Incentives and Limitations of Employment Policies on Retirement Transitions: Comparisons of Public and Private Sectors
Organized by Robert L. Clark and Joseph P. Newhouse
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
August 9-10, 2019
Jackson Lake Lodge, Grand Teton National Park, 101 Jackson Lake Lodge Road, Moran, Wyoming
Thursday, August 8
6:00 pm
Welcome Reception at Jackson Lake Lodge (Sunset Terrace)
Friday, August 9
FORMAT: 25 mins presenter, 15 mins discussant, 20 mins general discussion
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:15 am
Opening Remarks
8:30 am

Retirement Incentives and Behavior of Private and Public Sector Workers

Courtney Coile, Wellesley College and NBER
Susan Stewart, National Bureau of Economic Research

Discussant:
John B. Shoven, Stanford University and NBER
9:30 am

Older Peoples’ Willingness to Delay Social Security Claiming

Raimond Maurer, Goethe University Frankfurt
Olivia S. Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Discussant:
Gopi Shah Goda, The Brookings Institution
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

Work after Retirement:Worklife Transitions of Career Public Employees (slides)

Robert L. Clark, North Carolina State University and NBER
Robert G. Hammond, The University of Alabama
Siyan Liu, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

Discussant:
Joseph F. Quinn, Boston College
11:45 am
Lunch (Trappers Room)
12:30 pm
Keynote Presentation: Edward Lazear, Stanford University and NBER
Wages and Productivity of Older Workers
1:30 pm

Breaking the Implicit Contract: Using Pension Freezes to Estimate the Labor Supply Elasticity

Dhiren Patki, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Discussant:
Kathryn L. Shaw, Stanford University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Current and Desired Job Characteristics of Older Workers and Their Effects on Retirement

Péter Hudomiet, RAND Corporation
Michael D. Hurd, RAND and NBER
Andrew Parker Susann Rohwedder, RAND

Discussant:
Charles C. Brown, University of Michigan and NBER
3:45 pm

How the CEA and the Trump Administration Addressed Work and Retirement Policies

Richard V. Burkhauser, Cornell University and NBER
4:45 pm
Adjourn
5:00 pm
Coach Bus Departs Jackson Lake Lodge
6:00 pm
Dinner at Bob Clark’s Home
9:00 pm
Coach Bus Returns to Jackson Lake Lodge
Saturday, August 10
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

Contract Work at Older Ages

Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Susan Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Discussant:
Joanna Lahey, Texas A&M University and NBER
9:30 am

Auto-Enrollment Retirement Plans for the People: Choices and Outcomes in OregonSaves

John Chalmers, University of Oregon
Olivia S. Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Jonathan Reuter, Boston College and NBER
Geoffrey Sanzenbacher, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Mingli Zhong, Urban Institute

Discussant:
Jeffrey R. Brown, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

How Do Older Workers Use Nontraditional Jobs? (slides)

Alicia Munnell, Boston College
Geoffrey Sanzenbacher, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Abigail Walters, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

Discussant:
Damon Jones, University of Chicago and NBER
11:45 am
Conference Wrap-Up
12:00 pm
Box Lunches will be provided in the Trappers Room
5:30 pm
Dinner at Snake River Grill, Jackson, WY
(personal transportation)