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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2012

 

Social Security Workshop

July 25

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Parkview Room

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

 

Andrew Samwick, Organizer

 

Program

 

 

Wednesday, July 25, 8:30 am – 5:10 pm

 

SOCIAL SECURITY WORKSHOP (joint with Aging and Public Economics)

 

 

8:30 am

Coffee and pastries

 

 

9:00 am

Ronald Lee, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

 

Andrew Mason, University of Hawaii

 

Population Aging and the Generational Economy: A Global Perspective

 

 

9:50 am

Samuel H. Preston, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

 

How Will Trends in Obesity and Smoking Affect Future Life Expectancy?

 

 

10:40 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

Andrew Samwick, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

Erzo F.P. Luttmer, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

The Costs and Consequences of Perceived Political Uncertainty in Social Security

 

 

11:50 am

David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER

 

Ellen Meara, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and NBER

 

Seth Richards-Shubik, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER

 

Did the Great Recession Increase DI Receipt?

 

 

12:40 pm

Lunch

 

 

1:30 pm

Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER

 

John N. Friedman, Harvard University and NBER

 

Soren Leth-Petersen, University of Copenhagen

 

Torben Nielsen, University of Copenhagen

 

Active vs. Passive Decisions and Crowd-out in Retirement Savings Accounts: Evidence from Denmark (slides)

 

 

2:20 pm

Axel H. Boersch-Supan, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging and NBER

 

Michela Coppola, Mannheim University

 

Anette Reil-Held, Munich Center for the Economics of Aging and NBER

 

Riester Pensions in Germany: Design, Dynamics, Targeting Success and Crowding-In

 

 

3:10 pm

Break

 

 

3:30 pm

Dayanand Manoli, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

 

Andrea Weber, University of Mannheim

 

The Effects of Increasing the Early Retirement Age on Social Security Claims and Job Exits

 

 

4:20 pm

Justine Hastings, Brown University and NBER

 

Ali Hortacsu, University of Chicago and NBER

 

Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER

 

Advertising and Competition in Privatized Social Security: The Case of Mexico

 

 

 

 

5:10 pm

Adjourn

 

 

6:00 pm

Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA