National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008

 

Aging and Health Care Meetings

July 21 – July 25

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Parkview Room, East Tower

40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

David A. Wise, Organizer

 

PROGRAM

 

 

MONDAY, JULY 21:

 

 

8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

9:00 am

James Poterba, MIT and NBER

 

Steven Venti, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

David A. Wise, Harvard University and NBER

 

Demographic Trends, Housing Equity, and the Financial Security of Future Retirees

 

 

9:50 am

Thomas Davidoff, UC, Berkeley

 

Illiquid Housing as Self-Insurance: The Case of Long Term Care

 

 

10:40 am

Break

 

 

11:10 am

Liran Einav, Stanford University

 

Amy Finkelstein, MIT and NBER

 

Paul Schrimpf, MIT

 

The Welfare Cost of Asymmetric Information: Evidence from the UK Annuity Market

 

 

12:00 pm

Lunch

 

 

1:00 pm

Franco Peracchi, University of Rome II

 

Claudio Rossetti, University of Rome II

 

Gender and regional differences in self-rated health in Europe

 

 

1:50 pm

Dora Costa, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

 

Matthew Kahn, UC, Los Angeles

 

Health, Stress, and Social Networks: Evidence from Union Army Veterans

 

 

2:40 pm

Break

 

 

3:10 pm

Katherine Baicker, Harvard University and NBER

 

Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

How Much Should the US Spend on Health Care?

 

 

4:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

TUESDAY, JULY 22:

 

 

8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

9:00 am

James Choi, Yale University and NBER

 

David Laibson, Harvard University and NBER

 

Brigitte C. Madrian, Harvard University and NBER

 

Mental Accounting in Portfolio Choice: Evidence from a Flypaper Effect

 

 

9:50 am

Robert J. Willis, University of Michigan

 

Gabor Kezdi, Central European University

 

Stock Market Expectations and Portfolio Choice of American Households

 

 

 

 

10:40 am

Break

 

 

11:10 am

Daniel J. Benjamin, Cornell University

 

James Choi, Yale University and NBER

 

A. Joshua Strickland, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

 

Social Identity and Preferences

 

 

12:00 pm

Lunch

 

 

1:00 pm

Alan Gustman, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

Thomas Steinmeier, Texas Tech University

 

How Does Modeling of Retirement Decisions at the Family Level Affect Estimates of the Impact of Social Security Policies on Retirement

 

 

1:50 pm

Erin Strumpf, McGill University

 

Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Early Retirees: Impacts on Retirement, Health, and Health Care

 

 

2:40 pm

Break

 

 

3:10 pm

Michael Hurd, RAND Corporation and NBER

 

Susan Rohwedder, RAND Corporation

 

Adequacy of Resources in Retirement

 

 

4:00 pm

Adjourn

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23:

 

 

 

SOCIAL SECURITY, JOINT SESSION WITH AGING AND PUBLIC ECONOMICS

 

 

 8:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 8:30 am

ENRICO PEROTTI, University of Amsterdam

 

The Political Origin of Pension Funding and State Ownership

 

 

 9:30 am

JUSTINE HASTINGS, Yale University and NBER

 

LYDIA TEJEDA-ASHTON, Yale University

 

Financial Literacy, Information, and Demand Elasticity: Survey and Experimental Evidence from Mexico

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

10:45 am

ALAN AUERBACH and RONALD LEE, UC, Berkeley and NBER

 

Welfare and Generational Equity in Sustainable Unfunded Pension Systems

 

 

11:45 am

Lunch

 

 

12:45 pm

GIOVANNI MASTROBUONI, Collegio Carlo Alberto

 

Labor Supply Effects of the Recent Social Security Benefit Cuts:Empirical Estimates Using Cohort Discontinuities

 

 

 1:45 pm

ERZO LUTTMER and JEFFREY LIEBMAN,

 

Harvard University and NBER

 

DAVID SEIF, Harvard University

 

Labor Supply Response to the Social Security Tax-Benefit Linkage

 

 

 2:45 pm

Break

 

 

 3:00 pm

ADELINE DELAVANDE and SUSANN ROHWEDDER, RAND Corporation

 

Individuals’ Responses to Social Security Reform

 

 

 4:00 pm

GAOBO PANG and MARK WARSHAWSKY, Watson Wyatt Worldwide

 

Optimizing the Equity-Bond-Annuity Portfolio in Retirement: The Impact of Uncertain Health Expenses

 

 

 5:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

5/22/08

 

 

THURSDAY, JULY 24:

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE, JOINT SESSION WITH AGING

 

 

 8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:00 am

ROBERT TOWN, University of Minnesota and NBER

 

GAUTAM GOWRISANKARAN, University of Arizona and NBER

 

CLAUDIO LUCARELLI, Cornell University

 

PHILIPP SCHMIDT-DENGLER, London School of Economics

 

Government Policy and the Dynamics of Market Structure: Evidence from Critical Access Hospitals

 

 

 9:50 am

Break

 

 

10:05 am

KATE BUNDORF, Stanford University and NBER

 

JONATHAN LEVIN, Stanford University and NBER

 

NEALE MAHONEY, Stanford University

 

Pricing, Matching and Efficiency in Health Plan Choice

 

 

10:55 am

ELLEN MEARA and RICHARD G. FRANK, Harvard University and NBER

 

The Effect of Maternal Depression and Substance Abuse on Children’s Cognitive, Behavioral, and Educational Outcomes

 

 

12:00 pm

 

 

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

AMY FINKELSTEIN, MIT and NBER

 

ERZO F.P. LUTTMER, Harvard University and NBER

 

MATT NOTOWIDIGDO, MIT

 

What Good is Wealth Without Health? The Effect of Health on the Marginal Utility of Consumption

 

 

 

 

1:50 pm

Break

 

 

2:05 pm

KARINE LAMIRAUD, University of Lausanne

 

STEPHANE LHUILLERY, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

 

Factors Affecting the Diffusion of Medical Technologies: Evidence from CT and PET Scanners

 

 

 

 

 2:55 pm

Break

 

 

 3:10 pm

 

 

DAN KESSLER, Stanford University and NBER

 

JOHN COGAN, Stanford University

 

GLENN HUBBARD, Columbia University and NBER

 

The Effect of Medicare Coverage for the Disabled on the Market for Private Insurance

 

 

 

 

 4:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

6:00 pm

Dinner Celebration to Thank Martin Feldstein for his Service to the NBER

 

 

FRIDAY, JULY 25:

 

 

 8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:00 am

JONATHAN ZINMAN, Innovations for Poverty Action

 

XAVIER GINÉ, The World Bank

 

DEAN KARLAN, Innovations for Poverty Action

 

Put Your Money Where Your Butt Is: A Commitment Savings Account for Smoking Cessation

 

 

 9:50 am

Break

 

 

10:05 am

DAVID BLANCHFLOWER, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

ANDREW J. OSWALD, University of Warwick

 

Imitative Obesity and Relative Utility

 

 

 

10:55 am

Break

 

 

11:10 am

MARIAN V. WROBEL, Harvard University

 

JEFFREY R. KING, The Brookings Institute and NBER

 

SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN, Harvard University and NBER

 

ELDAR SHAFIR, Princeton University

 

LEE VERMEULEN, University of Wisconsin

 

Misperception in Choosing Medicare Drug Plans

 

 

12:00 pm

JONATHAN GRUBER, MIT

 

How Do Elders Do in Choosing a Part D Plan?

 

 

1:00 pm

Lunch and Adjourn