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Economics of Aging Program Meeting
Organized by Kathleen M. McGarry, Kosali I. Simon, and Jonathan S. Skinner March 20, 2026 Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard, Cambridge, MA |
| Thursday, March 19 | |
| 6:30pm |
Reception and Dinner
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| Friday, March 20 | |
| 8:15am |
Breakfast
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| 8:45am |
Introduction
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| 8:50am |
No Calm Before the Storm: Economic Losses Prior to Dementia Diagnoses among Working-Age Colombians
Discussant:
Jennifer Carnahan, Indiana University |
| 9:40am |
The Welfare Effects of Protecting Older Workers
Discussant:
Susann Rohwedder, RAND |
| 10:30am |
Break
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| 10:50am |
Women at the Helm: Marital Sorting, Social Security, and Retirement Behaviors of Married Women
Discussant:
Olivia S. Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania and NBER |
| 11:40am |
How Good is Generative AI Personal Financial Advice?
Discussant:
John Beshears, Harvard University and NBER |
| 12:30pm |
Lunch
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| 1:30pm |
Dying Better: Hospice Care and the End of Life
Discussant:
Jetson Leder-Luis, Boston University and NBER |
| 2:20pm |
Government Monitoring of Health Care Quality: Evidence from the Nursing Home Sector
Discussant:
Andrew Olenski, Lehigh University |
| 3:20pm |
Adjourn
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