University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Research Themes

Hamid Noghanibehambari and Michal Engelman, “Social Insurance Programs and Later-Life Mortality: Evidence from New Deal Relief Spending”

Abstract “A growing body of research explores the long-run effects of social programs and welfare spending. However, evidence linking welfare support in early life with longevity is limited. We add to this literature by evaluating the effect of in-utero and early-life exposure to the largest increases in welfare spending in the US history under the …

Call for Papers: Eleventh Annual Midwest Health Economics Conference

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will host the Eleventh Annual Midwest Health Economics Conference May 7-8, 2020. Local sponsors are the Center for Demography of Health and Aging, La Follette School of Public Affairs, School of Business, Department of Economics, and Department of Population Health Sciences. This annual invitational conference assembles junior and senior economists to …

“Large-scale Genome-Wide Association Studies of Socioeconomic Outcomes” by Philipp Koellinger (October 9, 2018)

The October 9, 2018 Demography Seminar featured a presentation by Philipp Koellinger (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) titled “Large-scale Genome-Wide Association Studies of Socioeconomic Outcomes.” The event was co-sponsored by the Center for Demography and Ecology, Center for Demography of Health and Aging, and Robert E. and Jean F. Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies at …