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?”
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.
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”
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
Page
Three
Friday,
October 27, 20009:00 AM – 3:00 PM
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 Börsch-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