RAND Conference Program

Demography, Epidemiology and Economics of Aging

July 9-10, 2008

RAND Headquarters
Santa Monica, California

Note: Speakers are preliminary and are subject to change.

Wednesday July 9, 2008
8:00 - 8:30 A.M.	Breakfast
8:30 - 8:50 A.M.	Introductions and opening remarks Julie Zissimopoulos, Economist, RAND Corporation and Director, RAND Postdoctoral Training Program in the Study of Aging Michael Hurd, Senior Economist, RAND Corporation and Director, Center for the Study of Aging
8:50 - 9:00 A.M.	John Phillips, NIH, Chief, Population and Social Processes Branch Overview of the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging
Chairperson: Daphna Gans, NIA Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of Aging, RAND Corporation
9:00 - 10:30 A.M.	Ronald Lee, University of California, Berkeley Macroeconomic Consequences of the Demographic Transition and Population Aging View the Video
10:30 - 11:00 A.M.	Break
11:00 - 12:30 P.M.	David Blau, Ohio State University Recent developments in the economics of retirement Can Social Security Explain Trends in Labor Force Participation of Older Men in the United States? Note: This is not RAND document. View the Video
12:30 - 2:00 P.M.	Lunch
1:15 - 1:45 P.M.	Patricia St. Clair, RAND Corporation Presentation on RAND HRS Data Files (this workshop is optional)
Chairperson: Sarah Ruiz Ramon, NICHD Postdoctoral Fellow in Population Studies, RAND Corporation
2:00 - 3:15 P.M.	Annamaria Lusardi, Dartmouth College Household saving and financial decision-making: The importance of financial literacy Financial Literacy and Planning: Implications for Retirement Wellbeing Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning: New Evidence from the Rand American Life Panel Debt Literacy, Financial Experience, and Overindebtedness Note: These are not RAND documents. View the Video
3:15 - 3:45 P.M.	Break
3:45 - 5:00 P.M.	David Laibson, Harvard University Retirement Saving: Psychology, Behavior, and Institutions Why Does the Law of One Price Fail? An Experiment on Index Mutual Funds Estimating Discount Functions with Consumption Choices over the Lifecycle The Age of Reason: Financial Decisions Over the Lifecycle Note: These are not RAND documents. View the Video
5:00 P.M.	Adjourn
6:00 - 9:00 P.M.	Dinner: Shutters on the Beach, Handlebar Private Dining Room
Thursday July 10, 2008
8:30 - 9:00 A.M.	Breakfast
Chairperson: Gema Zamarro, Associate Economist, RAND Corporation
9:00 - 10:30 A.M.	James Banks, University College London Using international comparisons to study ageing: Evidence on health, disability and retirement in the U.S. and England The dynamics of retirement behavior in couples: Reduced-form evidence from England and the U.S. The SES Health Gradient on Both Sides of the Atlantic Note: These are not RAND documents. View the Video
10:30 - 11:00 A.M.	Break
11:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.	Ellen Peters, University of Oregon Aging-related changes in decision making Adult Age Differences in Dual Information Processes Numeracy and Decision Making Numeracy Skill And The Communication, Comprehension, And Use Of Risk-Benefit Information Note: These are not RAND documents. View the Video
12:30 - 1:30 P.M.	Lunch
Chairperson: Amy Rauer, NIA Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of Aging, RAND Corporation
1:30 - 2:45 P.M.	Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, The Ohio State University Medical Center Stress and Depression Can be Deadly: New Perspectives on Aging, Morbidity, and Mortality from Psychoneuroimmunology Stress-induced immune dysfunction: implications for health Emotions, Morbidity, and Mortality: New Perspectives from Psychoneuroimmunology Note: These are not RAND documents.
2:45 - 3:00 P.M.	Break
3:00 - 4:15 P.M.	James Smith, RAND Vignettes in the Social Sciences View the Video
4:15 - 4:30 P.M.	Closing remarks
4:30 P.M.	Adjourn

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RAND Conference Program

Demography, Epidemiology and Economics of Aging

July 9-10, 2008

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