CEPRA/NBER Workshop on Aging, Cognitive Ability, and Decision-Making

Fabrizio Mazzonna, Kathleen M. McGarry, and Jonathan S. Skinner, Organizers

April 1-2, 2022

Lugano, Switzerland

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, March 31
9:00 pm
Welcome reception (Hotel Lido Seegarten)
Friday, April 1
8:50 am
Introduction to the Workshop
9:00 am
Jing Li, The CHOICE Institute, Department of Pharmacy, 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 School of Medicine
Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER

Dementia and Long-run Trajectories in Household Finances
Discussant: Nicholas W. Papageorge, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
9:50 am
Yeongmi Jeong, Purdue University
Nicholas W. Papageorge, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Meghan Skira, University of Georgia and NBER
Kevin Thom, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

Genetic Endowments, Alzheimer's Disease, and Economic Outcomes
Discussant: Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER
10:40 am
Coffee break
11:10 am
John Ameriks, The Vanguard Group
Andrew Caplin, New York University and NBER
Minjoon Lee, Carleton University
Matthew D. Shapiro, University of Michigan and NBER
Christopher Tonetti, Stanford University and NBER

Cognitive Decline, Limited Awareness, Imperfect Agency, and Financial Well-being
Discussant: Kathleen M. McGarry, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
12:00 noon
Jannis Stöckel, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Pieter Bakx, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bram Wouterse, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Staying Sick but Feeling Better? - The Impact of Health Shocks on Health Perceptions and Behaviors
Discussant: Han Ye, University of Mannheim
12:50 pm
Lunch
1:50 pm
Zarek C. Brot-Goldberg, University of Chicago and NBER
Timothy Layton, University of Virginia and NBER
Boris Vabson, Harvard University
Adelina Yanyue Wang, Stanford University

The Behavioral Foundations of Default Effects: Theory and Evidence from Medicare Part D
Discussant: Arthur Seibold, University of Mannheim
2:40 pm
Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER
Evan Flack, Stanford University
Ziad Obermeyer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

The Health Costs of Cost-Sharing
Discussant: Zarek Brot, University of Chicago and NBER
4:00 pm
Social event and dinner
Saturday, April 2
8:30 am
Michaela Pagel, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER
Arna Olafsson, Copenhagen Business School

Retirement Puzzles: New Evidence from Personal Finances
Discussant: Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER
9:40 am
Daniel Reck, University of Maryland and NBER
Arthur Seibold, University of Mannheim

The Welfare Economics of Reference Dependence
Discussant: Axel H. Börsch-Supan, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and NBER
10:20 am
Coffee break
10:50 am
Maarten Lindeboom, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Fabrizio Mazzonna, Universitá della Svizzera Italiana
Mariya Melnychuk, Banco de España

Mental Health and Retirement
Discussant: Sumedha Gupta, Indiana University
11:40 am
Axel H. Börsch-Supan, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and NBER
Michael D. Hurd, RAND Corporation and NBER
Susann Rohwedder, RAND Corporation
Luca Salerno, Munich Research Institute for the Economics of Aging and SHARE Analyses

Saving Regret in the US, Singapore and Europe: Failures of Individual Planning in Different Welfare Systems
Discussant: Michaela Pagel, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER
12:30 pm
Kathleen M. McGarry, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

The International Long-Term Care Project
1:00 pm
Lunch and Adjourn