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Thursday, August 7, 2008

8:00-8:30    Registration and Coffee

8:30-8:35    Welcoming Remarks: Jason Fichtner (Acting Deputy Commissioner, SSA)

Morning Session Chair: Alicia H. Munnell (Boston College)

Panel 1       
"Impact of Pre-Retirement Patterns on Retirement Income
8:35-10:00

"The Impact of Changing Earnings Volatility on Retirement Wealth"
Austin Nichols and Melissa M. Favreault
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 "Marital Histories and Economic Well-Being"
Julie Zissimopoulos, Benjamin Karney, and Amy J. Rauer
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Discussant: Joseph Quinn
 
"The Liquification and Mid-Life Consumption of Retirement Assets: Evidence from 401(k) Loans"
James Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte Madrian  
Discussant: Annika Sundén
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10:00-10:15    Break

Panel 2       
The Timing of Retirement
10:15-11:45

"Who Determines When You Retire? Peer Effects and Retirement"
John M.R. Chalmers, Woodrow T. Johnson, and Jonathan Reuter
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 Discussant: Andrew Biggs
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"Preparation for Retirement, Financial Literacy and Cognitive Resources"
Adeline Delavande, Susann Rohwedder and Robert J. Willis
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Discussant: Gary Burtless

"Identifying Local Differences in Retirement Patterns"
Leora Friedberg, Michael Owyang, and Anthony Webb
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Discussant: Till von Wachter
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Luncheon Speaker
Peter Orszag (Director, CBO)
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Afternoon Session Chair: David A. Wise (NBER and Harvard University)

Panel 3    
Asset Allocation
12:45-2:15

"The Efficiency of Pension Plan Investment Menus: Investment Choices in Defined Contribution Pension Plans"
Ning Tang and Olivia S. Mitchell
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Discussant: Richard Kopcke
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"Demographic Trends, Housing Equity, and the Financial Security of Future Retirees"
James Poterba, Steven Venti, and David Wise
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Discussant: Todd Sinai     
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"The Housing Bubble and Retirement Security"
Alicia H. Munnell and Mauricio Soto    
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Discussant: Jeffrey Brown 

Panel 4
Adequacy of Retirement Income
2:15-3:45 

Are All Americans Saving 'Optimally' for Retirement?
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John Karl Scholz and Ananth Seshadri
Discussant: Brigitte Madrian

"Health Care Consumption and the Relative Well-Being of the Aged"
Gary Burtless
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Discussant: Marilyn Moon

"The Taxation of Social Security Benefits as an Approach to Means-Testing"
Jeffrey Liebman
Discussant: Eric Toder
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3:45-4:00    Break

Panel 5   
Consumption in Retirement    
4:00-5:30

"Do Health Shocks Reduce Consumption in Retirement?"
Barbara A. Butrica, Richard W. Johnson, and Gordon B.T. Mermin    
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Discussant: Paul Van de Water
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"Adequacy of Resource in Retirement"
Michael D. Hurd and Susann Rohwedder                     
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Discussant: Jeffrey Liebman

"Deconstructing Lifecycle Expenditure"
Mark Aguiar and Erik Hurst
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Discussant: Leora Friedberg
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5:30        Reception

Friday, August 8, 2008 

8:00-8:15    Registration and Coffee
                    Welcoming Remarks 

Morning Session Chair: John Laitner (University of Michigan)

Panel 6   
Sandell Scholars        
8:15-9:45

"Sources of Support for Pension Reform: A Cross-National Perspective"
Michelle Dion and Andrew Roberts
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Discussant: Kent Weaver   

"The Long-Term Effects of the Divorce Revolution: Health, Wealth, and Labor Supply"
Kristin Mammen
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Discussant: Kathleen McGarry

"Why Do Firms Offer Risky Defined-Benefit Pension Plans?"
David Love, Paul Smith and David Wilcox
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Discussant: Michael Orszag

9:45-10:00    Break

Panel 7   
Program Interactions
10:00-11:30

"The Distributional Effects of the Social Security Windfall Eliminiation"
Jeffrey R. Brown and Scott Weisbenner
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Discussant: Robert Clark    
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"Effects of Dual-Eligible Medicaid Spending on Health Outcomes and Service Use"
Melissa Boyle, Margaret Czervionke and Joanna Lahey 
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Discussant: Norma Coe    
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"Interactions Between Veteran’s Disability, OASDI and SSI"
David Autor and Mark Duggan
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Discussant: Melissa Boyle
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Luncheon Panel: The Future of Medicare
Presenter: Henry Aaron (The Brookings Insitution)
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Discussants: Marilyn Moon (American Institutes for Research) and Gail Wilensky (Project Hope)
 
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Panel 8   
Safety Net for Older Workers
12:45-2:15 

"Economic Hardship in the Years Preceding Social Security and Medicare Eligibility"
Richard W. Johnson and Gordon B.T. Mermin
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Discussant: Barbara Bovbjerg

"Employment Effects of Social Security Disabilty Insurance in the Past 25 Years: A Study of Rejected Applicants Using Administrative Data" Till von Wachter, Jae Song and Joyce Manchester
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Discussant: Mark Duggan
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"How Do Lower-Income Families Think About Retirement?"
Helen Levy and Kristin Seefeldt  
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Discussant: Steven Sass
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2:15  Closing Remarks   Alicia H. Munnell (Boston College)