Women Working Longer Conference
Organized by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
May 21-22, 2016
Royal Sonesta Hotel

Saturday, May 21

1

Women Working Longer: Facts and Some Explanations

Claudia Goldin, Harvard University and NBER
Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER

2

The Return to Work and Women’s Employment Decisions

Nicole Maestas, Harvard University and NBER

3

Older Women’s Labor Market Attachment, Retirement Planning, and Household Debt

Annamaria Lusardi, Stanford University and NBER
Olivia S. Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

4

The Role of Social Security Benefits in the Increase of Older Women’s Labor Force Participation: Evidence from the Notch Cohorts

Alexander M. Gelber, University of California, San Diego and NBER

5

Teaching, Teachers Pensions and Retirement across Recent Cohorts of College Graduate Women

Maria D. Fitzpatrick, Cornell University and NBER

6

Changes in Marriage and Divorce as Drivers of Employment and Retirement of Older Women

Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College and NBER
Dana E. Rotz, Mathematica, Inc.

7

Why aren’t black women working longer?

Joanna Lahey, Texas A&M University and NBER