Program June 26, 2008
target group: scientists Presentations will be available tomorrow.


08.30 - 09.00 Coffee

Parallel session 1: Micro

09.00 - 09.40 Marike Knoef, Tilburg University, CentERdata and Netspar
Changes in the income distribution of the Dutch elderly: 1989 - 2005
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  • Discussant: Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, VU Amsterdam and Netspar

    09.40 - 10.20 Christiaan Monden, Tilburg University and Netspar
    Variations in labor market participation of 50+ Dutch women and 65+ Dutch men, 1996 - 2006
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  • Discussant: Rob Euwals, CPB and Netspar
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  • 10.20 - 11.00 Matthijs Kalmijn, Tilburg University and Netspar
    Poverty and the living arrangements of unmarried mothers: A dynamic perspective using tax data from the Netherlands
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  • Discussant: Ed Westerhout, CPB and Netspar
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  • Parallel session 2: Health

    09.00 - 09.40 Jonneke Bolhaar, VU Amsterdam and Netspar
    Health, health insurance and their effect on retirement behaviour
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  • Discussant: David Vonka, Tilburg University and Netspar
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  • 09.40 - 10.20 Owen O'Donnell, University of Macedonia and Netspar
    Can subjective survival expectations explein retirement behaviour?
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  • Discussant: Giacomo Pasini, Utrecht School of Economics and Netspar
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  • 10.20 - 11.00 Courtney van Houtven, Tilburg University and Netspar
    Health, work and wealth effects for caring for elderly parents
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  • Discussant: Tom van Ourti, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Netspar
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  • Parallel session 3: Finance

    09.00 - 09.40 Zhen Shi, Tilburg University and Netspar
    Annuitization and retirement timing decisions
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  • Discussant: Rik Frehen, University of Maastricht and Netspar
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  • 09.40 - 10.20 Ronald Mahieu, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Netspar
    Performance persistence of Dutch pension plans
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  • Discussant: Jenke ter Horst, Tilburg University
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  • 10.20 - 11.00 Jan Rouwendal, VU Amsterdam and Netspar
    Early retirement and homeownership
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  • Discussant: Frans de Roon, Tilburg University and Netspar

    11.00 - 11.20 Break

    Parallel session 1: Micro

    11.20 - 12.00 Kene Henkens, NIDI and Netspar
    Dealing with older workers in Europe: a comparative survey of employers' attitudes and actions
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  • Discussant: Arthur Giesberts, CBS
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  • 12.00 - 12.40 Jannes de Vries, Tilburg University and Netspar
    Change and stability in intergenerational contact in six western countries
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    Rob Alessie, Utrecht School of Economics and Netspar
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  • Parallel session 2: Health

    11.20 - 12.00 John Jones, University at Albany, State University of New York, USA
    The effects of health insurance and self-insurance on retirement behavior
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  • Discussant: Owen O'Donnell, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Netspar

    12.00 - 12.40 Esen Erdogan-Ciftci, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Netspar
    Health, financial incentives and retirement decisions in Spain
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  • Discussant: Courtney van Houtven, Tilburg University and Netspar

    Parallel session 3: Macro

    11.20 - 12.00 Hans Fehr, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
    Tax-favored retirement accounts; are they efficient in increasing savings and growth?
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  • Discussant: Lex Meijdam, Tilburg University and Netspar

    12.00 - 12.40 Yvonne Adema, Tilburg University and Netspar
    Ageing, debt and inflation in a monetary union
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  • Discussant: Ward Romp, University of Amsterdam and Netspar

    12.40 - 13.40 Lunch break

    Parallel session 1: Micro

    13.40 - 14.20 Johannes Binswanger, Tilburg University and Netspar
    What is an adequate standard of living during retirement
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  • Discussant: Eduard Ponds, APG and Netspar

    14.20 - 15.00 Naomi Feldman, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
    Mental accounting effects of income tax shifting
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  • Discussant: Federica Teppa, DNB and Netspar
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  • 15.00 - 15.40 Jan Potters, Tilburg University and Netspar
    An artefactual field experiment on risk taking, risk aggregation, and time preference
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  • Discussant: Karen van der Wiel, Tilburg University and Netspar

    Parallel session 2: Health

    13.40 - 14.20 Pilar Garcia Gomez, University of Pompeu Fabra, Spain
    Institutions, health shocks and labour outcomes across Europe
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  • Discussant: Arthur van Soest, Tilburg University and Netspar

    14.20 - 15.00 Katherine Carman, Tilburg University and Netspar
    Flu shots, mammograms and the value of a statistical life
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  • Discussant: Eddy van Doorslaer, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Netspar

    Parallel session 3: Finance

    13.40 - 14.20 Rik Frehen, Maastricht University and Netspar
    A bayesian panel data approach to explaining market beta dynamics
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  • Discussant: Ralph Stevens, Tilburg University and Netspar

    14.20 - 15.00 Thomas Post, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
    The impact of individual investment ehavior for retirement welfare: evidence from the United States and Germany
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  • Discussant: Paul Sengmueller, Tilburg University and Netspar

    15.00 - 15.40 Sybille Grob, DNB and Netspar
    Pension fund finance and sponsoring companies: empirical evidence on theortical hypotheses
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  • Discussant: Ronald Mahieu, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Netspar

    15.40 - 16.00 Break

    Plenary Session

    16.00 - 16.45 Jonathan Skinner, Department of economics, Dartmouth College
    Comparing the US and European health care systems
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  • 16.45 - 17.30 Brigitte Madrian, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
    Mental accounting in portfolio choice: Evidence from a flypaper effect (paper with James Choi and David Laibson)
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