Thursday, August 5, 2021

Welcoming Remarks by Kilolo Kijakazi (U.S. Social Security Administration)
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Panel 1: Understanding the Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Retirement and Disability
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Moderator: Olivia Mitchell (University of Pennsylvania)

• How Has COVID-19 Affected the Labor Force Participation of Older Workers?
  Laura Quinby , Matthew Rutledge, and Gal Wettstein (Boston College)

• Assessing the Economic Impact Payment in the Older Population
  Gabor Kezdi and David Weir (University of Michigan)

• The Impact of Covid-19 on Older Workers’ Employment and Social Security Spillovers
  Gopi Shah Goda (Stanford University), Emilie Jackson (Michigan State University), Lauren Hersch Nicholas (Johns Hopkins) and Sarah Stith (University of New Mexico)

Panel 2: Disability Programs and Well-being
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Moderator: Jeff Hemmeter (U.S. Social Security Administration)

• What Is the Relationship between Deprivation and Child SSI Participation?
  Michael Levere (Haverford College/Mathematica), David Wittenburg (Mathematica) and Jeffrey Hemmeter (U.S. Social Security Administration)

• The Effects of Expanding Access to Mental Health Treatment on SS(D)I Applications and Awards
  Isaac Swensen and Carly Urban (Montana State University)

• Cash vs. Food? How Does Food Stamp Eligibility Affect the Family Security of SSI Recipients?
  Marianne Bitler (University of California, Davis), Amelia Hawkins (Brandeis University), Lucie Schmidt (Williams College) and Hilary Seligman (University of California San Francisco)

Panel 3: Retirement Planning and Preparedness
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Moderator: Jason Fichtner (Bipartisan Policy Center)

• Efficiency in Household Decision Making: Evidence from the Retirement Savings of US Couples
  Taha Choukhmane (MIT Sloan), Lucas Goodman (US Treasury) and Cormac O'Dea (Yale)

• Measuring Economic Preparation for Retirement: Income Versus Consumption
  Michael Hurd and Susann Rohwedder (RAND)

• How Do Households Adjust When Their Kids Leave Home?
  Andrew Biggs (American Enterprise Institute), Anqi Chen and Alicia Munnell (Center for Retirement Research at Boston College)

Friday, August 6, 2021

Keynote Address by Valerie Wilson (Economic Policy Institute)
Race, Ethnicity and Financial Well-being
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Panel 4: Public Understanding of Social Security Programs and Service, and Vulnerability to Fraud
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Moderator: Marguerite DeLiema (University of Minnesota)

• Mixed-methods Study to Understand Use of MySSA
  Lila Rabinovich and Francisco Perez-Arce (University of Southern California)

• Epidemiologic Study of the Correlates of Scam Susceptibility, Financial Exploitation, and Fraud in Older Adults
  Patricia Boyle , Lei Yu (Rush University) and Gary Mottola (FINRA)

• Improving Public Understanding of OASI: An Experimental Approach
  Sebastian Jilke , Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan (Georgetown University)

Panel 5: Disability Applications and Outcomes
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Moderator: Gina Clemons (U.S. Social Security Administration)

• Outcomes Following Social Security Disability Insurance Termination
  Michael Anderson , Denise Hoffman (Mathematica), and Kai Filion (U.S. Social Security Administration)

• Do Workers Injured on the Job and Covered by Workers Compensation End Up on SSDI?
  David Neumark (University of California-Irvine)

• Applying Aspects of Disability Determination Methods from the Netherlands in the U.S.
  Nicole Maestas, Bastian Ravesteijn (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Kathleen Mullen (RAND) and Tisamarie Sherry (RAND)

Panel 6: Health Shocks and Retirement
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Moderator: Irena Dushi (U.S. Social Security Administration)

• The Impact of Medical Spending Shocks on the Wealth and Insurance Purchases of Older Americans
  Eric French (University College London), John Bailey Jones (Federal Reserve Bank-Richmond) and Jeremy McCauley (University of Bristol)

• Economic Security in Retirement: Does Borrowing from Home Equity Moderate the Impact of a Health Shock on Health Outcomes?
  Stephanie Moulton , Donald Haurin, Caezilia Loibl, and Joshua Joseph (The Ohio State University)

• The Impact of Biopharmaceutical Innovation on Disability, Social Security Recipiency, and Use of Medical Care of U.S. Community Residents
  Frank R. Lichtenberg (Columbia University)