This event is part of the Georgetown University Global Economic Challenges Network (GEC), which sponsors a series of international workshops that bring together leading scholars with policymakers to discuss some of the most important economic problems of our time: https://global.georgetown.edu/topics/global-economic-challenges-network
The broad topics of the conference were:
- trends and drivers in inequality of mortality
- retirement security and health insurance
- workforce aging, skill decline, and the organization of work
- the macro perspective on aging and growth.
The conference consisted of eight presentations followed by a policy round table.
Attendance: By invitation only.
Information
17 November 2023
Banco de España, Madrid
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Programme ( 636 KB )
Speakers
17 November
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- 09:30h - 11:00h
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SESSION 1
Trends and drivers in inequality of mortality
The American death problem.
Hannes Schwandt (Northwestern University).
Mortality trends in the United States: the roles of education and despair
(3 MB).Christopher J. Ruhm (University of Virginia).
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- 11:00h - 11:30h
- Coffee break
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- 11:30h - 13:00h
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SESSION 2
Retirement security, health insurance
The accumulation and decumulation of private retirement wealth: policy issues
(973 KB).James Banks (University of Manchester, IFS).
Pension reforms and National Health Service doctors
(1 MB).Carol Propper (Imperial College London).
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- 13:15h - 15:00h
- Lunch
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- 15:00h - 16:30h
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SESSION 3
Workforce aging, skill decline, and the organization of work
Retirement, ageing and migration: connecting the dots
(1 MB).Tito Boeri (Università Bocconi).
Self-employment at older ages
(697 KB).Katharine G. Abraham (University of Maryland).
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- 16:30h - 17:00h
- Coffee break
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- 17:00h - 18:30h
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SESSION 4
The macro perspective: aging and growth
A longevity economy.
Andrew J. Scott (London Business School).
Policy responses to population aging: a welfare approach
(1 MB).David Canning (Harvard University).
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- 18:30h - 18:45h
- Break
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- 18:45h - 20:00h
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ROUND TABLE
Chair: Ángel Gavilán (Banco de España).
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- CONFERENCE DINNER (BY INVITATION)