CEPRA/NBER Workshop on Aging, Cognitive Ability, and Decision-Making
Organized by Fabrizio Mazzonna, Kathleen M. McGarry, and Jonathan S. Skinner
April 1-2, 2022
Lugano, Switzerland
Thursday, March 31
9:00 pm
Welcome reception (Hotel Lido Seegarten)
Friday, April 1
8:50 am
Introduction to the Workshop
9:00 am

Dementia and Long-run Trajectories in Household Finances

Jing Li, University of Washington
Amy Kelley, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Kathleen M. McGarry, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Lauren H. Nicholas, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER

Discussant:
Nicholas W. Papageorge, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
9:50 am

Genetic Endowments, Alzheimer's Disease, and Economic Outcomes

Yeongmi Jeong, Purdue University
Nicholas W. Papageorge, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Meghan Skira, University of Georgia and NBER
Kevin Thom, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

Discussant:
Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER
10:40 am
Coffee break
11:10 am

Cognitive Decline, Limited Awareness, Imperfect Agency, and Financial Well-being

John Ameriks, The Vanguard Group
Andrew Caplin, New York University and NBER
Minjoon Lee, Carleton University
Matthew D. Shapiro, University of Michigan and NBER
Christopher Tonetti, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Kathleen M. McGarry, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
12:00 noon

Staying Sick but Feeling Better? - The Impact of Health Shocks on Health Perceptions and Behaviors

Jannis Stöckel, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Pieter Bakx, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bram Wouterse, Radboudumc

Discussant:
Han Ye, University of Mannheim
12:50 pm
Lunch
1:50 pm

The Behavioral Foundations of Default Effects: Theory and Evidence from Medicare Part D

Zarek C. Brot-Goldberg, University of Chicago and NBER
Timothy Layton, University of Virginia and NBER
Boris Vabson, Harvard University
Adelina Yanyue Wang, Stanford University

Discussant:
Arthur Seibold, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
2:40 pm

The Health Costs of Cost-Sharing

Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER
Evan Flack, Stanford University
Ziad Obermeyer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Zarek Brot, University of Chicago and NBER
4:00 pm
Social event and dinner
Saturday, April 2
8:30 am

Retirement Puzzles: New Evidence from Personal Finances

Michaela Pagel, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER
Arna Olafsson, Copenhagen Business School

Discussant:
Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER
9:40 am

The Welfare Economics of Reference Dependence

Daniel Reck, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Arthur Seibold, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

Discussant:
Axel H. Börsch-Supan, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and NBER
10:20 am
Coffee break
10:50 am

Mental Health and Retirement

Maarten Lindeboom, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Fabrizio Mazzonna, Universitá della Svizzera Italiana
Mariya Melnychuk, Banco de España

Discussant:
Sumedha Gupta, Indiana University
11:40 am

Saving Regret in the US, Singapore and Europe: Failures of Individual Planning in Different Welfare Systems

Axel H. Börsch-Supan, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and NBER
Michael D. Hurd, RAND and NBER
Susann Rohwedder, RAND
Luca Salerno, Munich Research Institute for the Economics of Aging and SHARE Analyses

Discussant:
Michaela Pagel, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER
12:30 pm

The International Long-Term Care Project

Kathleen M. McGarry, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
1:00 pm
Lunch and Adjourn