Measurement and Tracking of Subjective Well-Being for Aging Research
Daniel J. Benjamin, Kristen B. Cooper, Ori Heffetz, Stefan Schneider, and Arthur A. Stone, Organizers
July 28, 2018
Supported by the National Institute on Aging Demography Center Program
Parkview Room
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard, Cambridge, MA
| Saturday, July 28 | ||
| Format: 25 minute presentations and 20 minutes for general discussion | ||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |
| 9:00 am | Opening Remarks by the Organizers | |
| 9:15 am |
Shigehiro Oishi, Columbia University Can and Should Happiness be a Policy Goal? |
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| 10:00 am |
Anne de Hond, Erasmus University Rotterdam Pieter Bakx, Erasmus University Rotterdam Matthijs Versteegh, Erasmus University Rotterdam Can Time Heal All Wounds? An Empirical Assessment of Adaptation to Functional Limitations |
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| 10:45 am | Break | |
| 11:10 am |
Carol D. Ryff, University of Wisconsin-Madison Eudaimonic Well-Being and Aging: What Have We Learned? |
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| 11:55 am | Lunch | |
| 1:15 pm |
Carol Graham, Brookings Institution Regularly Tracking Subjective Well-being as a Potential Leading Indicator in the Crisis of Premature Mortality in the U.S. |
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| 2:00 pm |
Daniel J. Benjamin, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Kristen Cooper, Gordon College Ori Heffetz, Cornell University and NBER Miles Kimball, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER How Do Subjective Consumption Vectors Vary with Age? |
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| 2:45 pm | Break | |
| 3:00 pm |
David G. Blanchflower, Dartmouth College and NBER Andrew Oswald, Warwick University Do Humans Suffer a Psychological Low in Midlife? Two Approaches (With and Without Controls) in Seven Data Sets |
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| 3:45 pm | Discussion and Closing Remarks | |
| 4:15 pm | Adjourn | |