Cohort Studies meeting.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings - Conference notes - Brief article

The NBER's Working Group on Cohort Studies, directed by Dora Costa of the University of California, Los Angeles, met in Cambridge on April 13-14, 2012. These topics were discussed:

* J. Michael Gaziano, VA Boston Healthcare System and Brigham and Women's Hospital, "Million Veteran Program: A 21st Century Mega Cohort within a Health System"

* Frank R. Lichtenberg, Columbia University and NBER, "The Effect of Pharmaceutical Innovation on Longevity: Patient-Level Evidence from the 1996-2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and Linked Mortality Public-Use Files"

* Steven Lehrer, Queen's University and NBER; Nicholas Christakis, Harvard University; and James Rosenquist, Massachusetts General Hospital, "The Importance of Genetic Modification of Birth Cohort Environments on Risky Behavior: Evidence from the Framingham Heart Study"

* Costas Meghir, Yale University; Marten Palme, Stockholm School of Economics; and Emilia Simeonova, Princeton University and NBER, "Education, Health and Mortality: Evidence from a Social Experiment" (NBER Working Paper No. 17932)

* Chulhee Lee, Seoul National University, "In-Utero Exposure to the Korean War and Its Long-Term Effects on...