RAND Conference on Health, Aging and Human Capital
The RAND Bing Center for Health Economics and RAND Labor and Population, in collaboration with the Journal of Human Capital, held a two-day conference at the RAND Headquarters in Santa Monica, Calif., on Friday and Saturday, December 2-3, 2011, on Health, Aging, and Human Capital.
Event organizers:
- Titus Galama (galama@rand.org)
- Rosalie Liccardo Pacula (pacula@rand.org)
- Isaac Ehrlich (mgtehrl@buffalo.edu)
Conference Agenda
Click on a presenter's name to see his or her bio (some links are off-site). If a presentation title is linked, the full paper or an abstract is available. Note that some of the papers and abstracts are password-protected and available only to conference attendees.
Friday, December 2, 2011
| 8:00-8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30-8:45 AM | Welcome from Conference Committee |
| 8:45-9:35 AM | Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in Physical Activity Presenter: Michael Grossman, City University of New York |
| 9:35-10:25 AM | Health, Education, and the Post-Retirement Evolution of Household Assets Presenter: David Wise, Harvard University |
| 10:25-10:40 AM | Break |
| 10:40-11:30 AM | Is Medical R&D Unique? The link between output markets and development
Presenter: Tom Philipson, University of Chicago |
| 11:30-12:20 PM | Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt
Presenter: Nicole Maestas, RAND |
| 12:20-1:20 PM | Lunch - On site |
| 1:20-2:10 PM | Life and Growth
Presenter: Chad Jones, Stanford |
| 2:10-3:00 PM | Health Spending and Population Aging in a Model of Human Capital Based Endogenous Growth
Presenter: Isaac Erlich, SUNY Buffalo |
| 3:00-3:15 PM | Break |
| 3:15-4:05 PM | Education and Health
Presenter: Adriana Lleras-Muney, UCLA |
| 4:05-4:55 PM | A Theory of Socioeconomic Disparities in Health over the Life Cycle
Presenter: Titus Galama, RAND |
| 4:55-5:10 PM | Close |
| 6:30 PM | Dinner for Attendees at Shutters |
Saturday, December 3, 2011
| 8:00-8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30-9:20 AM | The Implications of Alzheimer’s Risk for Household Financial Decision Making
Presenter: Bob Willis, University of Michigan |
| 9:20-10:10 AM | Cost of Dementia, Trajectories and Trends
Presenter: Paco Martorell, RAND |
| 10:10-10:25 AM | Break |
| 10:25-11:15 AM | The Economics of Life Extension and Quality of Life Improvement
Presenter: David Meltzer, University of Chicago |
| 11:15-12:05 PM | International Differences in Longevity and Health and their Economic Consequences
Presenter: Dana Goldman, University of Southern California |
| 12:15-1:30 PM | Lunch - On Site |
| 1:30-2:20 PM | Provider reimbursement, treatment intensity, and patient outcomes: Evidence from the Home Health Interim and Prospective Payment Systems
Presenter: Peter Huckfeldt, RAND |
| 2:20-2:30 PM | Close |
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