10th Workshop on the Economics of Health and Wellbeing
11‐13 February 2019 Werribee Mansion Hotel
Organised by the:
International Network on the Economics of Mental Wellbeing Monash Business School
Generously funded by:
Deakin University Monash University Macquarie University RMIT University University of Melbourne University of NSW
University of Sydney
MONDAY FEBRUARY 11
Morning Tea & Introduction 10:00‐11:00 Opening discussion Stephen King Productivity Commission
Session 1 11:00‐12:30 Working time mismatch and mental health Mark Wooden University of Melbourne The reciprocal relationship between depressive Deborah Cobb‐Clark symptoms and employment status University of Sydney Shared suffering: the effect of own and local Daniel Avdic unemployment on mental health Monash University
Lunch 12:30‐1:30
Session 2 1:30‐3:00 Economic performance, job insecurity and mental Inga Kristoffersen health University of Western Australia Dynamics and heterogeneity in the impact of recessions Michael Shields on health Monash University Using longitudinal data to investigate patterns and Peter Butterworth consequences of adolescent mental health problems Australian National University
Afternoon Tea 3:30‐3:30
Session 3 3:30‐5:00 The Productivity Commission review on mental health: Henry Cutler views from mental health stakeholders Macquarie University
Keynote Address: Allan Fels Mental health economics and policy University of Melbourne
Dinner 7:00 Werribee Mansion Hotel
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12
Session 4 9:00‐10:30 Depression, risk preferences and risk‐taking behaviour Sarah Dahmann University of Sydney How does depression affect individual anticipatory Yuting Zhang behaviour? University of Melbourne Decision‐making deficits in addiction: cognitive Antonio Verdejo‐Garcia mechanisms and clinical impact Monash University
Morning Tea 10:30‐11:00
Session 5 11:00‐12:30 Biomarkers of depression Victoria Baranov University of Melbourne Mental illness and creativity Benno Torgler Queensland University of Technology Smoking behaviour and mental health Dennis Petrie Monash University
Lunch 12:30‐1:30
Session 6 1:30‐3:00 Drivers of the drug epidemic in Australia Sonja Kassenboehmer Monash University Cannabis dependence and economic wellbeing Jenny Williams University of Melbourne Lifetime work activity and dementia Nicolau Martin Bassols Monash University
Afternoon Tea 3:00‐3:30
Session 7 3:30‐5:00 Impacts of natural disasters on mental wellbeing Rachel Knott Monash University Are the mentally ill rational in an economic sense? Eric Sun Evidence from health insurance behavior Stanford University Dynamics in loneliness Johannes Kunz Monash University
Dinner 7:00 Shadowfax Wines WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13
Session 8 9:00‐10:30 Socialization of primary healthcare and fertility: Aydogan Ulker evidence from the family medicine program in Turkey Deakin University Intensive and extensive margins of utilization: evidence Arezou Zaresani from in vitro fertilization treatment University of Melbourne Parental education and offspring outcomes: evidence Jinhu Li from an education reform in Germany Deakin University
Morning Tea 10:30‐11:00
Session 9 11:00‐12:30 Civil war, natural disaster and risk preferences: Nathan Kettlewell evidence from Sri Lankan twins University of Sydney How well can childhood circumstances explain later life Claryn Kung loneliness and social isolation? Monash University Early life weather and longevity of the Chinese elite Wang‐Sheng Lee from 1 AD to 1840 Deakin University
Lunch 12:30‐1:30
Session 10 1:30‐2:30 The coroner's insights into opioid use in Australia John Haisken‐DeNew University of Melbourne Impact of daylight savings time on traffic accidents in Cahit Guven Australia Deakin University