NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2011

Social Security Workshop
Aging & Social Security Session Papers

July 27, 2011

David A. Wise, Organizer

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

PROGRAM

Wednesday, July 27:

 

 

SOCIAL SECURITY WORKSHOP (Joint with Aging and Public Economics)

 

 

8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

9:00 am

Samuel Preston, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

 

Why Has the US Fallen Behind in Life Expectancy?

 

 

9:50 am

Gopi Shah Goda, Stanford University and NBER

 

John Shoven, Stanford University and NBER

 

Sita N. Slavov, Occidental College

 

How Well Are Social Security Recipients Protected From Inflation??

 

 

10:40 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

Nicole Maestas, RAND Corporation

 

Kathleen Mullen, RAND Corporation

 

Alexander Strand, Social Security Administration

 

Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt

 

 

11:50 am

David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER

 

Ellen Meara, Harvard Medical School

 

Seth Richards-Shubik, Carnegie Mellon University

 

Health Shocks and Disability Transitions among Near-elderly Workers

 

 

12:40 pm

Lunch

 

 

1:40 pm

Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

Ellen Meara, Harvard Medical School

 

Lower Back Pain and the Transition to Disability

 

 

2:30 pm

John Beshears, Stanford University

 

James J. Choi, Yale University

 

David Laibson, Harvard University and NBER

 

Brigitte C. Madrian, Harvard University and NBER

 

Jung Sakong, NBER

 

Self Control and Liquidity: How to Design a Commitment Contract

 

 

3:20 pm

Break

 

 

3:40 pm

Jeffrey B. Liebman, Harvard University and NBER

 

Erzo F.P. Luttmer, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

Would People Behave Differently If They Better Understood Social Security? Evidence From a Field Experiment

 

 

4:30 pm

Adjourn