TAPES Conference on Public Policy and Retirement
Uppsala, June 12-14, 2006
K334

MONDAY JUNE 12, 2006

Morning session: Pensions and Household Savings
Chair: Sören Blomquist

09:00-10.15
Defined Contribution Plans, Defined Benefit Plans, and the Accumulation of
Retirement Wealth

Jim Poterba, JOSHUA RAUH, Steve Venti, and David Wise
Discussants: Paul Bingley and Anil Kumar

10.15-10.45 Coffee break

10.45-12.00
Individual Account Investment Options and Portfolio Choice: Behavioral
Lessons from 401(k) Plans

Jeff Brown, Nellie Liang, and SCOTT WEISBENNER
Discussants: Brigitte Madrian and Matias Eklöf

12.00-14.00 Lunch

Afternoon session: Household savings anomalies
Chair: Roger Gordon

14.00-15.15
Voting over type and size of a pension system when some individuals are myopic
HELMUTH CREMER, P.D. Donder, D. Maldonado and Pierre Pestieau
Discussants: Dirk Krueger and Amy Finkelstein

15.15-15.45
Coffee break

15.45- 17:00
Employer Matching and 401(k) Saving: Evidence from the Health and
Retirement Study

Gary Engelhardt and ANIL KUMAR
Discussants: Courtney Coile and Clemens Sialm

18.30 Conference dinner at Walmstedtska garden

TUESDAY 13 JUNE, 2006

Morning session: Savings through Pensions
Chair: Jim Poterba

09.00-10.15
Public Pension Programmes and the Retirement of Married Couples in Denmark
PAUL BINGLEY and Gauthier Lanot
Discussants Jim Poterba and Arthur van Soest

10.15-11.30
Should You Take a Lump-Sum or Annuitize Results from Swiss Pension Funds
MONIKA BÜTLER and Federica Teppa
Discussants: Vincenzo Galasso and Joshua Rauh

11.30-12.00 Coffee Break

12.00-13.15
The Tradeoff between Mortgage Prepayments and Tax-Deferred Savings
Gene Amromin, Jennifer Huang and CLEMENS SIALM
Discussants: Michelle White and Scott Weisbenner

13.15 Light lunch and then depart for afternoon social program

WEDNESDAY JUNE 14, 2006

Morning session: Retirement incentives

Chair: Helmuth Cremer

09.00-10.15
Labor Market Shocks and Retirement: Do Government Programs Matter?
COURTNEY COILE and Phil Levine
Discussants: Olivia Mitchell and Monica Bütler

10.15-11.30
The Employment Effect of Stricter Rules for Eligibility to DI: Evidence from a
Natural Experiment in Sweden

Anders Karlström, MÅRTEN PALME and Ingemar Svensson
Discussants: Axel Börsch-Supan and Marie-Louise Leroux

11.30-12.00 Coffee Break

12.00-13.15
Estimating Early Retirement with Special Early Retirement Offers
MATIAS EKLÖF and Daniel Hallberg
Discussants: Roger Gordon and Jeff Brown

13.15-14.45 Lunch

Afternoon session: Health and Retirement
Chair: Michelle White

14.45-16.00
Supply or Demand: Why is the Market for Long-term Care Insurance so Small?
JEFF BROWN and Amy Finkelstein
Discussants: Leora Friedberg and Mårten Palme

16.00-16.30 Coffee Break

16.30-17.45
Varying Life Expectancy and Social Security
A Bommier, M-L Leroux and JEAN-MARIE LOZACHMEUR
Discussants: Panu Poutvaara and Philippe De Donder

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