Economic Causes and Consequences of Population Aging

November 17-18, 2006

A conference honoring Robert W. Fogel

Charles R. Walgreen Professor of American Institutions

The Graduate School of Business and the Economics Department

The University of Chicago

on the occasion of his 80th birthday

sponsored by

The National Bureau of Economic Research

The Graduate School of Business, The University of Chicago

The Economics Department, The University of Chicago

National Institutes of Health and the National Institute on Aging

Friday, November 17, 2006 – Gleacher Center

11:30-12:45……...........Buffet Lunch (Gleacher Room 621)

(Gleacher Center Room 100)

1:00-1:30 …………….Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Speakers: Edward Snyder, The University of Chicago

Martin Feldstein, Harvard University and NBER

1:30-2:15……………...Speaker: Angus Deaton, Princeton University and NBER,

Height, Health, and Development: Why Are Africans So Tall?

2:15-2:25……………...Discussant: Robert Lucas, University of Chicago and NBER

2:25-2:35……………...General Discussion

2:35-2:50……………...Break

2:50-3:35………………Speaker: David Cutler, Harvard University and NBER

The Contribution of Early Factors to the Decline in Disability in

Later Life

3:35-3:45………………Discussant: Robert Topel, University of Chicago and NBER

3:45-3:55………………General Discussion

3:55-4:40………………Speaker: James Smith, RAND

Diabetes and the Rise of the SES Health Gradient

4:40-4:50………………Discussant: Richard Steckel, Ohio State University and

NBER

4:50-5:00………………General Discussion

5:00-5:15...................... Closing Remarks

Claudia Goldin, Harvard University and NBER

ADJOURN

6:30-7:30……………….Reception (Gleacher Room 621)

7:30-9:30……………..... Dinner

Welcome: Edward Snyder, The University of Chicago

Robert Zimmer, The University of Chicago

Speakers: Roderick Floud, London Metropolitan University

James Heckman, University of Chicago and NBER

Saturday, November 18, 2006 – Conrad Hotel (521 N. Rush Street)– Ile de France Ballroom

7:30-8:30…………….....Buffet Breakfast (6^th Floor Pre-function area)

(Ile de France Ballroom)

8:30-8:40……………….Welcome: Richard Saller, The University of Chicago

8:40-9:25……………….Speaker: James Heckman, The University of Chicago and

NBER

Technology of Skill and Health Formation

Talk based on three papers: (link1) (link2) (link3)

9:25-10:10……………...Speaker: Michael Marmot, Royal Free and University

College Medical School, London

Health in an Unequal World

10:10-10:20…………….Discussant: Kenneth Wachter, University of California,

Berkeley

10:20-10:30…………….General Discussion

10:30-10:45…………….Break (6^th Floor Pre-function area)

10:45-11:30…………….Speakers: Dora Costa, MIT and NBER, Lorens Helmchen,

University of Illinois at Chicago, and Sven Wilson, Brigham

Young University

Race and Health in the Past: Infection and Arterioscleroisis

11:30-11:40…………….Discussant: Samuel Preston, University of Pennsylvania

11:40-11:50…………….General Discussion

12:00-1:15………………Lunch (Montpellier and Cannes Rooms)

(Ile de France Ballroom)

1:30-2:15………………..Speaker: David Wise, Harvard University and NBER

Demographic Change, the Shift from Defined Benefit to 401(k) Pension Plans, and the

Evolution of Pension Assets at Retirement (joint with James Poterba and Steven

Venti)

2:15-2:25………………..Discussant: Kevin Murphy, University of Chicago and

NBER

2:25-2:35………………..General Discussion

2:35-2:45………………..Remarks

Speaker: Robert Pollak, Washington University and

NBER

2:45-3:05………………...Closing Remarks

Speaker: Edward Prescott, Arizona State University,

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and NBER

ADJOURN

Funding for this conference was made possible in part by 1 R13 AG029059-01 from the

National Institute on Aging. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government