Conference on Unexpected Lifecycle Events and Economic Well-Being: The Roles of Job Loss, Disability, and Changing Family Structure

Date

Friday, May 20, 2011

Location: First Floor, Yellen Conference Center

8:30 a.m.	Opening Remarks
	Section I. Job Loss
8:45 a.m.	Job Loss in the Great Recession: Historical Perspective from the Displaced Workers Survey, 1984-2010
	Henry S. Farber, Princeton University
9:10 a.m.	The Effect of Job Displacement on Cumulated Years Worked Across Two Decades and More
	Till von Wachter, Columbia University Jae Song, Social Security Administration Joyce Manchester, Congressional Budget Office
9:35 a.m.	Break
9:50 a.m.	Involuntary Job Transitions and Subjective Well-Being in Later Life
	Ariel Kalil, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago Thomas DeLeire, LaFollette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin
10:15 a.m.	How Does Late-life Job Loss Affect Wealth and Labor Supply?
	Ann Huff Stevens, University of California, Davis Jeremy G. Moulton, University of California, Davis
10:40 a.m.	Discussant
	Michael Hurd, RAND Corporation
11:00 a.m.	Break
	Section II. Health Shock
11:15 a.m.	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
	Richard V. Burkhauser, Cornell University Andrew J. Houtenville, University of New Hampshire Jennifer R. Tennant, Cornell University
11:40 a.m.	The Economic Consequences of Disability in America: Evidence from PSID and ATUS
	Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago Wallace K. C. Mok, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
12:30 p.m.	Lunch
	Remarks: Margo Beth Crouppen, Stanford University Press Location: Fourth Floor Market Street Dining Room
2:00 p.m.	Health and Wealth in Early Retirement
	Robert Haveman, University of Wisconsin-Madison Karen Holden, University of Wisconsin-Madison Geoffrey Wallace, University of Wisconsin-Madison Barbara Wolfe, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2:25 p.m.	Discussant
	Robert Haveman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2:45 p.m.	Break
	Section III. Household Structure Change
3:00 p.m.	The Timing of Initial Family Formation and Women’s Wellbeing over the Lifecycle
	Amalia R. Miller, University of Virginia and RAND Corporation
3:25 p.m.	Impact of Divorce on Women’s Earnings and Retirement over the Life Course
	Kenneth Couch, University of Connecticut Christopher R. Tamborini, Social Security Administration Gayle Reznik, Social Security Administration John Phillips, Social Security Administration
3:50 p.m.	Recession and Changes in Living Arrangements of Older Adults
	Juyeon Kim, University of Chicago Linda J. Waite, University of Chicago
4:15 p.m.	Break
4:30 p.m.	Gain and Loss: Marriage and Wealth Changes Over Time
	Julie M. Zissimopoulos, University of Southern California and RAND Corporation
4:55 p.m.	Discussant
	Robert Willis, University of Michigan
5:15 p.m.	Concluding Remarks
5:30 p.m.	Reception