Emerging Challenges in Long-Term Care and Caregiving
Organized by Corina Mommaerts and Brian McGarry
Supported by the National Institute on Aging
October 2, 2026
NBER, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Thursday, October 1
6:30PM
Dinner, Hyatt Regency Hotel
Friday, October 2
8:00 am
Breakfast
8:30 am
Welcome
Session 1: Workforce Issues
8:40 am

Meeting the Mandate: Compliance, Input Substitution, and Heterogeneous Responses to Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Requirements

Norma B. Coe, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Lindsay White, University of Pennsylvania
Angira Mondal, University of Pennsylvania
Katherine E. Miller, Johns Hopkins University
9:10 am

The Supply-Side Effect of Immigration on Prices: Evidence from Nursing Homes

Peter Haan, DIW Berlin
Julia Schmieder, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Izabela Wnuk-Soares, Rockwool Foundation Berlin
9:40 am

Returns to Experience and Retention Among Direct Care Workers

Ashvin Gandhi, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Andrew Olenski, Yale University and NBER
Krista J. Ruffini, Georgetown University and NBER
Karen Shen, Johns Hopkins University
10:10 am
Break
Session 2: Informal Caregivers
10:30 am

The Effects of Comprehensive Caregiver Supports on Aging-in-Place and Health Care Costs

Josephine Jacobs Katherine E. Miller, Johns Hopkins University
Megan Shepherd-Banigan
11:00 am

Intergenerational Time Transfers: Altruism and Strategic Motives within the Family

Ami Ko, Georgetown University
Chao Fu, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Chamna Yoon, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
11:30 am

Effects of a Parental Health Shock to Adult Children's Income- The Role of Informal Long-term Care

Pieter Bakx, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Johannes Geyer, DIW Berlin
Peter Haan, DIW Berlin
Julie Tréguier, DIW Berlin
12:00 pm
Lunch
Session 3: Other Topics in Caregiving
12:45 pm

Patient Peer Effects: Evidence from Nursing Home Room Assignments

Alden Cheng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Martin B. Hackmann, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
1:15 pm

Elderly Health and Longevity in the US: Evidence and Implications

Liran Einav, Stanford University and NBER
Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
1:45 pm

Would Robot Caregivers Be Welcomed by Older Individuals?

Bertrand Achou Mehdi Ammi Minchung Hsu, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Minjoon Lee, Carleton University
Tomoe Naito, Seikei University
Keisuke Otsu, University of Kent
2:15 pm
Break
2:30 pm
Keynote Address: Kate McEvoy, Executive Director, National Association of Medicaid Directors
3:15 pm
Closing Remarks
3:30 pm
Adjourn