NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2000
Aging
David Wise, Organizer
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Massachusetts
July 31 - August 1, 2000
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
MONDAY, JULY 31:
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM AMY FINKELSTEIN, MIT
JAMES POTERBA, MIT and NBER
Adverse Selection in Insurance Markets:
Policyholder Evidence from the U.K.Annuity Market
LAURENCE KOTLIKOFF, Boston University and NBER,
Using ESPlanner to Study Saving and Insurance Adequacy
Break
MARIOS ANGELETOS, Harvard University
DAVID LAIBSON, Harvard University and NBER
ANDREA REPETTO, Universidad de Chile
JEREMY TOBACMAN and STEPHEN WEINBERG,
Harvard University
Hyperbolic Discounting: Consumption and Savings
over the Lifecycle
LEORA FRIEDBERG, UC, San Diego and NBER
ANTHONY WEBB, UC, San Diego
The Impact of 401(K) Plans on Retirement
5:00 PM Adjourn
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1:
8:30 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
SI00 AW Program
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9:00 AM LEE LILLARD, University of Michigan
ROBERT WILLIS, University of Michigan
Cognition and Wealth: The Importance of
Precision in Probabilistic Thinking
KATHLEEN MCGARRY, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
Testing Parental Altruism: Implications of a Dynamic Model
MICHAEL BAKER, University of Toronto and NBER
JONATHAN GRUBER, MIT and NBER
Income Security Programs and Retirement in Canada
12:15 PM Lunch
1:15 PM ROBERT JENSEN, Harvard University and NBER
KASPAR RICHTER, London School of Economics
Social Security and Well-Being: Evidence from
the Russian Pension Crisis
REINHOLD SCHNABEL, University of Mannheim
Opting Out of Social Security - Incentives and
Participation in the German PAYG Pension System
HUGO BENITEZ-SILVA, MOSHE BUCHINSKY and
HIU MAN CHAN, Yale University
JOHN RUST, Yale University and NBER
SOFIA SHEIDVASSER, Yale University
Social Insurance at the End of Life Cycle:
A Joint Model of Unemployment, Disability,
Old-Age and Medicare Benefits
5:00 PM Adjourn
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