In collaboration with the CIRANO, the Chair organized in Montréal on October 27, 2017, a workshop entitled Facing Demographic Change in a Challenging Economic Environment. The event brought together speakers from North America and overseas, invited by professors Hafedh Bouakez (HEC Montréal), Raquel Fonseca (ESG UQAM) and Kevin Moran (Université Laval), as well as about 40 other participants coming mainly from universities and government.
Achieving Actuarial Balance in Social Security: Measuring the Welfare Effects on Individuals
Video presentation by Shinichi Nishiyama (Kyoto University)
Slides
Dynastic Precautionary Savings
Video presentation by Corina Boar (Princeton University)
Slides
Paper
Household Saving, Financial Constraints, and the Current Account Balance in China
Video presentation by Ayse Imrohoroglu (University of Southern California)
Slides
The Lifetime Costs of Bad Health
Video presentation by Ponpoje Porapakkarm (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS))
Slides
Paper
Health, Consumption and Inequality
Video presentation by José-Víctor Ríos-Rull (University of Pennsylvania)
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Medical Expenses and Saving in Retirement: The Case of U.S. and Sweden
Video presentation by Makoto Nakajima (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
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A Model of Secular Stagnation: Theory and Quantitative Evaluation
Video presentation by Neil R. Mehrotra (Brown University)
Slides
Paper