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

Genes, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) and Economic Outcomes
11:00 am

New Evidence on the Financial Symptoms of Dementia
11:30 am

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

Can Income Buy Health? Evidence from Social Security Benefit Discontinuities and Medicare Claims

Peer Effects and Health Care Consumption: Evidence from Spousal Health Shocks
12:25 pm
Breakout sessions & break
1:30 pm

What Do Happiness Data Mean? Theory and Survey Evidence
2:00 pm

Caregiving and Labor Force Participation: New Evidence from Administrative Data
2:30 pm

The Impact of Covid-19 on Older Workers' Employment and Social Security Spillovers
3:00 pm

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

Measuring Valuation of Liquidity with Penalized Withdrawals (slides)
Discussant: Taha Choukhmane, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
11:15 am

Demographics, Wealth, and Global Imbalances in the Twenty-First Century
Discussant: Christina Patterson, University of Chicago and NBER
12:00 pm

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

Why Are Older Workers Moving Less While Working Longer?

Why Does Disability Insurance Enrollment Increase During Recessions? Evidence from Medicare
12:25 pm
Breakout sessions & break
1:30 pm

Discount Rates, Mortality Projections, and Money's Worth Calculations for US Individual Annuities
2:00 pm

Spillover Effects of Medicare Policy on Medicaid: Evidence From the Nursing Home Industry
2:30 pm

The Broad Decline in Health and Human Capital of Americans Born after 1947
3:00 pm

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