Income Distribution, Health, and Social Insurance of an Ageing Population

Monday, September 26:

				Chairs: Andrew M. Jones (University of York) and Eddy van Doorslaer (Erasmus University)
09:00	-	09:45		Intro/Welcome/Overview/Objectives
09:00				Session I: Health and Labour I
09:45	-	10:30		Arie Kapteyn (University of Southern California and IZA*)), James P. Smith (RAND Corperation and IZA), Arthur van Soest (Tilburg University and IZA)
				"Self-reported Work Disability in the US and The Netherlands"
10:30	-	11:00		Coffee/Tea Break
11:00	-	11:45		Maarten Lindeboom (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and IZA*)), Ana Llena-Nozal (Free University Amsterdam), Bas van der Klaauw (Free University Amsterdam and IZA)
				"The Interrelation between Disability and Work and the Role of Health Shocks"
				Discussant: Regina T. Riphahn (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and IZA)
11:45	-	12:30		Eddy van Doorslaer (Erasmus University Rotterdam*)), Teresa Bago d'Uva (University of York), Maarten Lindeboom (Free University and IZA), Owen O'Donnell (University of Macedonia), Somnath Chatterji (WHO, Geneva)
				"Health Reporting Heterogeneity and Inequality"
				Discussant: Nigel Rice (University of York)
12:30	-	14:00		Lunch/Welcome at IZA
14:00				Session II: Health and Income and Inequality I
14:00	-	14:45		Tom Van Ourti (Erasmus School of Economics*)), Eddy van Doorslaer (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Xander Koolman (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
				"Income, health and inequality trends in Europe"
				Discussant: Erik Schokkaert (KU Leuven)
14:45	-	15:30		Cristina Hernandez Quevedo (University of York*)), Andrew M Jones (DERS, University of York), Angel Lopez Nicolas (Universidad Pompeu Fabra & Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena), Nigel Rice (CHE, University of York)
				"Socioeconomic inequalities in health: a comparative longitudinal analysis using the ECHP"
				Discussant: Xander Koolman (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
15:30	-	16:00		Coffee/Tea Break
16:00	-	16:30		Ann Lecluyse (University of Antwerp*)), Tom Van Ourti (University of Antwerp)
				"The Relationship between Income and Health: Using Information on Separation Allowances to Single Out Causality from Correlation"
				Discussant: Brian Nolan (University College Dublin)
16:30	-	17:00		Marisol Rodriguez Martinez (University of Barcelona*))
				"Duration Models of Health Transitions in Spanish Adults"
				Discussant: Kamrul Islam (Lund University)
17:00				Closing
20:00				Conference Dinner at Restaurant "Ocean Paradise", Hans-Steger-Ufer 10, Beuel

Tuesday, September 27:

09:00				Session III: Health and Work II
09:00	-	09:45		Richard Disney (University of Nottingham*)), Carl Emmerson (Institute for Fiscal Studies, London), Matthew Wakefield (Institute for Fiscal Studies, London)
				"I11-Health and Retirement in Britain: A Panel-Data based Analysis"
09:45	-	10:30		Pilar Garcia-Gomez (Erasmus University Rotterdam*)), Angel Lopez Nicolas (Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena)
				"Health Shocks, Employment and Income in the Spanish Labour Market"
				Discussant: Jan Erik Askildsen (University of Bergen)
10:30	-	11:00		Coffee/Tea Break
11:00	-	11:45		Jorgen Lauridsen (University of Southern Denmark*)), Terkel Christiansen (University of Southern Denmark)
				"Impacts of Income, Health and Working Conditions on Work Leave"
				Discussant: Unto Häkkinen (Centre for Health Economics at Stakes - CHESS)
11:45	-	12:30		Brenda Gannon (ESRI, Dublin*))
				"The Influence of Economic Incentives on Reported Disability Status"
				Discussant: Martin Schellhorn (University of Kiel)
12:30	-	14:00		Lunch
14:00				Session IV: Health and Income and Inequality II
14:00	-	14:45		Han Bleichrodt (Erasmus University Rotterdam*)), Eddy van Doorslaer (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
				"A Welfare Economics Foundation for Health Inequality Measurement"
				Discussant: Alain Trannoy (EHESS, Paris)
14:45	-	15:30		Teresa Bago d'Uva (University of York*)), Andrew Jones (University of York), Eddy van Doorslaer (Erasmus University)
				"Health Care Utilization Inequality in ECHP"
				Discussant: Sergi Jimenez-Martin (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
15:30	-	16:00		Coffee/Tea Break
16:00	-	16:30		Astrid Grasdal (University of Bergen*))
				"Are the Old Wealthy Healthier?"
				Discussant: Lise Rochaix (University of Aix-Marseille II)
16:30	-	17:00		Sandy Tubeuf (Research and Information Institute for Health Economics - IRDES*)), Jusot Florence (IRDES), Rochaix Lise (IRDES GREQAM IDEP)
				"Income-Related Health Inequalities in France between 1998 and 2002: Comparing Trends with Alternative Health Indicators"
				Discussant: Diana De Graeve (University of Antwerp)
17:00				Closing
19:00				Conference Dinner at Brewery "Bönnsch", Sterntorbrücke 4