Wednesday, July 27

9:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

9:30 am

Why Does Disability Increase During Recessions? Evidence from Medicare

Colleen Carey, Cornell University and NBER
Nolan H. Miller, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
David Molitor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER

10:05 am

Privatizing Disability Insurance

Arthur Seibold, University of Mannheim
Sebastian Siegloch, University of Mannheim
Sebastian M. Seitz, University of Manchester

10:40 am

Break

10:55 am

Gender Differences in Medical Evaluations: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Doctors

Marika Cabral, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Marcus Dillender, Vanderbilt University and NBER

11:30 am

Panel Discussion: Long-Term Trends in Labor Productivity and Wages
Moderator: James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Francine Blau, Cornell University and NBER
Stephen Goss, US Social Security Administration
Charles Jones, Stanford University and NBER

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

Long-Run Intergenerational Effects of Social Security

Daniel K. Fetter, Dartmouth College and NBER
Paul Mohnen, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Lee Lockwood, University of Virginia and NBER

2:05 pm

The Impact of Covid-19 on Older Workers' Employment and Social Security Spillovers: Evidence from Year 2 (slides)

Gopi Shah Goda, Stanford University and NBER
Emilie Jackson, Michigan State University
Lauren H. Nicholas, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Sarah See. Stith, University of New Mexico

2:40 pm

Who Benefits from Retirement Saving Incentives in the U.S.? Evidence on Racial Gaps in Retirement Wealth Accumulation (slides)

Taha Choukhmane, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Jorge Colmenares, Harvard University
Cormac O'Dea, Yale University and NBER
Jonathan L. Rothbaum, U.S. Census Bureau
Lawrence Schmidt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3:15 pm

Adjourn