NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

                           SUMMER INSTITUTE 2000

                                     Aging
                              David Wise, Organizer

                              Royal Sonesta Hotel
                             5 Cambridge Parkway
                           Cambridge, Massachusetts

                            July 31 - August 1, 2000

                         PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

MONDAY, JULY 31:

12:00 PM   Lunch

1:00 PM    JAMES POTERBA, MIT and NBER
           Policyholder Evidence of Selection Effects in the U.K. Annuity
Market

           LAURENCE KOTLIKOFF, Boston University and NBER,
           DAVID LAIBSON, Harvard University and NBER,
           Using ESPlanner to Study Saving and Insurance Adequacy

           LEORA FRIEDBERG, UC, San Diego and NBER
           The Impact of 401(K) Plans on Retirement

4:15 PM    Adjourn

TUESDAY, AUGUST 1:

8:30 AM    Coffee and Doughnuts

9:00 AM      LEE LILLARD, University of Michigan
             Cognition and Wealth: The Importance of Precision in
Probabilistic Thinking

           KATHLEEN MCGARRY, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
           Testing Parental Altruism: Implications of a Dynamic Model

           COURTNEY COILE, Wellesley College
           Social Security and Consumption

12:15 PM   Lunch
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1:15 PM    ROBERT JENSEN, Harvard University and NBER
           Social Security and Well-Being: Evidence from the Russian
Pension Crisis

           JONATHAN GRUBER, MIT and NBER
           SS and Retirement in Canada

           REINHOLD SCHNABEL, University of Mannheim
           Opting Out of Social Security - Incentives and
           Participation in the German PAYG PE

TUESDAY, AUGUST 1: cont.

           JOHN RUST, Yale University and NBER
           Social Insurance at the End of Life Cycle: A Joint Model
           Of Unemployment, Disability

4:30 PM    Adjourn


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