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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Conference on Economics of Household Saving

April 16, 2010

Erik Hurst and James Poterba, Organizers

NBER

Feldstein Conference Room - 2^nd Floor

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

8:15 am	Shuttle Van Departs from The Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	BRUCE MEYER, University of Chicago and NBER
	JAMES SULLIVAN, University of Notre Dame and NBER
	Income and Consumption Volatility over Time (tables and figures)
10:00 am	Break
10:30 am	MICHAEL HURD, RAND Corporation and NBER
	SUSANN ROHWEDDER, RAND Corporation
	Wealth Dynamics and Active Saving at Older Ages: Do They Add Up?
11:30 am	KAREN DYNAN, Brookings Institution
	Wealth Effects and the Changing Economy (Summary)
12:30 pm	Lunch
	Lunch Speaker: ALLEN SINAI, Decision Economics
	Understanding Recent Developments in Consumer Spending
1:30 pm	J. KARL SCHOLZ, University of Wisconsin and NBER
	ANANTH SESHADRI, University of Wisconsin
	Health and Wealth in a Lifecycle Model
2:30 pm	Break
3:00 pm	MARIACRISTINA De NARDI, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and NBER
	ERIC FRENCH, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
	JOHN BAILEY JONES, State University of New York - Albany
	The Effects of Medicaid and Medicare Reforms on the Elderly's Savings and Medical Expenditures
4:00 pm	Adjourn