Monday, July 22
10:15 am

Behavioral Feedback: Do Individual Choices Influence Scientific Results?

Emily Oster, Brown University and NBER
11:00 am

The Financial Impact of Dementia: Evidence from Credit Report Data

Lauren Hersch Nicholas, University of Colorado
Joanne Hsu, University of Michigan
11:45 am

How Do Primary Care Physicians Influence Healthcare? Evidence on Practice Styles and Switching Costs from Medicare

Jennifer H. Kwok, University of Illinois at Chicago
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

The Influence of Early-life Economic Shocks on Long-term Outcomes: Evidence from the U.S. Great Depression

Valentina Duque, American University
Lauren L. Schmitz, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2:15 pm

Socio-economic Decline and Death: Midlife Impacts of Graduating in a Recession

Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University and NBER
Till M. von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Reinventing the Elder Workforce: Creative Productivity Over the Life Course Through the Lens of Patent Data

Mary Kaltenberg, Pace University
Adam B. Jaffe, Brandeis University and NBER
Margie Lachman, Brandeis University
4:00 pm

Aging, Retirement, and High-Skill Work Performance: The Case of State Supreme Court Judges (slides)

Elliott Ash, ETH Zurich
W. Bentley MacLeod, Yale University and NBER
4:45 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 23
8:45 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:15 am

Health and Retirement Studies Around the World

James P. Smith, RAND Corporation
10:15 am

Default Options and Retirement Saving Dynamics

Taha Choukhmane, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
11:00 am
Break
11:15 am

Potential vs. Realized Savings Under Automatic Enrollment

John Beshears, Harvard University and NBER
James J. Choi, Yale University and NBER
David Laibson, Harvard University and NBER
Brigitte C. Madrian, Brigham Young University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

We are all Behavioral, More or Less: Measuring and Using Consumer-Level Behavioral Summary Statistics

Victor Stango, University of California at Davis
Jonathan Zinman, Dartmouth College and NBER
1:45 pm

Intentional Bequest Motives and the Choice of Annuity

Changcheng Song, University of Florida
Haoming Liu, National University of Singapore
Shenghao Zhu, University of International Business and Economics
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Who Benefits from Robo-advising? Evidence from Machine Learning

Alberto G. Rossi, Georgetown University
Stephen Utkus, University of Pennsylvania
3:30 pm

The Effect of Political Frictions on Long Term Care Insurance

Weiling Liu, Northeastern University
Jessica Liu, Cornerstone Consulting
4:15 pm
Adjourn
Funding for this conference was made possible, in part by R13 AG011570 from the National Institute on Aging. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Wednesday, July 24
Joint Session with Social Security
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel