CEPRA-NBER on Aging and Health

fabrizio.mazzonna, Jonathan S. Skinner, and Massimo Filippini, Organizers

June 1-3, 2017

USI Executive Center, Via Giuseppe Buffi 13, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, June 1
9:00 - 10:00 pm
Welcome drinks, Hotel Seegarten
Friday, June 2
8:30 am
Introduction to the Workshop
9:00 am
Nicole Maestas, Harvard University and NBER
Kathleen Mullen, University of Oregon and NBER
David Powell, RAND Corporation

The Effect of Population Aging on Economic Growth, the Labor Force and Productivity
Discussant: Axel H. Börsch-Supan, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and NBER
9:50 am
Itzik Fadlon, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Torben Heien Nielsen, University of Copenhagen

Family Health Behaviors
Discussant: Osea Giuntella, University of Pittsburgh and NBER
10:40 am
Coffee break
11:10 am
Fabrizio Mazzonna, Universitá della Svizzera Italiana
Osea Giuntella, University of Pittsburgh and NBER

Sunset Time and the Economic Effects of Social Jetlag: Evidence from US Time Zone Borders
Discussant: Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER
12:00 noon
Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER
Douglas Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER

Predicting the Impact of Hospital Closures on Patient Outcomes
Discussant: Owen O'Donnell, Erasmus University Rotterdam
12:50 pm
Lunch
1:50 pm
Florian Heiss, University of Duesseldorf
Daniel L. McFadden, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Lauren Scarpati, University of Southern California
Joachim Winter, University of Munich
Amelie C. Wuppermann, University of Halle-Wittenberg

The Housing Crisis of the Late 2000s and Causal Paths between Health and Socioeconomic Status
Discussant: Jurgen Maurer, Université de Lausanne
2:40 pm
Marika Cabral, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Mark R. Cullen, Stanford University and NBER

Estimating the Value of Public Insurance Using Complementary Private Insurance
Discussant: Joshua D. Gottlieb, University of Chicago and NBER
3:30 pm
Social event and dinner
Saturday, June 3
8:30 am
Pieter Bakx, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bram Wouterse, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
Eddy Van Doorslaer, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albert Wong, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

The Health Effects of a Nursing Home Admission
Discussant: Francesco Moscone, Brunel University London
9:40 am
Teresa Bago d'Uva, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Owen O'Donnell, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Eddy Van Doorslaer, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Who Can Predict Their Own Demise? Heterogeneity in the Accuracy of Longevity Expectations
Discussant: Kathleen M. McGarry, Stony Brook University and NBER
10:20 am
Coffee break
10:50 am
Corina D. Mommaerts, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER

Long-Term Care Insurance and the Family
Discussant: Joachim Winter, University of Munich
12:30 pm
Lunch and roundtable
2:00 pm
Adjourn