The Labor Market for Older Workers

Robert L. Clark, Kevin S. Milligan, and Joseph P. Newhouse, Organizers

May 19-20, 2022

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, May 19
9:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
10:00 am
Opening Session
Moderated by Robert L. Clark, North Carolina State University and NBER
10:15 am
Yulya Truskinovsky, Wayne State University
Nicole Maestas, Harvard University and NBER
Matt Messel, Social Security Administration

Caregiving and Labor Force Participation: New Evidence from Administrative Data
Discussant: Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER
11:15 am
Anikó Bíró, HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
Reka Branyiczki, Central European University
Attila S. Lindner, University College London
Lili Márk, Central European University
Daniel Prinz, World Bank

Firm Heterogeneity and the Impact of Payroll Taxes
Discussant: Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch - Longfellow C
12:59 pm
Afternoon Session
Moderated by Joseph P. Newhouse, Harvard University and NBER
1:00 pm
Eric French, University of Cambridge
Attila S. Lindner, University College London
Cormac O’Dea, Yale University and NBER
Tom Zawisza, University College London

Labor Supply and the Pension Contribution-Benefit Link (slides)
Discussant: Jeffrey B. Liebman, Harvard University and NBER
2:00 pm
Rahi Abouk, William Paterson University
Keshar M. Ghimire, University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash
Johanna Catherine Maclean, George Mason University and NBER
David Powell, RAND Corporation

Pain Management and Work Capacity: Evidence from Marijuana Legalization
Discussant: Richard G. Frank, Harvard University and NBER
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Gopi Shah Goda, Stanford University and NBER
Emilie Jackson, Michigan State University
Lauren H. Nicholas, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Sarah Stith, University of New Mexico

The Impact of COVID-19 on Older Workers' Employment and Social Security Spillovers: Evidence from Year 2 (slides)
Laura Quinby, Boston College
Matthew S. Rutledge, Boston College
Gal Wettstein, Boston College
Owen Davis, New School for Social Research

How Has COVID-19 Affected the Labor Force Participation of Older Workers?
Discussant: Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, May 20
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:29 am
Morning Session
Moderated by James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:30 am
Keynote Address
Jason Furman, Harvard University
10:30 am
Steven G. Allen, North Carolina State University
Ting Wang, North Carolina State University

Forever Young: Where Older Workers Keep on Working (slides)
Discussant: Nicole Maestas, Harvard University and NBER
11:30 am
Lunch - Longfellow C
12:29 pm
Afternoon Session
Moderated by Kevin S. Milligan, University of British Columbia and NBER
12:30 pm
Zhixiu Yu, Louisiana State University

Why Are Older Men Working More? The Role of Social Security
Discussant: Jeffrey R. Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER
1:30 pm
Ian Burn, University of Liverpool
Daniel Firoozi, Claremont McKenna College
Daniel Ladd, University of California, Irvine
David Neumark, University of California, Irvine and NBER

Stereotyped Language in Job Ads and Decisions by Older Workers to Apply for a Job: A Field Experiment
Discussant: Joanna Lahey, Texas A&M University and NBER
2:30 pm
General Discussion
3:00 pm
Adjourn