The Labor Market for Older Workers
Robert L. Clark, Kevin S. Milligan, and Joseph P. Newhouse, Organizers
May 19-20, 2022
| 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 |
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| 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
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| 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
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| 12:15 pm | Lunch - Longfellow C | |||
| 12:59 pm |
Afternoon Session Moderated by Joseph P. Newhouse, Harvard University and NBER |
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 |
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Laura Quinby, Boston College Matthew S. Rutledge, Boston College Gal Wettstein, Boston College Owen Davis, Siegel Family Endowment How Has COVID-19 Affected the Labor Force Participation of Older Workers?
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| 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 |
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| 9:30 am |
Keynote Address Jason Furman, Harvard University |
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| 10:30 am |
Steven G. Allen, North Carolina State University Ting Wang, North Carolina State University Forever Young: Where Older Workers Keep on Working
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| 11:30 am | Lunch - Longfellow C | |||
| 12:29 pm |
Afternoon Session Moderated by Kevin S. Milligan, University of British Columbia and NBER |
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| 12:30 pm |
Zhixiu Yu, Louisiana State University Why Are Older Men Working More? The Role of Social Security
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| 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
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| 2:30 pm | General Discussion | |||
| 3:00 pm | Adjourn | |||