What
The University of New Haven (UNH) College of Business will host a lecture "Health Insurance and Ex Ante Moral Hazard: Evidence from Medicare," with Dr. Dhaval Dave, assistant professor of economics at Bentley College in Waltham, Mass. and research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. The lecture is part of the College of Business Research Forum series. This event is free and open to the public.
Dave's presentation examines research on the effect of health insurance on health behaviors and focuses on the possibility that health insurance has direct (ex ante moral hazard) and indirect effects on health behaviors. He and his co-investigator, Robert Kaestner, of the University of Illinois at Chicago and NBER, have found evidence that obtaining health insurance reduces prevention and increases unhealthy behaviors among elderly men and that physician counseling is successful in changing health behaviors.
When
Monday, April 13, 2009, 12:30 p.m.
Where
Maxcy Hall, Room 124, UNH Campus
Details
Dave received his Ph.D. from the City University of New York. His teaching interests include health economics, statistics, econometrics, and international economics. His research focuses on the economics of human resources, public policy, and risky behaviors. Other research interests are in the area of applied microeconomics including advertising, mental illness, obesity, and health insurance. Dave's articles have been published in various academic journals, including the Journal of Health Economics and Economic Inquiry. His research has also been featured in the Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report, and various other popular presses. In addition, he has presented papers at conferences of the Allied Social Science Association, Southern Economic Association, and International Health Economics Association. Dave is currently a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
For more information, contact Research Forums Director Nadia Doytch at 203-932-7423 or ndoytch@newhaven.edu.