Conference on

Health and Economic Policy

CESifo Munich

27 - 28 June 2003

Programme
Friday, 27 June 2003
09:00 - 09:15	Welcome and Introduction
Session 1 Chair: John Komlos
09:30 - 10:30	Community Wealth, Health and Medical Care; The Jewish Arab Divide in Israel DOV CHERNICHOVSKY, Jon Anson, Yehudit Elakana and Anat Shemesh Discussant. TAMÁS ANGELUS
10:30 - 11:30	Health and Nutrition in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union during the Decade of Transition: A Review of the Literature STEVE STILLMAN Discussant: VLADIMIR SHKOLNIKOV/ Nikola Koepke
11:30 - 11:45	Coffee Break
Session 2 Chair: Frank Lichtenberg
11:45 - 12:45	Relationship Between Maternal Behavior During Pregnancy, Birth Outcome, and Early Childhood Development: An Exploratory Study KAI LI & Dale J. Poirier Discussant: MAREK BRABEC
12:45 - 14:00	Lunch
Session 3 Chair: Astrid Selder
14:00 - 15:00	Disease, Human Disability and Long-Term Economic Growth SUCHIT ARORA Discussant: ULRICH WOITEK
15:00 - 16:00	Economic Growth, Health Outcomes and Social Welfare: A Health Adjusted GDP (HAGDP) based on the Social Choice Approach Mathew Clarke & SARDAR M. N. ISLAM Discussant: GABRIAL GULIS
16:00 - 16:15	Coffee Break
Session 4 Chair: Rigmar Osterkamp
16:15 - 17:15	Is the United States an Outlier in Health Care and Health Status? WILLIAM S. COMANOR, H. E. Frech III & Richard D. Miller, Jr. Discussant: MIKAEL LINDAHL
17:15 - 18:15	Sources of U.S. Longevity Increase, 1960-1997 FRANK LICHTENBERG Discussant: MARCO SUNDER
Saturday, 28 June 2003
Session 5 Chair: Rigmar Osterkamp
9:30 - 10:30	Malnourished and Surviving in Asia, Better Nourished and Dying in Africa: What Can Explain This Puzzle? STEPHAN KLASEN Discussant: JOSE HERCE
10:30 - 11:30	A General Assessment of the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Economic Growth: The Case of Kenya Nancy Nafula & MAUREEN WERE Discussant: GERMANO MWABU
11:30 - 11:45	Coffee Break
Session 6 Chair: Germano Mwabu
11:45 - 12:45	A Longitudinal Analysis of the Risk Factors for Diabetes and Coronary Heart Disease in the Framingham Offspring Study ALOK BHARGAVA Discussant: STEPHAN KLASEN
12:45 - 14:00	Lunch
Session 7 Chair: Stephan Klasen
14:00 - 15:00	Ageing, Health and Retirement in Europe: The AGIR Project Namkee Ahn, Ricard Genova, JOSÉ A. HERCE & Joaquin Pereira Discussant: ROSSITSA RANGELOVA
15:00 - 16:00	Health, National Health Insurance, and Labor Force Participation in Taiwan Cem Mete and PAUL SCHULTZ Discussant: ALEXANDER MORADI
16:00 - 16:15	Coffee Break
Session 8 Jörg Baten
16:15 - 17:15	Did Partial Globalization Increase Health Inequality? Did Inequality Stimulate Globalization Backlash? The case of the Latin American Periphery, 1950-80 Uwe Fraunholz & JÖRG BATEN Discussant: JAIME REIS
17:15 - 18:15	Income Inequality, Social Capital, and Adult Health: Evidence from a Foraging-Horticultural Society in Bolivia RICARDO GODOY et. al. Discussant: PARVATI TRÜBSWETTER
19:00	Conference Dinner

Conference on

Health and Economic Policy

CESifo Munich

Programme