NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2002

Aging Workshop

David Wise, Organizer

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 29 - 30, 2002

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM



MONDAY, JULY 29



12:00 N Lunch



1:00 PM RONALD LEE, UC, Berkeley and NBER

Rethinking the Evolutionary Theory of Aging:

Fertility, Mortality, and Intergenerational Tranfers



LEORA FRIEDBERG, University of Virginia and NBER

MICHAEL OWYANG, Federal Reserve Bank

Explaining the Evolution of Pension Structure and Job Tenure



JEFFREY BROWN, Harvard University and NBER

PETER DIAMOND, MIT and NBER

TOM DAVIDOFF, MIT

Annuities and Individual Welfare



4:15 PM Adjourn

TUESDAY, JULY 30:



8:30 AM Coffee and Pastries



9:00 AM JAMES CHOI, Harvard University

DAVID LAIBSON, Harvard University and NBER

BRIGITTE MADRIAN, University of Chicago and NBER

ANDREW METRICK, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

When Delay is Not an Option: The Impact of Forced Decisions

on 401(k) Savings Outcomes





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MICHAEL HURD, RAND and NBER

JULIE ZISSIMOPOULOS, RAND

Saving for Retirement:

Wage Growth and Unexpected Events



ROBERT WILLIS and GABOR KEZDI, University of Michigan

Who Becomes a Stockholder? Expectations, Subjective Uncertainty, and Asset Allocation



12:15 PM Lunch



1:15 PM COURTNEY COILE, Wellesley College and NBER

Health Shocks and Couples' Labor Supply Decisions



ARIE KAPTEYN, Tilburg University

CONSTANTIJN PANIS, RAND

The Size and Composition of Wealth Holdings in the United States,

Italy, and the Netherlands



JONATHAN GRUBER, MIT and NBER

DAVID WISE, Harvard University and NBER

Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World:

Micro Estimation



4:15 PM Adjourn



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