AEAweb: AEA Sessions in 2008 ASSA Conference

These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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James Feyrer (Dartmouth College)

Friday, January 4, 2:30 PM

Friday, January 4, 2:30 PM

Session: Health and Development (AEA)

Presiding: Simon Johnson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Diseases and Development
Shankha Chakraborty (University of Oregon)
Chris Papageorgiou (International Monetary Fund)
Fidel Perez-Sebastian (University of Alicante, Spain)

Direct and Indirect Impacts of Community Based Health Interventions: Evidence from Brazil's Family Health Prorgam
Romero Rocha (Pontif�cia Universidade Cat�lica do Rio de Janeiro)
Rodrigo Soares (University of Maryland and NBER)

The Economic Effects of Micronutrient Deficiency: Evidence from Salt Iodization in the United States
James Feyrer (Dartmouth College)
Dimitra Politi (Brown University)
David Weil (Brown University and NBER)

Mortality Risk and Human Capital Investment: The Impact of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Jane Fortson (University of Chicago)
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