NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Tax Policy and the Economy

Jeffrey Brown:  Organizer

September 18, 2014

National Press Club

529 14th Street, NW

Washington, DC

PROGRAM

8:00 am

Registration and Breakfast

8:30 am

Welcome / Opening Remarks

8:35 am

Martin Feldstein, Harvard University and NBER
Raising Revenue by Limiting Tax Expenditures

9:10 am

Casey Mulligan, University of Chicago and NBER
The New Full-time Employment Taxes

9:45 am

Break

10:05 am

Bradley Heim, Indiana University
Ithai Lurie, Department of the Treasury
Kosali Simon, Indiana University and NBER
The Impact of the Affordable Care Act Young Adult Provision on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Tax Data

10:40 am

Break

11:00 am

Louis Kaplow, Harvard University and NBER
Government Policy and Labor Supply with Myopic or Targeted Savings Decisions

11:35 am

Caroline Hoxby, Stanford University and NBER
The Returns to the Federal Tax Credits for Higher Education

12:10 pm

Lunch

Lunch Speaker – James Stock, Harvard University; Former Member of Council of Economic Advisers
 

1:40 pm

Adjourn