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RAND Conference Agenda

Demography, Epidemiology and Economics of Aging

July 19-20, 2002

RAND Headquarters
Santa Monica, California

Friday, July 19, 2002
8:30 - 9:00	BREAKFAST AT RAND
9:00 - 9:30	OPENING REMARKS
9:30 - 12:30	SAVINGS BEHAVIOR: THEORETICAL MODELS AND OBSERVED PATTERNS Christopher D. Carroll Professor of Economics Johns Hopkins University Eric Engen Federal Reserve Board Questions and Answers
12:30 - 2:00	LUNCH AT RAND
2:00 - 3:15	SPECIAL LECTURE: THE VALUE OF LIFE James Hammitt Associate Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences Department of Health Policy and Management Harvard School of Public Health http://www.hcra.harvard.edu/ Questions and Answers
3:15 - 3:45	BREAK
3:45 - 5:00	AGING AND TRANSFERS: LINKS ACROSS GENERATIONS AND ACROSS COUNTRIES Ronald D. Lee Professor of Demography and Economics University of California, Berkeley http://arrow.qal.berkeley.edu/~rlee Aging and International Capital Flows Axel Börsch-Supan Professor of Economics University of Mannheim www.mea.uni-mannheim.de Questions and Answers
6:00 - 6:15	COCKTAIL HOUR
7:00	DINNER
Saturday, July 20, 2002
8:30 - 9:00	BREAKFAST AT RAND
9:00 - 12:30	SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH Deborah Carr Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology Assistant Research Scientist, Population Studies Center University of Michigan http://www-personal.umich.edu/~carrds/ Mark Hayward Director, Population Research Institute Pennsylvania State University http://athens.pop.psu.edu/CtrPRI/DirBio.cfm?PeopleID=19 Questions and Answers
12:30 - 2:00	LUNCH AT RAND
2:00 - 3:15	SPECIAL LECTURE: PHYSIOLOGY OF AN AGING MIND Immune System Effects on the Body and Mind During Aging Rita Effros Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Elizabeth and Thomas Plott Endowed Chair in Gerontology University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine http://research.mednet.ucla.edu/Departments/FacultyNoframe.cfm?FacultyKey=29 Questions and Answers
3:15 - 3:45	BREAK
3:45 - 5:00	EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT AMONG THE DISABLED John Rust Professor of Economics University of Maryland Thomas DeLeire Senior Economist Council of Economic Advisors http://home.uchicago.edu/~tdeleire/ Questions and Answers
5:00 - 5:30	CONCLUDING REMARKS