PhD Conference 2020

September 3-4, 2020

Online event

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Program

Friday 4th September

Room 1

 

Room 2

9:00 - 10:00 CEST

   
     

The Impact of the Crisis-Induced Reduction in Air Pollution on Infant Mortality in India: A Policy Perspective

Olexiy Kyrychenko, CERGE-EI

Discussant: Joan Calzada

 

Well-being right before and after a nursing home admission

Judith Bom, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Discussant: Leonie Sundmacher

 

10:00 - 10:45 CEST

   
     

The hidden cost of Bananas: Pesticides effects on newborns' birthweight

Bernard Moscoso, University of Barcelona

Discussant: Martina Bozzola

 

Reductions in out-of-pocket costs and moral hazard delays in health care

Naimi Johansson, University of Gothenburg

Discussant: Pieter Bakx

 

11:00 - 11:45 CEST

   
     

Effect of tuberculosis on labor market participation: recent evidence from South Africa

Helena Ting, Graduate Institute Geneva

Discussant: Carlos Riumallo Herl

 

Does informal care delay nursing home entry? Evidence from Dutch linked survey and administrative data

Julien Bergeot, Universite de Cergy Pontoise

Discussant: Alain Paraponaris

 

12:00 - 12:45 CEST

   
     

 

Lunch Break

 

13:00 - 14:00 CEST

   
     

Diffusion of a New Drug among Ambulatory Physicians in Germany - The Influence of Patients’ Pathways

Ronja Flemming, LMU Munich

Discussant: Amani Thomas Mori

 

Choice of Complementary Health Insurance Coverage and Healthcare Consumption

Anne-Kim Ristori, MGEN Foundation for Public Health

Discussant: Matt Sutton

 

14:00 - 14:45 CEST

   
     

Responses of family doctors to shorter waiting times for specialist diagnosis of cancer

Helen Hayes, University of Manchester

Discussant: Mikael Svensson

 

Does extending the freedom of choice of health provider reduce the waiting times? A methodological approach

Ángel Fernández-Pérez, University of Granada

Discussant: Nicolas Sirven

 

15:00 - 15:45 CEST

   
     

Do mergers affect hospital outputs and outcomes? Evidence from the English secondary care sector

Vanessa Cirulli, Sapienza University of Rome

Discussant: Marco Varkevisser

 

Household Perception Factors That Influence the Decision to Enroll in Health Insurance Scheme in Tanzania - a Cross-Sectional Study

Alphoncina Kagaigai, University of Oslo

Discussant: Igna Bonfrer

 

16:00 - 16:45 CEST

   
     

Discrepancy between cost and payment of an innovative medical procedure in DRG-based payment system: the role of patients and hospitals’ characteristics

Kossi Dédé Sika, Paris Descartes University

Discussant: William Hollingworth

 

Health misperception and healthcare utilisation among older Europeans

Sonja Spitzer, Vienna Institute of Demograph

Discussant: Dorte Gyrd-Hansen