SI 2022 Aging
Organized by David M. Cutler, Kosali I. Simon, and Jonathan S. Skinner
July 25-26, 2022
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
Monday, July 25
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
8:55 am
Introduction and Greetings
9:00 am

Dementia and Long-run Trajectories in Household Finances

Jing Li, University of Washington
Amy Kelley, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Kathleen M. McGarry, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Lauren H. Nicholas, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER
9:45 am

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Cycle's Effects on Mental and Cognitive Health in Seniors

Sumedha Gupta, Indiana University
Sabrina Young, UIC
10:30 am
Partha Bhattacharyya, National Institute on Aging
10:45 am
Joseph J. Doyle Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
The NBER Roybal Center for Behavior Change in Health
10:55 am
Break
11:15 am

Are Older People Aware of Their Cognitive Decline? Misperception and Financial Decision Making (slides)

Fabrizio Mazzonna, Universitá della Svizzera Italiana
Franco Peracchi, EIEF
12:00 pm

Genetic Endowments, Income Dynamics, and Wealth Accumulation Over the Lifecycle

Daniel Barth, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Nicholas W. Papageorge, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Kevin Thom, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Mateo Velásquez-Giraldo, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
12:05 pm

How Do Households Adjust Their Earnings, Saving, and Consumption After Children Leave? (slides)

Andrew Biggs, American Enterprise Institute
Anqi Chen, Center for Retirement Research
Alicia Munnell, Boston College
12:10 pm
Lunch
1:10 pm

Choice Overload? Participation and Asset Allocation in French Employer-Provided Saving Plans

Marie Briere, Amundi Asset Management
James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ariane Szafarz, Université Libre de Bruxelles
1:55 pm

Efficiency in Household Decision Making: Evidence from the Retirement Savings of US Couples (slides)

Taha Choukhmane, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Lucas Goodman, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Cormac O'Dea, Yale University and NBER
Livestream stops at 2:40 pm
2:40 pm

Effect of Cognitive Training on Claims-Based Diagnosed Dementia in the Long-Term: Evidence from the ACTIVE RCT

Norma Coe, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
2:45 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 26
8:45 am
Continental Breakfast
9:15 am

Producing Health: Measuring Value Added of Nursing Homes

Liran Einav, Stanford University and NBER
Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Neale Mahoney, Stanford University and NBER
10:00 am

The Effects of Access to Health Insurance before Age 65 on Utilization and Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries

Kate Bundorf, Duke University and NBER
Melissa McInerney, Tufts University and NBER
Kosali I. Simon, Indiana University and NBER
Ruth Lipscomb Winecoff, Indiana University/IU Health
10:45 am
Break
11:15 am

Market Size and Trade in Medical Services (slides)

Jonathan I. Dingel, Columbia University and NBER
Joshua D. Gottlieb, University of Chicago and NBER
Maya Lozinski, Massachusetts General Hospital
Pauline Mourot Mrs, Boston University
12:00 pm

Paying for Advance Care Planning: Impacts on End-of-Life Care and Spending in Medicare

Alice Chen, University of Southern California
Jing Li, University of Washington
12:05 pm

From Health to Wealth, and Back: How Do Health Shocks Vary With Individual Earnings and Household Wealth Among Elderly Hispanics vs Non-Hispanics Populations?

Monica Garcia-Perez, Fayetteville State University
12:10 pm

Explanations for the Decline in Spending at Older Ages

Susann Rohwedder, RAND
Michael D. Hurd, RAND and NBER
Péter Hudomiet, RAND Corporation
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm

The Impacts of Covid-19 Illnesses on U.S. Workers (slides)

Gopi Shah Goda, The Brookings Institution
Evan J. Soltas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:00 pm

The Effect of Education on the Relationship between Genetics, Early-Life Disadvantages, and Later-Life SES

Silvia H. Barcellos, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Leandro Carvalho, University of Southern California
Patrick Turley, University of Southern California
2:45 pm
Adjourn