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National Bureau of
Economic Research |
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Conference on the
Economics of Aging |
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David A. Wise,
Organizer |
April 30-May 2,
2015 |
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The Boulders |
34631 North Tom
Darlington Drive |
Carefree, Arizona |
Thursday, April 30
– Duck Pond |
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7:00
pm |
Reception and
Dinner |
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Friday, May 1 –
Juniper Room |
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8:30
am |
Continental
Breakfast |
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9:00
am |
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Steven
Venti, Dartmouth College and NBER |
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David
Wise, Harvard University and NBER |
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Assets at
End of Life and When First Observed: Looking Backwards |
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Discussant:
Brigitte Madrian, Harvard University and NBER |
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9:50 am |
David Cutler, Harvard University and
NBER |
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Understanding
the Improvement in Disability Free Life Expectancy In the U.S. Elderly
Population |
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Discussant: Jon Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER |
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10:40
am |
Coffee Break |
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11:00
am |
John
Beshears, Stanford University and NBER |
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James
Choi, Yale University and NBER |
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Joshua
Hurwitz, NBER |
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David
Laibson, Harvard University and NBER |
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Brigitte Madrian,
Harvard University and NBER |
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Liquidity
in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison |
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Discussant: Dan
McFadden, University
of California, Berkeley and NBER |
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11:50 am |
Philip Armour, RAND Corporation |
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Mike
Hurd, RAND Corporation and NBER |
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Susann
Rohwedder, RAND Corporation |
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Trends
in Pension Cash-out at Job Change and the Effects on Long-term Outcomes |
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Discussant: Jim Poterba, MIT and NBER |
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12:40
pm |
Group Lunch –
spouses are invited |
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El Pedregal Courtyard |
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2:40 pm |
Florian Heiss, University of Mainz |
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Daniel
McFadden, University of California, Berkeley and NBER |
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Joachim
Winter, University of Munich |
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Amelie Wuppermann,
University of Munich |
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Yaoyao Zhu, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles |
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Three
Measures of Disease Prevalence: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly |
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Discussant: Jim Smith, RAND Corporation |
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3:30 pm |
Anne
Case, Princeton University and NBER |
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Angus Deaton, Princeton University and NBER |
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Discussant: David Cutler, Harvard University and NBER |
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4:20
pm |
Adjourn |
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Saturday, May 2–
Juniper Room |
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8:30 am |
Continental
Breakfast |
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9:00
am |
Raquel
Fonseca, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), CIRANO and
RAND Corporation |
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Arie Kapteyn, University of Southern California and NBER |
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Jinkook Lee, University of Southern California and RAND
Corporation |
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Gema Zamarro, University of
Southern California |
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Does
Retirement Make you Happy? A Simultaneous Equations Approach |
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Discussant:
Anne Case, Princeton and NBER |
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9:50
am |
Amitabh
Chandra, Harvard University and NBER |
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Jon
Skinner, Darthmouth College and NBER |
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Racial
Disparities in Hospital Quality |
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Discussant: David Weir, University of Michigan |
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10:40
am |
Coffee Break |
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11:10
am |
Jay
Bhattacharya, Stanford University |
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Challenges
in Controlling Medicare Spending: Treating Highly Complex Patients |
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Discussant: Hidehiko Ichimura,
The University of Tokyo |
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12:00
pm |
Lunch Break |
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2:00
pm |
James Banks, Institute for Fiscal Studies |
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Richard Blundell, University College London and
Insitute for Fiscal Studies |
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Zoe Oldfield, Institute for Fiscal Studies |
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Jim Smith, RAND Corporation |
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Discussant: Steve Venti, Dartmouth
College and NBER |
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2:50
pm |
Esther
Duflo, MIT and NBER |
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Abhijit Banerjee, MIT and NBER |
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Title: TBD |
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Discussant: Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and
NBER |
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3:40 pm |
Adjourn |
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Sunday, May 3 |
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Depart |