Health economics.

PositionProgram and Working Group Meetings - Brief article

The NBER's Program on Health Economics met in Cambridge on April 20-21. Program Director Michael Grossman of the Graduate Center, CUNY, and Research Associate Theodore J. Joyce of Baruch College organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Willa H. Friedman, University of Houston, and Nicholas Wilson, Reed College, "Money, Masculinity, and Men's Health: Experimental Evidence on Demand for a Preventive Health Input"

* Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University and NBER, and Emily C. Lawler, Vanderbilt University, "Direct and Spillover Effects of Middle School Vaccination Requirements" (NBER Working Paper No. 23107)

* Daniel S. Grossman and Umair Khalil, West Virginia University, "Neighborhood Networks and Program Participation"

* John Cawley, Cornell University and NBER; Euna Han, Yonsei University...

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