NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2006

Social Insurance

Raj Chetty, Organizer

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Somerset Room

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 24, 2006

PROGRAM

MONDAY, JULY 24:
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	BRUCE MEYER, University of Chicago and NBER
	WALLACE MOK, Northwestern University
	Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Unemployment Insurance from New York State
10:00 am	HANMING FANG, Yale University and NBER
	MICHAEL P. KEANE, Yale University
	DANIEL SILVERMAN, University of Michigan and NBER
	Sources of Advantageous Selection: Evidence from the Medigap Insurance Market
11:00 am	Break
11:30 am	ROBYN DAWES and CHRISTINA FONG, Carnegie Mellon University
	ERZO LUTTMER, Harvard University and NBER
	Experimental Evidence on the Role of Race in Giving to Hurricane Katrina Victims
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	OLIVIER BLANCHARD, MIT and NBER
	JEAN TIROLE, University of Toulouse
	The Joint Design of Unemployment Insurance and Employment Protection: A First Pass
2:30 pm	ROBERT SHIMER, University of Chicago and NBER
	IVAN WERNING, MIT and NBER
	Liquidity and Insurance for the Unemployed
3:30 pm	Break
4:00 pm	DAVID AUTOR, MIT and NBER
	MARK DUGGAN, University of Maryland and NBER
	The Pure Income Effect of Disability Cash Transfers: Evidence from the Veteran Administration's Disability Compensation Program
5:00 pm	Adjourn
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