SI 2021 Economics of Social Security

Alexander M. Gelber and James M. Poterba, Organizers

July 28, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 28
10:00am
Jonas Kolsrud, Uppsala University
Camille Landais, London School of Economics
Daniel Reck, University of Maryland and NBER
Johannes Spinnewijn, London School of Economics

Retirement, Consumption, and Pension Design
10:30am
Mark Duggan, Stanford University and NBER
Irena Dushi, Social Security Administration
Sookyo Jeong, Lyft
Gina Li, Federal Reserve Board

The Effects of Changes in Social Security’s Delayed Retirement Credit: Evidence from Administrative Data
11:00am
Neha Bairoliya, University of Southern California
Kathleen McKiernan, Vanderbilt University

Revisiting Retirement and Social Security Claiming Decisions
11:30am
Irena Dushi, Social Security Administration
Leora Friedberg, University of Virginia
Anthony Webb, The New School

Is the Adjustment of Social Security Benefits Actuarially Fair, and If So, for Whom?
12:00 pm
Break
12:15 pm
Panel Discussion: The Labor Market Effects of COVID-19: Implications for Social Security in the US
Katharine Abraham, University of Maryland and NBER
Karen Glenn, Social Security Administration
Stephen Goss, Social Security Administration
Michael Stepner, University of Toronto
Till von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
1:30pm
Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford University and NBER
Hamish Low, University of Oxford

Disability Insurance: Error Rates and Gender Differences
2:00pm
Hilary W. Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Nicole Maestas, Harvard University and NBER
Alexander Strand, Social Security Administration

Legal Representation in Disability Claims
2:30pm
Esteban Garcia Miralles, The Institute for Fiscal Studies
Jonathan M. Leganza, Clemson University

Public Pensions and Private Savings
3:00 pm
Adjourn