australia

Health It Summit For Government Leaders http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003518.php February 04, 2010 | Pharmaceuticals | Location: Washington, DC

Â National Health Information Exchange (HIE) Summit http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003517.php February 04, 2010 | Health Communications | Event location: Washington, DC

The Eighteenth National HIPAA Summit http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003516.php February 02, 2010 | Health Care | Location: Washington, DC, USA

Call For Papers: 11th European Health Economics Workshop http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003507.php February 10, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Lund, Sweden

Society for Medical Decision Making 13th European Meeting 2010, Public Health Decision Making http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003501.php May 30, 2010 | Public Health | Location: Hall i.T. / Innsbruck, Austria

Call For Abstracts: Society for Medical Decision Making 13th European Meeting 2010, Public Health Decision Making http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003500.php February 12, 2010 | Public Health | Location: Hall i.T. / Innsbruck, Austria

National Seminar and Workshop on Health Economics 2010: Health Economics: Patients and Pharmaceutical Use http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003486.php January 13, 2010 | Seminar | Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

Call for Abstracts: First Annual Midwestern Health Economics Study Group Conference http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003464.php February 01, 2010 | Health Economics | Location: Chicago IL, USA

Call for Papers: Health. Happiness. Inequality: Modelling the Pathways between Income Inequality and Health http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003374.php January 31, 2010 | Econometrics | Location: Darmstadt, Germany

Call for Abstracts: 7th HTAi Annual Meeting 2010 http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003358.php January 15, 2010 | Health Technology Assessment | Location: Dublin, Ireland

Call for Papers: The 2010 IRDES Workshop Applied Health Economics and Policy Evaluation http://www.healtheconomics.org/conferences/003339.php January 15, 2010 | Workshop | Location: Paris, France

Education

Econometric Analysis in Health Economics http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003535.php February 15, 2010 | PhD | Location: Lausanne, Switzerland

Methods for the analysis of categorical dependent variables: University Of York http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003384.php January 11, 2010 | Short Course | Location: York, UK

Call for Nominations: Global Health Leadership Forum 2010 http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003276.php January 10, 2010 | Training | Location: Berkeley, California, US and Barcelona, Spain

Global Health Leadership Forum: University of California, Berkeley http://www.healtheconomics.org/education/003059.php January 10, 2010 | Short Course | Location: San Francisco, California, USA

COLOPHON

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January 2010: newsletter

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January 27, 2010

iHEAweek 2010 no. 143 (27 Jan)

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January 20, 2010

iHEAweek 2010 no. 142 (20 Jan)

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January 13, 2010

iHEAweek 2010 no. 141 (13 Jan)

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January 6, 2010

iHEAweek 2010 no. 140 (06 Jan)

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