SI 2025 Workshop on Aging
Organized by David M. Cutler, Kosali I. Simon, and Jonathan S. Skinner
Supported by the National Institute on Aging
July 21-22, 2025
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA (Charles A/B Room)
Monday, July 21
9:50 AM
Introductions and Welcome
10:00 AM

Does Tax Deductibility Increase Retirement Saving? Lessons from a French Natural Experiment

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

Discussant:
Alessandro Previtero, Indiana University and NBER
10:50 AM
Break
11:00 AM

Why Doesn’t the United States Have National Health Insurance? The Role of the American Medical Association

Marcella Alsan, Stanford University and NBER
Yousra Neberai, Harvard University

Discussant:
Eric Patashnik, Brown University
11:50 AM
Lunch
12:50 PM

Thinking, Fast and Slow: How Response Times Can Predict Cognitive Decline and (Bad) Financial Decision-Making at Older Ages (slides)

Oleksandra Cheipesh Yarine Fawaz, CEMFI
Pedro Mira, CEMFI

Discussant:
Susann Rohwedder, RAND
1:40 PM
Break
1:50 PM

Sources of Cognitive Improvements in the US Elderly Population

Graeme P. Peterson, Harvard University
David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Xi Chen, Yale University and NBER
2:40 PM
Break
2:50 PM

Beyond "The Change": How Menopause Impacts Health and Employment

Lucia E. Torres Frasele, Syracuse University

Discussant:
Meghan Skira, University of Georgia and NBER
3:40 PM
Break
3:50 PM

Genetic Predictors of Cognitive Decline and Labor Market Exit (slides)

Anne Katrine Borgbjerg, Aarhus University
Esben Agerbo, Aarhus University
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Aarhus University
Timothy Halliday, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Discussant:
Silvia H. Barcellos, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
4:40 PM
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 22
8:30 AM
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 AM

The Effects of Nursing Home Staffing on the Quality of Nursing Home Care: Evidence from Employee Absences

Ashvin Gandhi, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
David C. Grabowski, Harvard University
Ljubica Ristovska, University of Texas at Austin
Brian McGarry, University of Rochester and NBER

Discussant:
Vince Mor, Brown University
9:50 AM
Break
10:00 AM

Immigration Enforcement, the Supply of Home Care Workers, and Access to Long-Term Care: Evidence from Secure Communities

Amanda R. Kreider, University of Pittsburgh
Rachel M. Werner, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant:
Yulya Truskinovsky, Syracuse University and NBER
10:50 AM
Break
11:00 AM

The Value of (Sub) Specialization: Evidence from Oncology

René Karadakic, Harvard University
David C. Chan Jr, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Nancy Keating, Harvard University
Bruce Landon, Harvard University
Michael L. Barnett, Harvard University

Discussant:
Douglas O. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER
11:50 AM
Lunch
12:50 PM

Elderly Health and Longevity in the US: Evidence and Implications

Liran Einav, Stanford University and NBER
Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Kathleen J. Mullen, University of Oregon and NBER
1:40 PM
Break
1:50 PM

The Economy, the Ghost in Your Gene and the Escape from Premature Mortality

Dora Costa, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Lars Olov Bygren, Karolinska Institutet
Benedikt Graf, Sustento Group
Martin Karlsson, University of Duisburg-Essen
Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER

Discussant:
Nicholas W. Papageorge, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
2:40 PM
Break
2:50 PM

Candidate Origins of the Recent Stagnation in Midlife Mortality in the United States

Samuel W. Arenberg, University of Houston
Nicholas F. Reynolds, University of Essex
Sam Stripling, Texas A&M University

Discussant:
Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University and NBER
3:40 PM
Adjourn