RAND Conference Program

Demography, Epidemiology and Economics of Aging

15th Anniversary Gala
July 8-9, 2009

RAND Headquarters
Santa Monica, California

Note: Speakers are preliminary and are subject to change.

Wednesday, July 8th
8:00 - 8:45 a.m.	Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00 a.m.	Opening Remarks
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.	Christina Paxson, Princeton University Long-Lasting Effects of Early Life Events Height, Health, and Cognitive Function at Older Ages The lasting impact of childhood health and circumstance Stature and Status: Height, Ability, and Labor Market Outcomes Note: These are not RAND documents.
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 - 11:15 a.m.	Eileen Crimmins, University of Southern California Biology and Demography of Aging Biomarkers Related To Aging in Human Populations A Comparison of Biological Risk Factors in Two Populations: The United States and Japan Hispanic Paradox in Biological Risk Profiles Education, Income and Ethnic Differences in Cumulative Biological Risk Profiles in a National Sample of US Adults: NHANES III (1988–1994) Integrating Biology into the Study of Health Disparities Note: These are not RAND documents.
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	David Laibson, Harvard University & NBER Behavioral Economics and Aging Why does the law of one price fail? An experiment on index mutual funds Reinforcement Learning and Savings Behavior Optimal Defaults and Active Decisions Mental Accounting in Portfolio Choice: Evidence from a Flypaper Effect The allocation of time in decision-making Individual Laboratory-Measured Discount Rates Predict Field Behavior How Are Preferences Revealed? Public Policy and Saving for Retirement: The "Autosave" Features of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 Estimating Discount Functions with Consumption Choices over the Lifecycle The Age of Reason: Financial Decisions Over the Lifecycle Note: These are not RAND documents.
12:15 – 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.	Ronald Lee, University of California, Berkeley & Andrew Mason, University of Hawaii Macroeconomics of Global Population Aging The Demographic Transition and Economic Growth in the Pacific Rim Fertility, Human Capital, and Economic Growth over the Demographic Transition Transfers, Capital, and Consumption over the Demographic Transition Note: These are not RAND documents.
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.	Linda Waite, University of Chicago The Family and Well-Being Sexual Dysfunction among Older Adults Elder Mistreatment in the United States A Study of Sexuality and Health among Older Adults in the United States Social Disconnectedness, Perceived Isolation, and Health among Older Adults Note: These are not RAND documents.
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.	Break
3:45 – 4:45 p.m.	Linda Martin, RAND and Robert Schoeni, University of Michigan Trends in Health of Older Adults—Past, Present, Future Why is late-life disability declining? From The Milbank Quarterly Chronic conditions and the decline in late-life disability. From Demography Health and functioning of the Baby Boom approaching 60. From The Journals of Gerontology Note: Accessing the above documents may require searching or subscription with their respective journal sites.
4:45 - 5:00 p.m.	Jinkook Lee, RAND; Arie Kapteyn, RAND & Julie Newell, RAND Harmonizing Multi-Country Data Sets
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn
6:30 - 9:30 p.m.	Banquet, Shutters on the Beach
Thursday, July 9th
8:15 - 9:00 a.m.	Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.	Robert Hauser, University of Wisconsin-Madison & David Weir, University of Michigan New Directions in Building Data Infrastructure Predicting Adult Health And Mortality From Adolescent Facial Characteristics In Yearbook Photographs The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study: Designing a Study of the Life Course Survey Design and Methodology in the Health and Retirement Study and the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Elastic Powers: The Integration of Biomarkers into the Health and Retirement Study Note: These are not RAND documents.
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15 - 11:15 a.m.	Arie Kapteyn, RAND International Perspectives on Aging
11:15 – 11:30 a.m.	Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	David Wise, Harvard University & NBER Facilitating Longer Working Lives: International Evidence on Why, How, and Excuses
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.	Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.	James Smith, RAND SES and Health
3:00 - 3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15 – 4:15 p.m.	Dana Goldman, RAND Medical Technology and Comparative Effectiveness
4:15 – 4:30 p.m.	Wrap up and concluding remarks

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RAND Conference Program

Demography, Epidemiology and Economics of Aging

15th Anniversary Gala July 8-9, 2009

Wednesday, July 8th

Thursday, July 9th

15th Anniversary Gala
July 8-9, 2009