Itinerary: HRS Wave 2 Early Results Workshop
10/18/95HRS 2 EARLY RESULTS WORKSHOP
October 20-21, Room 6050 Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI
Friday, October 20
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Session 1a: "Who Takes Early Social Security Benefits: The Economic and
Health Characteristics of Early Beneficiaries,"
Richard Burkhauser, Kenneth Couch, John Phillips.
(Discussant: Alan Gustman)
Session 1b: "Bridge Jobs in the 1990s,"
Joseph Quinn, Michael Kozy.
(Discussant: Alan Gustman)
Coffeebreak
10:15am - 12:15pm:
Session 2a: "Labor Force Behavior of Hispanic Elderly: Insights from the
Health and Retirement Survey,"
Chenoa Flippen, Marta Tienda.
(Discussant: Richard Campbell)
Session 2b: "Family, Employment Status and Residential Mobility in the
Health and Retirement Survey,"
Regina Bures, Fran Goldscheider.
(Discussant: Richard Campbell)
Session 2c: "Life Insurance and the Gender Bias of Poverty in Widowhood,"
David Weir, Robert Willis.
(Discussant: Jeff Dominitz)
Lunch
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Session 3a: "Intergenerational Transfers: A Comparison of Findings from
Wave I and Wave II of the HRS,"
George Myers, Greg O'Neill.
(Discussant: Ken Couch)
Session 3b: "Family Structure and Intergenerational Transfers: A
Comparison of 55-63 Year Olds in the US and Britain,"
John Henretta, Karen Glaser, Emily Grundy, Michael Murphy.
(Discussant: Robert Willis)
Coffeebreak
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Session 4a: "Health Insurance Coverage Transitions of Persons Nearing
Retirement,"
Pamela Loprest, Sheila Zedlewski.
(Discussant: Brigette Madrian)
Session 4b: "Costs and Characteristics of Health Insurance in the HRS,"
Stephen Crystal, Richard Johnson, Usha Sambamoorthi.
(Discussant: Brigette Madrian)
Session 4c: "Predictors of Functional Decline in the Health and Retirement
Study Cohort: A Search for Health and Social Risk Factors,"
Robert Wallace, Regula Herzog, F. Kohout, C. Zwerling.
(Discussant: Tim Waidmann; Alternate Discussant: Jim House)
Cocktails at Oxford House (Authors and Discussants)
7:00 pm
Dinner at Oxford House (Authors and Discussants)
Saturday, October 21
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Session 5a: "Social Inequality in the Disablement Process,"
Eileen Crimmins, Mark Hayward.
(Discussant: Kerwin Charles)
Session 5b: "Wealth Accumulation Between the Waves,"
James Smith.
(Discussant: Frank Stafford)
Coffeebreak
10:15am - 12:15pm:
Session 6a: "Stability and Change in Plans for Retirement,"
David Ekerdt, Stanley DeViney, Karl Kosloski.
(Discussant: Joseph Quinn)
Session 6b: "Retirement Expectations Over Time: Differences by Gender,
Race and Ethnicity,"
Marjorie Honig.
(Discussant: Charlie Brown)
Session 6c: "Widowhood During the Early Retirement Years: Expectation,
Preparation, and Consequences,"
Karen Holden, Hsiang-Hui Daphne Kuo.
(Discussant: Robin Lumsdaine)
12:15pm - 1:15pm:
Lunch
1:15 pm - 3:00 pm
Session 7a: "Optimal Breakpoints for Unfolding Brackets: Wave 2 and
Longitudinal Performance,"
Daniel Hill, Steve Heeringa, David Howell.
(Discussant: Lee Lillard)
Session 7b: "The Effects of Bracketing in Wealth Estimation,"
Harish Chand and Li Gan.
(Discussant: Lee Lillard)
Session 7c: "Statistical Properties of a Survey-Based Measure of Individuals'
Risk Tolerance,"
Miles Kimball, Robert Barsky.
(Discussant: John Laitner)
Coffeebreak
3:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Session 8a: "A Comparison of Subjective Expectations Elicitation Methods,"
Jeff Dominitz.
(Discussant: Olivia Mitchell)
Session 8b: "The Predictive Validity of the Subjective Probabilties of
Survival in the Health and Retrirement Survey,"
Michael Hurd, Kathleen McGarry.
(Discussant: Olivia Mitchell)
Session 8c: "A Survey-Based Measure of Labor Supply Elasticity,"
Robert Barsky, Miles Kimball, Matthew Shapiro.
(Discussant: John Laitner)
Additional contributed papers available:
"Emotional Health Status and Quality of Life Measures in the Health and Retirement Study," Alan Glicksman, M. Powell Lawton, Morton Kleban, Winnifred Brown-Glaude.
