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Workshop on Pain: Measurement, Causes, and Consequences
Organized by Anne Case Supported by the National Institute on Aging September 6, 2019 NBER, Feldstein Conference Room, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA |
| Friday, September 6 | |
| 8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 9:00 am |
Introductions
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| 9:05 am |
Session 1: The biology and measurement of pain
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Naomi Eisenberger, University of California at Los Angeles, The neural basis of social rejection, social connection, and pain
Samuel McLean, University of North Carolina, The bio-psychosocial bases for pain (Data Links) Arthur A. Stone, University of Southern California, Ecological Momentary Assessment methodology in chronic pain research |
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| 11:00 am |
Break
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| 11:15 am |
Session 2: Social disparities in pain
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Anne Case, Princeton University and NBER, Changing reports of pain by educational status in the US
Enrica Croda, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, International comparisons |
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| 12:30 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:15 pm |
Session 3: Pain, SSDI, and labor force participation
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David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER and Ellen Meara, Dartmouth College and NBER, Economic status, perception of pain and the disparity of SSDI receipt
Nicole Maestas, Harvard University and NBER, SSDI and the economy – Evidence from the Great Recession |
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| 2:30 pm |
Session 4: Where do we go from here
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Richard Nahin, National Institutes of Health
Angus Deaton, Princeton University and NBER Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER |
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| 4:00 pm |
Adjourn
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