Wednesday, July 24

8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

9:00 am

Disability and Distress: The Effect of Disability Programs on Financial Outcomes

Manasi Deshpande, University of Chicago and NBER
Tal Gross, Boston University and NBER
Yalun Su, University of Chicago

9:40 am

UI and DI: Macroeconomic Implications of Program Substitution (slides)

Fatih Karahan, Amazon
Yusuf A. Mercan, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

10:20 am

Break

10:45 am

Panel on Economic Determinants of Fertility Behavior
Chair: James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Martha J. Bailey, University of Michigan and NBER
Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Karen Glenn, Social Security Administration
Stephen Goss, Social Security Administration
Caitlin K. Myers, Middlebury College

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

Does Statutory Incidence Matter? Earnings Responses to Social Security Contributions

Enda P. Hargaden, University College Dublin
Barra M. Roantree, The Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin

2:10 pm

The Impact of the Retirement Slowdown on the U.S. Youth Labor Market

Paul Mohnen, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

2:40 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Working Horizon and Labour Supply: the Effect of Raising Minimum Retirement Age on Middle-aged Individuals

Francesca Carta, Bank of Italy
Marta de Philippis, Bank of Italy

3:40 pm

Do Stronger Employment Discrimination Protections Decrease Reliance on Social Security Disability Insurance? Evidence from the Social Security Reforms

Patrick Button, Tulane University and NBER
Mashfiqur Khan, Tulane University

4:20 pm

Adjourn

6:00 pm

Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel