Cross-National Comparative Research

Using Panel Surveys Conference

 

 

Sponsored by:

 

Health and Retirement Study

National Longitudinal Surveys

Panel Study of Income Dynamics

University of Michigan Institute for Social Research

 

 

Thursday, October 26, 2000 9:00 AM � 5:30 PM

 

MICHIGAN LEAGUE � HUSSEY ROOM

 

9:00Continental Breakfast

 

9:30Welcome and Introductions

 

10:00Session 1: Consumption

 

Session Chair:Arie Kapetyn, Tilburg University

 

Each paper will have 20 minutes allotted for the presenter, 10 minutes for the discussant, and 5 minutes for general discussion.

 

10:00-10:35 �Economic shocks and household behavior: Evidence from Indonesian longitudinal survey data�

Presenter: Duncan Thomas, The RAND Corporation

Discussant:John Strauss, Michigan State University

 

10:35-11:10 �Intertemporal choice and consumption mobility�

Presenter: Tullio Jappelli, CSEF, University of Salerno, and CEPR

Discussant: Miles Kimball, University of Michigan

 

11:10-11:25Break

 

11:25-12:00 �What Do We Learn from Recall Consumption Data?�

Presenter: Erich Battistin, Department of Statistics, Padua University

Discussant:James Banks, Institute for Fiscal Studies

 

12:00Lunch � Vandenberg Room

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1:00Session 2: Labor

 

Each paper will have 20 minutes allotted for the presenter, 10 minutes for the discussant, and 5 minutes for general discussion.

 

Session Chair:Gert Wagner, DIW

 

1:00-1:35 �The Long Run Costs of Job Loss as Measured by Consumption Changes�

Presenter: Thomas F. Crossley, Centre for Economic Policy Research, The Australian National University and the Department of Economics, York University, Toronto

Discussant: Charles Brown, University of Michigan

 

1:35-2:10 �Overtime Work, Overtime Compensation and the Distribution of Wages Evidence for Germany and Great Britain�

Presenter: Markus Pannenberg, DIW, Berlin and IZA, Bonn and EUV and CEPS

Discussant: Yoshio Higuchi, Keio University

 

2:10-2:25Break

 

2:25-3:00 �Economic Mobility in Indonesia and Vietnam�

Presenter: Kathleen Beegle, The RAND Corporation

Discussant: Juergen Shupp, German Institute for Economic Research

 

3:00Break

 

3:30Session 3: Wealth I

 

Each paper will have 20 minutes allotted for the presenter, 10 minutes for the discussant, and 5 minutes for general discussion.

 

Session Chair:Axel Boersch-Supan, University of Mannheim

 

3:30-4:05�Wealth Inequality in the United States and Great Britain�

Presenter: James Banks, Institute for Fiscal Studies and University College, London

Discussant: Frank Stafford, University of Michigan

 

4:05-4:40�Is There an American Way of Aging?: Income and Poverty Dynamics in the U.S. and Germany�

Presenter: Thomas L. Hungerford, US Social Security Administration

Discussant: Richard Burkhauser, Cornell University

 

4:40-4:55Break

 

4:55-5:30 �Wealth Dynamics in the 1980�s and 1990�s: Sweden and the United States�

Presenter: Anders Klevmarken, Department of Economics, Uppsala University

Discussant: Charles Horioka, Osaka University

 

5:30Adjournment

 

7:00Reconvene for Dinner Hosted by Frank Stafford, PSID

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Friday, October 27, 20009:00 AM � 3:00 PM

 

MICHIGAN LEAGUE � HUSSEY ROOM

 

 

9:00Continental Breakfast

 

9:30Session 4: Motherhood and Children

 

Each paper will have 20 minutes allotted for the presenter, 10 minutes for the discussant, and 5 minutes for general discussion.

 

Session Chair:Sandy Hofferth, University of Michigan

 

9:30-10:05�Postponement of Maternity and the Duration of Time Spent At Home After First Birth:Panel Data Analyses Comparing Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands, and Sweden�

Presenter: Siv S. Gustafsson, University of Amsterdam

Discussant: Robert Willis, University of Michigan

 

10:05-10:40�Living Arrangements, Employment Status, and the Economic Well-being of Mothers: Evidence from North and South America�

Presenter: Audrey Light, Ohio State University

Discussant: Donald Williams, Kent State University

 

10:40-10:50Break

 

10:50-11:25�Why Do Child Poverty Rates in Britain and Germany Differ?A Longitudinal Perspective�

Presenter: S.P. Jenkins, ISER, University of Essex, and DIW, Berlin

Discussant: Dan Hamermesh, University of Texas at Austin

 

11:25-12:00 �Does Money Matter? A Cross-Country Comparison of the Effect of Income on Child Development in the United States and Great Britain�

Presenter: Alison Aughinbaugh, US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Discussant: Joseph Hotz, UCLA

 

12:00Lunch � Vandenberg Room

 

1:00Session 5: Wealth II

 

Each paper will have 20 minutes allotted for the presenter, 10 minutes for the discussant, and 15 minutes for general discussion.

 

Session Chair:Kerwin Charles, University of Michigan

 

1:00-1:45�The German Savings Puzzle�

Presenter: Axel B�rsch-Supan, University of Mannheim, Germany

Discussant: Jim Smith, The RAND Corporation

 

1:45-2:30�Health, Wealth, and the Role of Institutions�

Presenter: Arie Kapetyn, Tilburg University

Discussant: David Weir, University of Michigan

 

2:30Closing Remarks

 

3:00Adjournment