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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Aging Workshop

David A. Wise, Organizer

July 20-24, 2015

Parkview Room
Royal Sonesta Hotel
40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

 

Monday, July 20

12:00 noon

Lunch

1:00 pm

Michael D. Hurd, RAND Corporation and NBER
Italo Lopez-Garcia, RAND Corporation
Susann Rohwedder, RAND Corporation
Willingness to Pay for Nursing Home Quality

1:50 pm

Martina Celidoni, University of Padua
Chiara Dal Bianco, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Guglielmo Weber, University of Padua
Early Retirement and Cognitive Decline. A Longitudinal Analysis Using SHARE Data

2:40 pm

Break

3:00 pm

John Ameriks, The Vanguard Group
Joseph S. Briggs, New York Univeristy
Andrew Caplin, New York University and NBER
Matthew D. Shapiro, University of Michigan and NBER
Christopher Tonetti, Stanford University and NBER
Long-term Care Insurance, Annuities, and the Under-Insurance Puzzle

3:50 pm

Adjourn

Tuesday, July 21

8:30 am

Coffee and pastries

9:00 am

Kathleen Mullen, RAND Corporation
Stefan Staubli, University of Calgary
Disability Benefit Generosity and Labor Force Withdrawal

9:50 am

Philip Armour, RAND Corporation
Michael Lovenheim, Cornell University and NBER
The Effect of Social Security (Mis)information on the Labor Supply of Older Americans

10:40 am

Break

11:00 am

Rachel Griffith, Institute For Fiscal Studies
Rodrigo Lluberas, Banco Central del Uruguay
Melanie Luhrmann, The Institute for Fiscal Studies
Gluttony and Sloth: Long-run Changes in Body-weight, Diet and Activity

11:50 am

Lunch

1:00 pm

Itzik Fadlon, Harvard University
Torben Nielsen, University of Copenhagen
Household Responses to Severe Health Shocks and the Design of Social Insurance

1:50 pm

Maria D. Fitzpatrick, Cornell University and NBER
Timothy J. Moore, George Washington University and NBER
Retirement and Health

2:40 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Emma Aguila, University of Southern California
Arie Kapteyn, University of Southern California and NBER
Francisco Perez-Arce, RAND Corporation
Consumption Smoothing, Frequency of Benefit Payments, and Effectiveness of Social Programs

3:50 pm

Adjourn

Wednesday, July 22

8:30 am

Coffee and pastries

Social Security Workshop – joint with Public Economics

9:00 am

George J. Borjas, Harvard University and NBER
The Labor Supply of Undocumented Immigrants: Towards an Assessment of the Impact of Status Regularization

9:50 am

David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Andreas R. Kostol, University of Bergen
Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER
Disability Benefits, Consumption Insurance, and Household Labor Supply

10:40 am

Break

11:00 am

Manasi A. Deshpande, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Does Welfare Inhibit Success? The Long-Term Effects of Removing Low-Income Youth from Disability Insurance

11:50 am

Lunch

1:00 pm

John Beshears, Harvard University and NBER
James J. Choi, Yale University and NBER
David Laibson, Harvard University and NBER
Brigitte C. Madrian, Harvard University and NBER
Joshua B. Hurwitz, Boston College
Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison

1:50 pm

Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
Sarah Abraham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Shelby Lin, McKinsey and Company
Michael Stepner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nicholas Turner, Department of the Treasury
Benjamin Scuderi, Harvard University
David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER
Inequality and Mortality: The Geography of Mortality-Income Gradients in the United States

2:40 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Nathaniel Hendren, Harvard University and NBER
Erzo F.P. Luttmer, Dartmouth College and NBER
The Value of Medicaid: Interpreting Results from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment

3:50 pm

Adjourn

6:00 pm

Clambake, Royal Sonesta Hotel

Thursday, July 23


8:30 am


Coffee and pastries


Joint with Health Care


9:00 am


Abby Alpert, University of California at Irvine
Darius N. Lakdawalla, University of Southern California and NBER
Neeraj Sood, University of Southern California and NBER
Prescription Drug Advertising and Drug Utilization: The Role of Medicare Part D


10:00


Daniel Miller, Clemson University
Risk Adjustment and Low Income Subsidy Distortions in Medicare Part D


11:00 am


Break


11:30 am


Florian Heiss, University of Duesseldorf
Daniel L. McFadden, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Joachim Winter, Loyola Marymount University
Amelie C. Wuppermann, University of Munich
Bo Zhou, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics
Plan Switching and Inertia in Medicare Part D: Evidence from Administrative Data


12:30 pm


Lunch


1:30 pm


Robin S. Lee, Harvard University and NBER
Kate Ho, Columbia University and NBER
Insurer Competition in Health Care Markets


2:30 pm


Timothy J. Layton, Harvard Medical School
Randall P. Ellis, Department of Economics, Boston University
Thomas McGuire, Harvard University and NBER
Assessing Incentives for Adverse Selection in Health Plan Payment Systems


3:30 pm


Break


4:00 pm


Craig Garthwaite, Northwestern University and NBER
Tal Gross, Columbia University and NBER
Matthew J. Notowidigdo, Northwestern University and NBER
Hospitals as Insurers of Last Resort


5:00 pm


Adjourn


Friday, July 24


8:30 am


Coffee and pastries


Joint with Health Care


9:00 am


Alice Chen, University of Southern California
Darius N. Lakdawalla, University of Southern California and NBER
Saving Lives or Saving Money? Understanding the Dual Nature of Physician Preferences


10:00 am


Naomi Hausman, Hebrew University
Kurt J. Lavetti, The Ohio State University
Physician Concentration and Negotiated Prices: Evidence from State Law Changes


11:00 am


Break


11:30 am


Mark Shepard, Harvard University
Hospital Network Competition and Adverse Selection: Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange


12:30 pm


Lunch


1:30 pm


David W. Brown, Department of the Treasury
Amanda E. Kowalski, Yale University and NBER
Ithai Lurie, Department of the Treasury
Medicaid as an Investment In Children: What is the Long-Term Impact on Tax Receipts?


2:30 pm


Laura R.. Wherry, University of California at Los Angeles
Sarah Miller, University of Michigan
Robert Kaestner, University of Illinois at Chicago and NBER
Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER
Childhood Medicaid Coverage and Later Life Health Care Utilization


3:30 pm


Adjourn