Wednesday, July 24

8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

9:00 am

Measuring the Value of Disability Insurance from Take-Up Decisions

Andreas Haller, Norwegian School of Economics
Stefan Staubli, University of Calgary and NBER

9:40 am

The Importance of Schools in Driving Children's Applications for Disability Benefits

Michael Levere, Colgate University
Jeffrey Hemmeter, Social Security Administration
David Wittenburg, Westat

10:20 am

Break

10:35 am

The Silent Treatment? Imperfect Correlation of Spousal Expectations and Communication Frictions

Adeline L. Delavande, University of Technology, Sydney
Gizem Koşar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Basit Zafar, University of Michigan and NBER

11:15 am

Panel Discussion: Earnings Inequality and Payroll Tax Revenues
Moderator: James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Panelists:
Karen Dynan, Harvard University
Karen Glenn, Social Security Administration
Stephen Goss, Social Security Administration
Fatih Guvenen, University of Minnesota and NBER
James Pearce, US Congressional Budget Office

12:15 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

What Is the Insurance Value of Social Security by Race and Socioeconomic Status? (slides)

Gal Wettstein, Boston College
Karolos P. Arapakis, Boston College
Yimeng Yin, Boston College

1:40 pm

What is the Effect of Racial Disparities on Entitlement to Social Security Survivor Benefit and Widow Poverty?

Leora Friedberg, University of Virginia
Anthony Webb, The New School

2:20 pm

Break

2:40 pm

Opt-in or Opt-out? The Power of Defaults in Pension Enrollment Choices

Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Center for European Economic Research
Luisa Wallossek, University of Oslo
Joachim Winter, University of Munich

3:20 pm

The Social Multiplier of Pension Reform

Emre Oral, University of Mannheim
Simon Rabaté, French Institute for Demographic Studies (Ined)
Arthur Seibold, University of Mannheim

4:00 pm

Adjourn