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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2014

Aging, Social Security and Health Care Workshops

July 21 – July 25

Parkview Room
Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

AGING & SOCIAL SECURITY SESSION PAPERS

David A. Wise, Organizer

Monday, July 21, 8:30 am – 3:50 pm
	Aging Workshop
8:30 am	Coffee and pastries
9:00 am	John Beshears, Harvard University and NBER
	James Choi, Yale University and NBER
	David Laibson, Harvard University and NBER
	Brigitte Madrian, Harvard University and NBER
	Does Front-Loading Taxation Increase Savings? Evidence from Roth 401(k) Introductions
9:50 am	Xi Chen, Yale University
	Tanyu Wang, Peking University
	Old-Age Pension, Subjective Well-being and Mental Health: Evidence from the New Rural Pension Program in China using A Regression Discontinuity Design
10:40 am	Break
11:00 am	Daniel J. Benjamin, Cornell University and NBER
	David Laibson, Harvard University and NBER
	Walter Mischel, Columbia University
	Yuichi Shoda, University of Washington
	Childrens' Self Control and their Adult Economic Outcomes
11:50 am	Lunch
1:00 pm	Daniel J. Benjamin, Cornell University and NBER
	David Cesarini, New York University
	Philipp Koellinger, University of Amsterdam
	David Laibson, Harvard University and NBER
	Proxy-Phenotype Method Identifies Common Genetic Variants Associated with Cognitive Performance
1:50 pm	Matthew D. Baird, RAND Corporation
	Michael D. Hurd, RAND Corporation and NBER
	Susann Rohwedder, RAND Corporation
	Medicaid Spend-down: The Importance of Strategic Asset Transfers to Reach Medicaid Eligibility
2:40 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Nitika Bagaria, London School of Economics and Centre for Economic Performance
	Barbara Petrongolo, Queen Mary University, Centre for Economic Performance and CEPR
	John Van Reenen, London School of Economics, Centre for Economic Performance, NBER and CEPR
	Can helping the sick hurt the able? Incentives, Information and Disruption in a Welfare to Work reform
3:50 pm	Adjourn
Tuesday, July 22, 8:30 am – 3:50 pm
	Aging Workshop Continued
8:30 am	Coffee and pastries
9:00 am	Emmanuel Saez, University of California at Berkeley
	Gabriel Zucman, University of California at Berkeley and LSE
	Wealth Inequality in the United States since 1913
9:50 am	Christopher Tonetti, Stanford GSB
	John Ameriks, Vanguard
	Andrew Caplin, New York University and NBER
	Matthew D. Shapiro, University of Michigan and NBER
	Joseph S. Briggs, New York University
	Resolving the Annuity Puzzle: Estimating Life-Cycle Models without (and with) Behavioral Data
10:40 am	Break
11:00 am	Alexander M. Gelber, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
	Damon Jones, University of Chicago and NBER
	Daniel W. Sacks, University of Pennsylvania
	The Social Security Earnings Test and Retirement: Evidence and Implications
11:50 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Jeffrey Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER
	Alessandro Previtero, University of Western Ontario
	Procrastination, Present-Biased Preferences, and Financial Behaviors
1:50 pm	Jeffrey Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER
	James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
	David Richardson, TIAA-CREF Institute
	Do Required Minimum Distributions Constrain Household Behavior? The Effect of the 2009 Holiday on Retirement Savings Plan Distributions
2:40 pm	Adjourn
Wednesday, July 23, 8:30 am – 3:50 pm
Social Security Workshop (joint with Aging andPublic Economics, Jeffrey Liebman Chair)
8:30 am	Coffee and pastries
9:00 am	Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
	Heidi Williams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
	Matt Gentzkow, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and NBER
	Sources of Geographic Variation in Health Care: Evidence from Patient Migration
9:50 am	Jeffrey Liebman, Harvard University and NBER
	Understanding the Increase in Disability Insurance Spending
10:40 am	Break
11:00 am	David Cutler, Harvard University and NBER
	Evidence for Significant Compression of Morbidity in the Elderly U.S. Population
11:50 pm	Lunch
1:00PM	Nicole Maestas, RAND Corporation
	Kathleen Mullen, RAND Corporation
	David Powell, RAND Corporation
	The Effect of Local Labor Demand Conditions on the Labor Supply Outcomes of Older Americans
1:50 pm	Till von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
	Andreas Mueller, Columbia Business School and NBER
	Jesse Rothstein, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
	Unemployment Insurance and Disability Insurance in the Great Recession
2:40 pm	Break
3:00 pm	John Beshears, Harvard University and NBER
	James Choi, Yale University and NBER
	David Laibson, Harvard University and NBER
	Brigitte Madrian, Harvard University and NBER
	Optimal Illiquidity in the Retirement Savings System
3:50 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Clambake, Royal Sonesta

THURSDAY, JULY 24:
Health Care Workshop – Joint with Aging
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Eric Budish, University of Chicago Benjamin N. Roin, Harvard University Heidi L. Williams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Do Fixed Patent Terms Distort Innovation? Evidence from Cancer Clinical Trials
10:00 am	Ariel Dora Stern, Harvard University Innovation under Regulatory Uncertainty: Evidence from Medical Technology
11:00 am	Break
11:30 am	Matthew R. Grennan, University of Pennsylvania Robert Town, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Regulating Innovation with Uncertain Quality: Information, Risk, and Access in Medical Devices
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Pinar Karaca-Mandic, University of Minnesota and NBER Robert Town, University of Pennsylvania and NBER The Effect of Physician and Hospital Market Structure on Medical Technology Diffusion
2:30 pm	Jeffrey Clemens, University of California at San Diego and NBER The Effect of U.S. Health Insurance Expansions on Medical Innovation
3:30 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Michael Frakes, Cornell University Anupam Jena, Harvard University and NBER Does Medical Malpractice Law Improve Health Care Quality?
5:00 pm	Adjourn
FRIDAY, JULY 25:
8:30 AM	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Katherine Baicker, Harvard University and NBER Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Sarah Taubman, National Bureau of Economic Research The Effects of Expanding Medicaid to Low-Income Adults
10:00 am	Thomas C. Buchmueller, University of Michigan and NBER Sarah Miller, University of Notre Dame Marko Vujicic, American Dental Association How Do Providers Respond to Public Health Insurance Expansions? Evidence from Adult Medicaid Dental Benefits
11:00 am	Break
11:30 am	Colleen Carey, Yale University Sharing the Burden of Subsidization: Evidence from a Payment Update in Medicare Part D
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Martin Hackmann, Yale University The Welfare Effects of Provider Reimbursement Rates: Evidence from the Nursing Home Industry
2:30 pm	Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Robin McKnight, Wellesley College and NBER Controlling Health Care Costs Through Limited Network Insurance Plans: Evidence from Massachusetts State Employees
3:30 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Yiyan Liu, RTI International Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland and NBER Employer Contribution and Premium Growth in Health Insurance
5:00 pm	Adjourn