Thursday, May 19
9:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
10:00 am
Opening Session
Moderated by Robert L. Clark, North Carolina State University and NBER
10:15 am

Caregiving and Labor Force Participation: New Evidence from Administrative Data

Yulya Truskinovsky, Wayne State University
Nicole Maestas, Harvard University and NBER
Matt Messel, Social Security Administration

Discussant:
Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER
11:15 am

Firm Heterogeneity and the Impact of Payroll Taxes

Anikó Bíró, HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
Reka Branyiczki, Central European University
Attila S. Lindner, University College London
Lili Márk, Central European University
Daniel Prinz, World Bank

Discussant:
Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch - Longfellow C
12:59 pm
Afternoon Session
Moderated by Joseph P. Newhouse, Harvard University and NBER
1:00 pm

Labor Supply and the Pension Contribution-Benefit Link (slides)

Eric French, University of Cambridge
Attila S. Lindner, University College London
Cormac O’Dea, Yale University and NBER
Tom Zawisza, University College London

Discussant:
Jeffrey B. Liebman, Harvard University and NBER
2:00 pm

Pain Management and Work Capacity: Evidence from Marijuana Legalization

Rahi Abouk, William Paterson University
Keshar M. Ghimire, University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Johanna Catherine Maclean, George Mason University and NBER
David Powell, RAND Corporation

Discussant:
Richard G. Frank, Harvard University and NBER
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm

The Impact of COVID-19 on Older Workers' Employment and Social Security Spillovers: Evidence from Year 2 (slides)

Gopi Shah Goda, Stanford University and NBER
Emilie Jackson, Michigan State University
Lauren H. Nicholas, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Sarah Stith, University of New Mexico

How Has COVID-19 Affected the Labor Force Participation of Older Workers?

Laura Quinby, Boston College
Matthew S. Rutledge, Boston College
Gal Wettstein, Boston College
Owen Davis, Siegel Family Endowment

Discussant:
Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, May 20
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:29 am
Morning Session
Moderated by James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:30 am
Keynote Address
Jason Furman, Harvard University
10:30 am

Forever Young: Where Older Workers Keep on Working (slides)

Steven G. Allen, North Carolina State University
Ting Wang, North Carolina State University

Discussant:
Nicole Maestas, Harvard University and NBER
11:30 am
Lunch - Longfellow C
12:29 pm
Afternoon Session
Moderated by Kevin S. Milligan, University of British Columbia and NBER
12:30 pm

Why Are Older Men Working More? The Role of Social Security

Zhixiu Yu, Louisiana State University

Discussant:
Jeffrey R. Brown, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
1:30 pm

Stereotyped Language in Job Ads and Decisions by Older Workers to Apply for a Job: A Field Experiment

Ian Burn, University of Liverpool
Daniel Firoozi, Claremont McKenna College
Daniel Ladd, University of California, Irvine
David Neumark, University of California, Irvine and NBER

Discussant:
Joanna Lahey, Texas A&M University and NBER
2:30 pm
General Discussion
3:00 pm
Adjourn