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2011 Demography, Epidemiology, and Economics of Aging Conference Program

July 13–14, 2011

RAND Headquarters
Santa Monica, California

Wednesday, July 13
8:00 – 8:45 a.m.	Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00 a.m.	Opening Remarks Kathleen Mullen, Director, RAND Summer Institute Workshop on Aging, RAND Corporation Michael Hurd, Senior Director, Center for the Study of Aging, RAND Corporation
Morning session
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.	John Karl Scholz, University of Wisconsin-Madison A Look at Americans' Saving Through the Lens of the Lifecycle Model Are Americans Saving Optimally for Retirement? Children and Household Wealth Health and Wealth in a Lifecycle Model
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 – 12:15 p.m.	George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon University Conflicts of Interest in Medicine: A Psychological Perspective
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 – 1:45 p.m.	Orla Hayden, RAND Corporation Presentation on RAND HRS (this workshop is optional)
Afternoon session
1:45 – 3:15 p.m.	Doug Wolf, Maxwell School of Syracuse University Family Demography and Family Support in Late Life
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.	Margie Lachman, Brandeis University Cognitive Aging: Antecedents and Consequences Perceived Control Over Aging-Related Declines Adaptive Beliefs and Behaviors Cognitive Functioning in Midlife and Old Age: Combined Effects of Psychosocial and Behavioral Factors Enrichment Effects on Adult Cognitive Development: Can the Functional Capacity of Older Adults Be Preserved and Enhanced? What and When of Cognitive Aging Fluid Cognitive Ability Is Associated With Greater Exposure and Smaller Reactions to Daily Stressor Note: These are not RAND documents.
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.	Banquet at Casa del Mar
Thursday, July 14
8:15 – 9:00 a.m.	Breakfast
Morning session
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.	Richard Burkhauser, Cornell University Disability Policy Research: What We Know and What We Would Like to Know The Declining Work and Welfare of People with Disabilities: What Went Wrong and a Strategy for Change Comparing Levels and Trends in the Prevalence, Employment and Program Participation Rates of Working-Age People with Disabilities: Reconciling Differences in the American Community Survey and the Current Population Survey Understanding the Incentives to Work for Children with Disabilities as They Age Out of the Supplemental Security Income-Disabled Children Program. Note: These are not RAND documents.
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 – 12:15 p.m.	James P. Smith, RAND Corporation Effects of Childhood Mental and Physical Health on Adult Health and SES
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.	Lunch
12:45 – 1:15 p.m.	Jeremy B. Lupoli, RAND Corporation Presentation on RAND Mega Meta Data (this talk is optional)
Afternoon session
1:15 – 2:45 p.m.	Michael Hurd, Senior Director, Center for the Study of Aging, RAND Corporation Cost of Dementia
2:45 – 3:00 p.m.	Break
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.	Linda Waite, University of Chicago Social Connections and Health at Older Ages Families, Social Life, and Well-Being at Older Ages Psychosocial and Biological Markers of Daily Lives of Midlife Parents of Children with Disabilities A Study of Sexuality and Health among Older Adults in the United States Mistreatment and Psychological Well-being Among Older Adults: Exploring the Role of Psychosocial Resources and Deficits Note: These are not RAND documents.
4:30 p.m.	Adjourn