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IZA Workshop: Long-Term Care

Organizers: Robert Pollak (Washington University, St. Louis and IZA), Ana Rute Cardoso (IAE Barcelona (CSIC) and IZA)
Location:Bonn, Germany
Date:September 28, 2007 - September 29, 2007

Event Manager:

Ulrike Maurer (IZA)

Program


+++ presentation: 25 minutes +++ discussion: 10 minutes +++ open discussion: 15 minutes +++

Friday, September 28:

09:00 - 09:15   Welcoming Remarks by Robert Pollak (Washington University, St. Louis and IZA)
 
09:15 - 10:20   Introductions: Each participant will have 5 minutes to talk informally about his or her background and research interests
 
10:20 - 10:40   Coffee Break
 
10:40 - 12:00   Introductions: Each participant will have 5 minutes to talk informally about his or her background and research interests
 
12:00 - 13:00   Lunch
 
13:00 - 13:50   Axel Gautier (CREPP, Université de Liège*)), Pierre Pestieau (CREPP, University of Liège and IZA)
  "Providing Long-Term Care without Crowding-out Family Support and Private Insurance"
  Discussant: Robert Willis (University of Michigan)
 
13:50 - 14:10   Coffee Break
 
14:10 - 15:00   Peter Kooreman (Tilburg University and IZA*)), Marike Knoef (Tilburg University), Matthijs Kalmijn (Tilburg University)
  "Aging Parents, Long-Term Care, and the Family"
  Discussant: Beth J. Soldo (University of Pennsylvania)
 
15:00 - 15:20   Coffee Break
 
15:20 - 16:10   Mariana Lopez-Ortega (University of London*))
  "Estimation of the supply of informal care in Mexico: What influences the decision to care for the elderly?"
  Discussant: Laura Crespo (CEMFI, Madrid)
 
16:10 - 16:30   Coffee Break
 
16:30 - 17:20   Kathleen McGarry (Dartmouth College*)), V. Joseph Hotz (Duke University), Gideon Lukens (University of California, Los Angeles), Emily Wiemers (University of California, Los Angeles)
  "Living Arrangements among Elderly Women in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics"
  Discussant: Anne Laferrere (Université Paris-Dauphine)
 
19:30       Conference Dinner
 

Saturday, September 29:

09:00 - 09:50   Helena Holmlund (IFAU*)), Helmut Rainer (University of St. Andrews), Thomas Siedler (University of Essex and IZA)
  "Family Structure and Geographic Mobility: Evidence from Sweden and the United States"
  Discussant: Elena G. F. Stancanelli (Paris School of Economics and IZA)
 
09:50 - 10:10   Coffee Break
 
10:10 - 11:00   Tarja Viitanen (University of Otago*))
  "Formal and Informal Care in Europe"
  Discussant: Marike Knoef (Tilburg University)
 
11:00 - 11:20   Coffee Break
 
11:20 - 12:10   Olena Y. Nizalova (University of Kent and IZA*))
  "Effect of Wages on Informal Care And Labor Supply: Do Long-Term Care Policies Matter?"
  Discussant: Linda Pickard (London School of Economics)
 
12:10 - 13:30   Lunch
 
13:30 - 14:20   Petter Lundborg (Lund University and IZA*)), Gerard J. van den Berg (Free University of Amsterdam and IZA), Maarten Lindeboom (Free University of Amsterdam and IZA)
  "Bereavement, Health and Mortality among the Elderly"
  Discussant: Maria-Isabel Farfan Portet (Université catholique de Louvain)
 
14:20 - 14:40   Coffee Break
 
14:40 - 15:30   Beth J. Soldo (University of Pennsylvania*)), John C. Henretta (University of Florida)
  "Why Do Families Differ from Each Other? Multi-Generational Transfers and Parent Care"
  Discussant: Norma B. Coe (Center for Retirement Research)
 



*) current affiliation


List of Participants

Ana Cardoso (IZA)
Laura Crespo (CEMFI, Madrid)
Enrica Croda (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)
Maria-Isabel Farfan-Portet (Catholic University of Louvain)
Axel Gautier (CREPP, Univerity of Liège)
Helena Holmlund (CEP, London School of Economics)
Marike Knoef (Tilburg University)
Peter Kooreman (Tilburg University)
Anne Laferre (CREST-INSEE)
Mariana Lopez-Ortega (University of London)
Nils-Petter Lundborg (Free University of Amsterdam)
Kathleen McGarry (University of California, Los Angeles)
Olena Nizalova (Michigan State University)
Linda Pickard (London School of Economics)
Robert Pollak (Washington University, St. Louis)
Beth J. Soldo (University of Pennsylvania)
Elena Stancanelli (CNRS, Nice)
Gerard van den Berg (Free University of Amsterdam)
Courtney Van Houtven (Tilburg University)
Tarja Viitanen (University of Sheffield)
Emily Wiemers (University of California, Los Angeles)
Robert Willis (University of Michigan)