Macroeconomic Effects of Population Aging
Organized by Adrien Auclert, William H. Dow, and Ronald Lee
September 18, 2026
Zoom
Format: 30 minutes for the author and 10 minutes for Q & A
Friday, September 18
11:00 am

The Costs of Building Walls: Immigration and the Fiscal Burden of Aging in Europe

Tiago Bernardino, University of Lisbon
Francesco Franco, Nova School of Business and Economics
Luís Teles Morais, Erasmus University Rotterdam
11:40 am

The Demographic Cliff and the Market for Higher Education: Implications for Public Finance

Dirk Krueger, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Alexander Ludwig, European University Institute
Irina Popova, University of Bonn
12:20 pm
Break
12:30 pm

Baby Busts and Growth Booms : Demographic Change and the Macroeconomy

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Keelan Beirne, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrew Scott, London Business School
1:10 pm

Endogenous Technological Change Along the Demographic Transition

Markus Pettersson, Stockholm University, Department of Economics
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Population Aging and the Realignment of World Trade

Joseph Kopecky, Trinity College, Dublin
2:40 pm

The Global Demographic Transition and Its Impact on Economic Power

Seth G. Benzell, Chapman University
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Boston University and NBER
Victor Yifan Yifan. Ye, Plaid
3:20 pm

Population Dynamics and Economic Growth: From Demographic Dividend to Demographic Drag?

Rainer Kotschy, National Bureau of Economic Research
David E. Bloom, Harvard University and NBER
4:00 pm
Break
4:10 pm

Making Room on an Empty Planet: The Spatial Consequences of Depopulation

Tim de Silva, Stanford University
James D. Paron, Stanford University
4:50 pm

Living in a Ghost Town: The Geography of Depopulation and Aging

Elisa Giannone, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI)
Yuhei Miyauchi, Boston University and NBER
Nuno Paixao, Bank of Canada
Xinle Pang, University at Buffalo
Yuta Suzuki, Hitotsubashi University
5:30 pm
Adjourn