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

Friday, March 20

8:15am

Breakfast

8:45am

Introduction

8:50am

No Calm Before the Storm: Economic Losses Prior to Dementia Diagnoses among Working-Age Colombians

Leonardo Bonilla-Mejia, Banco de la República de Colombia
Maria Fernanda Henao Pineda Nicholas W. Papageorge, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

Discussant:
Jennifer Carnahan, Indiana University

9:40am

The Welfare Effects of Protecting Older Workers

Todd Morris, University of Queensland
Stefan Staubli, University of Calgary and NBER
Benoit Dostie, HEC Montreal

Discussant:
Susann Rohwedder, RAND

10:30am

Break

10:50am

Women at the Helm: Marital Sorting, Social Security, and Retirement Behaviors of Married Women

Zhixiu Yu, Louisiana State University
Siha Lee, McMaster University

Discussant:
Olivia S. Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

11:40am

How Good is Generative AI Personal Financial Advice?

Taha Choukhmane, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Tim de Silva, Stanford University
Weidong Lin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Matthew Akuzawa

Discussant:
John Beshears, Harvard University and NBER

12:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm

Dying Better: Hospice Care and the End of Life

Yunan Ji, Georgetown University and NBER
Edward Kong, Harvard University
Maya Roy, Harvard University

Discussant:
Jetson Leder-Luis, Boston University and NBER

2:20pm

Government Monitoring of Health Care Quality: Evidence from the Nursing Home Sector

Yiqun Chen, University of Illinois Chicago and NBER
Marcus Dillender, Vanderbilt University and NBER

Discussant:
Andrew Olenski, Lehigh University

3:20pm

Adjourn