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National Bureau of
Economic Research, Inc. |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE
2014 |
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Aging, Social
Security and Health Care Workshops |
July 21 – July 25 |
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Parkview Room |
5 Cambridge Parkway |
Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
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AGING & SOCIAL
SECURITY SESSION PAPERS |
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David A. Wise,
Organizer |
Monday, July 21, 8:30 am – 3:50 pm
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Aging Workshop |
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8:30
am |
Coffee
and pastries |
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9:00
am |
John
Beshears, Harvard University and NBER |
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James
Choi, Yale University and NBER |
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David
Laibson, Harvard University and NBER |
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Brigitte
Madrian, Harvard University and NBER |
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Does
Front-Loading Taxation Increase Savings? Evidence from Roth 401(k)
Introductions |
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Xi
Chen, Yale University |
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Tanyu Wang, Peking University |
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Old-Age
Pension, Subjective Well-being and Mental Health: Evidence from the New Rural
Pension Program in China using A Regression Discontinuity Design |
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10:40
am |
Break |
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11:00
am |
Daniel
J. Benjamin, Cornell University and NBER |
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David
Laibson, Harvard University and NBER |
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Walter
Mischel, Columbia University |
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Yuichi
Shoda, University of Washington |
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Childrens' Self Control and their Adult Economic Outcomes |
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11:50
am |
Lunch |
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1:00
pm |
Daniel
J. Benjamin, Cornell University and NBER
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David
Cesarini, New York University |
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Philipp
Koellinger, University of Amsterdam |
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David
Laibson, Harvard University and NBER |
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Proxy-Phenotype
Method Identifies Common Genetic Variants Associated with Cognitive
Performance |
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1:50
pm |
Matthew
D. Baird, RAND Corporation |
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Michael
D. Hurd, RAND Corporation and NBER |
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Susann
Rohwedder, RAND Corporation |
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Medicaid
Spend-down: The Importance of Strategic Asset Transfers to Reach Medicaid
Eligibility |
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2:40
pm |
Break |
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3:00
pm |
Nitika Bagaria,
London School of Economics and Centre for Economic Performance |
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Barbara
Petrongolo, Queen Mary University, Centre for
Economic Performance and CEPR |
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John
Van Reenen, London School of Economics, Centre for
Economic Performance, NBER and CEPR |
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3:50
pm |
Adjourn |
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Tuesday, July 22, 8:30 am – 3:50 pm |
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Aging Workshop
Continued |
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8:30
am |
Coffee
and pastries |
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9:00
am |
Emmanuel Saez,
University of California at Berkeley |
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Gabriel Zucman, University of California at Berkeley and LSE |
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9:50
am |
Christopher
Tonetti, Stanford GSB |
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John
Ameriks, Vanguard |
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Andrew
Caplin, New York University and NBER |
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Matthew
D. Shapiro, University of Michigan and NBER |
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Joseph
S. Briggs, New York University |
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Resolving the Annuity
Puzzle: Estimating Life-Cycle Models without (and with) Behavioral Data |
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10:40
am |
Break |
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11:00
am |
Alexander
M. Gelber, University of Pennsylvania and NBER |
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Damon
Jones, University of Chicago and NBER |
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Daniel
W. Sacks, University of Pennsylvania |
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The Social Security Earnings Test and Retirement:
Evidence and Implications |
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11:50
pm |
Lunch |
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1:00
pm |
Jeffrey
Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER |
Alessandro
Previtero, University of Western Ontario |
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Procrastination,
Present-Biased Preferences, and Financial Behaviors
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1:50
pm |
Jeffrey
Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER |
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James
Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
NBER |
David
Richardson, TIAA-CREF Institute |
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2:40
pm |
Adjourn |
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Wednesday, July 23, 8:30 am – 3:50 pm |
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Social Security
Workshop (joint with Aging andPublic Economics,
Jeffrey Liebman Chair) |
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8:30
am |
Coffee
and pastries |
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9:00 am |
Amy Finkelstein,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
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Heidi Williams,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
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Matt Gentzkow, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
and NBER |
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Sources
of Geographic Variation in Health Care: Evidence from Patient Migration |
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9:50 am |
Jeffrey Liebman,
Harvard University and NBER |
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Understanding the
Increase in Disability Insurance Spending |
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10:40
am |
Break |
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11:00 am |
David Cutler,
Harvard University and NBER |
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Evidence
for Significant Compression of Morbidity in the Elderly U.S. Population |
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11:50 pm |
Lunch |
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1:00PM |
Nicole Maestas, RAND Corporation |
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Kathleen Mullen,
RAND Corporation |
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David Powell, RAND
Corporation |
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The Effect of Local Labor Demand Conditions on the
Labor Supply Outcomes of Older Americans |
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1:50 pm |
Till von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER |
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Andreas Mueller,
Columbia Business School and NBER |
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Jesse Rothstein,
University of California at Berkeley and NBER |
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Unemployment Insurance and
Disability Insurance in the Great Recession |
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2:40
pm |
Break |
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3:00
pm |
John
Beshears, Harvard University and NBER |
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James
Choi, Yale University and NBER |
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David
Laibson, Harvard University and NBER |
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Brigitte Madrian, Harvard University and NBER |
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Optimal Illiquidity in the Retirement Savings System |
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3:50 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:00 pm |
Clambake, Royal
Sonesta |
THURSDAY, JULY 24: |
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Health Care
Workshop – Joint with Aging |
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8:30
am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
9:00
am |
Eric
Budish, University of Chicago |
10:00
am |
Ariel
Dora Stern, Harvard University |
11:00
am |
Break |
11:30
am |
Matthew
R. Grennan, University of Pennsylvania |
12:30
pm |
Lunch |
1:30
pm |
Pinar
Karaca-Mandic, University of Minnesota and NBER |
2:30
pm |
Jeffrey
Clemens, University of California at San Diego and NBER |
3:30
pm |
Break |
4:00
pm |
Michael
Frakes, Cornell University |
5:00
pm |
Adjourn |
FRIDAY, JULY 25: |
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8:30
AM |
Coffee
and Pastries |
9:00
am |
Katherine
Baicker, Harvard University and NBER |
10:00
am |
Thomas
C. Buchmueller, University of Michigan and NBER |
11:00
am |
Break |
11:30
am |
Colleen
Carey, Yale University |
12:30
pm |
Lunch |
1:30
pm |
Martin
Hackmann, Yale University |
2:30
pm |
Jonathan
Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
3:30
pm |
Break |
4:00
pm |
Yiyan Liu, RTI International |
5:00
pm |
Adjourn |