Conference Program and Papers

• 8:40-9:00Welcome coffee
• 9:00-9:05Opening remarks by Alistair Munro, Executive Adviser to the President and Director of PhD Program in Economics
  (on behalf of GRIPS President)
• 9:05-9:55SVETLANA PASHCHENKO, University of Georgia
• "Reducing Medical Spending of the Publicly Insured: the Case for Cash-Out Option," joint with Ponpoje Porapakkarm
• 9:55-10:05Coffee break
• 10:05-10:55Invited lecture 1: ANTON BRAUN, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• “Private Long-Term Care Insurance Markets: Why is the Market so Small and Coverage Denials so Frequent?” joint with Karen Kopecky and Tatyana Koreshkova
• 10:55-11:05Coffee break
• 11:05-11:55KOSUKE AOKI, University of Tokyo
• “Household Portfolios in a Secular Stagnation World: Evidence from Japan,” joint with Alexander Michaelides and Kalin Nikolov
• 11:55-12:05Coffee break
• 12:05-12:55Invited lecture 2: MARIACRISTINA DE NARDI, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
• “The Implications of Richer Earnings Dynamics for Consumption, Wealth, and Welfare,” joint with Giulio Fella and Gonzalo Paz Pardo
• 12:55-13:45Lunch
• 13:45-14:35SERENA RHEE, University of Hawaii
• “Disabled in Frictional Labor Markets: Reluctant to Work vs. Hesitant to Hire,” joint with Soojin Kim
• 14:35-14:45Coffee break
• 14:45-15:35Invited lecture 3: ERIC FRENCH, University College London
• “Medicaid Insurance in Old Age,” joint with Mariacristina De Nardi and John Bailey Jones
• 15:35-16:00Break with coffee and light snack
• 16:00-16:10Greetings and introduction by ATSUSHI SEIKE, President of Keio University
• 16:10-17:30Yukichi Fukuzawa Memorial Lectures in Economics
• THOMAS J. SARGENT, New York University
• “A Life-Cycle Model of Trans-Atlantic Employment Experiences,” joint with Sagiri Kitao and Lars Ljungqvist
• 17:30-18:45Cocktail Reception at the Conference Venue
• 19:00- Conference dinner (closed event, invitations only)

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The registration will be closed on February 20.

Contact

Institute for Economic Studies, Keio University
E-mail: ies-office[at]adst.keio.co.jp

*This international workshop is partly sponsored by JSPS KAKENHI Grant number 24000003.