SI 2021 Aging

David M. Cutler and Jonathan S. Skinner, Organizers

July 22-23, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, July 22
10:30 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

Genes, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) and Economic Outcomes
11:00 am
Joanne Hsu, University of Michigan
Lauren Hersch Nicholas, University of Colorado School of Medicine

New Evidence on the Financial Symptoms of Dementia
11:30 am
Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER
Evan Flack, Stanford University
Ziad Obermeyer, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

The Health Costs of Cost-Sharing
12:00 noon
Funding Opportunities at the National Institute on Aging
Partha Bhattacharyya, National Institutes of Health
12:15 pm
Brief presentations
Jacob Berman, Department of the Treasury

Can Income Buy Health? Evidence from Social Security Benefit Discontinuities and Medicare Claims
Zirui Song, Harvard University

Peer Effects and Health Care Consumption: Evidence from Spousal Health Shocks
12:25 pm
Breakout sessions & break
1:30 pm
Daniel J. Benjamin, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Jakina Debnam Guzman, Amherst College
Marc Fleurbaey, Paris School of Economics
Ori Heffetz, Cornell University and NBER
Miles S. Kimball, University of Colorado at Boulder and NBER

What Do Happiness Data Mean? Theory and Survey Evidence
2:00 pm
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
2:30 pm
Gopi Shah Goda, Stanford University and NBER
Emilie Jackson, Michigan State University
Lauren H. Nicholas, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Sarah See Stith, University of New Mexico

The Impact of Covid-19 on Older Workers' Employment and Social Security Spillovers
3:00 pm
Leora Friedberg, University of Virginia
Adam Leive, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Wenqiang Cai, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Balancing Commitment and Liquidity: Empirical Evidence from Mandatory Retirement Saving
3:30 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 23
Morning joint with Household Finance
10:30 am
David Coyne, Department of the Treasury
Itzik Fadlon, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Tommaso Porzio, Columbia University and NBER

Measuring Valuation of Liquidity with Penalized Withdrawals (slides)
Discussant: Taha Choukhmane, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
11:15 am
Adrien Auclert, Stanford University and NBER
Hannes Malmberg, University of Minnesota-Madison
Frederic Martenet, Stanford University
Matthew Rognlie, Northwestern University and NBER

Demographics, Wealth, and Global Imbalances in the Twenty-First Century
Discussant: Christina Patterson, University of Chicago and NBER
12:00 pm
John M. Abowd, Cornell University and NBER
Joelle Abramowitz, University of Michigan
Margaret Levenstein, University of Michigan
Kristin McCue, U.S. Census Bureau
Dhiren Patki, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Trivellore Raghunathan, University of Michigan
Ann Rodgers, University of Michigan
Matthew D. Shapiro, University of Michigan and NBER
Nada Wasi, Bank of Thailand
Dawn Zinsser, University of Michigan

CenHRS: Linking the HRS to Census Business Data or Finding Needles in Haystacks: Multiple-Imputation Record Linkage Using Machine Learning (slides)
12:15 pm
Brief presentations
Brian J. Asquith, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Why Are Older Workers Moving Less While Working Longer?
Colleen Carey, Cornell University and NBER
Nolan H. Miller, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER
David Molitor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER

Why Does Disability Insurance Enrollment Increase During Recessions? Evidence from Medicare
12:25 pm
Breakout sessions & break
1:30 pm
James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Adam Solomon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discount Rates, Mortality Projections, and Money's Worth Calculations for US Individual Annuities
2:00 pm
Adriana Corredor-Waldron, North Carolina State University

Spillover Effects of Medicare Policy on Medicaid: Evidence From the Nursing Home Industry
2:30 pm
Nicholas F. Reynolds, University of Essex

The Broad Decline in Health and Human Capital of Americans Born after 1947
3:00 pm
David Silver, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Jonathan Zhang, McMaster University and NBER

The Impact of Disability Income on Healthcare Utilization and Health: Evidence from the VA's Disability Compensation Program
3:30 pm
Adjourn