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RAND Conference Program
Demography, Epidemiology and Economics of Aging
July 13-14, 2007
RAND Headquarters
Santa Monica, California
Note: Speakers are preliminary and are subject to change.
Friday July 13, 2007 |
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8:00 - 8:30 A.M. |
Breakfast |
8:30 - 8:50 A.M. |
Introductions and opening remarks Julie Zissimopoulos, Economist, RAND Corporation |
8:50 - 9:00 A.M. |
Georgeanne Patmios, NIH, Acting Branch Chief, Population and Social Processes Branch Overview of the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging |
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Chairperson: Amy Rauer, NIA Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of Aging, RAND Corporation |
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9:00 - 10:30 A.M. |
Robert Levenson, University of California, Berkeley Emotion and Aging
Note: These are not RAND documents. |
10:30 - 11:00 A.M. |
Break |
11:00 - 12:30 P.M. |
Donald Cox, Boston College Evolutionary Biology, Family Economics, and Aging
Note: This is not a RAND document. |
12:30 - 2:00 P.M. |
Lunch |
1:15 - 1:45 P.M. |
Philip Pantoja, RAND Corporation Presentation on RAND HRS Data Files (this workshop is optional) |
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Chairperson: Maggie Weden, Associate Social Scientist, RAND Corporation |
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2:00 - 3:15 P.M. |
David Barker, University of Southampton, UK & Oregon Health and Science University The Developmental Origins of Age-Related Disease |
3:15 - 3:45 P.M. |
Break |
3:45 - 5:00 P.M. |
Michael Hurd, RAND Subjective Probabilities in Household Surveys: Measurement and Empirical Properties |
5:00 P.M. |
Adjourn |
6:00 - 9:00 P.M. |
Dinner at La Serenata de Garibaldi |
Saturday July 14, 2007 |
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8:30 - 9:00 A.M. |
Breakfast |
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Chairperson: Allen Li, Associate Social Scientist, RAND Corporation |
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9:00 - 10:30 A.M. |
John Cacioppo, University of Chicago The Social Isolation Epidemic |
10:30 - 11:00 A.M. |
Break |
11:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. |
Laurence Kotlikoff, Boston University Is All Conventional Financial Advice Wrong?
Note: This is not a RAND document. |
12:30 - 1:30 P.M. |
Lunch |
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Chairperson: Emma Aguila, Associate Economist, RAND Corporation |
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1:30 - 2:45 P.M. |
Alan Gustman, Dartmouth College The Work and Retirement Behavior of Older Americans
Note: These are not RAND documents. |
2:45 - 3:00 P.M. |
Break |
3:00 - 4:15 P.M. |
Paul J. Zak, Claremont Graduate University Aging and the neurobiology of social behaviors |
4:15 - 4:30 P.M. |
Closing remarks |
4:30 P.M. |
Adjourn |
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