Impact of Inequality on the Future Elderly

Impact of Inequality on the Future Elderly – Workshop

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Impact of Inequality on the Future Elderly – Policy Tools and Actions
Workshop
OECD Conference Center, Paris, France
5-6 April 2018

Workshop organised by the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, CEIS Tor Vergata
and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Draft agenda

Day 1 - APRIL 5	IMPACT OF INEQUALITY ON THE FUTURE ELDERLY POLICY TOOLS AND ACTIONS
9:30	Welcome Francesca Colombo, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD [@OECD_Social]
9:45	Keynote: Ageing Readiness How successfully are societies preparing for ageing populations and what can we do to strengthen today’s young adults? Jack Rowe, Columbia University - see the presentation
10:30	Coffee break
11:00	Ageing in Europe What are the projections for the future elderly in Europe? What policies may be needed? Vincenzo Atella, University of Rome Tor Vergata - see the presentation Godwin Mifsud, Working Group on Ageing Populations and Sustainability, European Commission - see the presentation
12:00	Ageing in Asia What are the projections for the future elderly in Japan, Korea, and Singapore? What policies may be needed? Hideki Hashimoto, University of Tokyo - see the presentation Daejung Kim, Korean Institute of Health and Social Affairs
13:00	Lunch
14:15	Keynote: Challenges in Reducing Inequalities What are the challenges in reducing health and economic inequalities and the concerns about the future? Peter Orszag, Lazard Freres & Co LLC and Brookings Institution - Joining via Webex - see the presentation
14:45	Ageing in North America What are the projections for the future elderly in Canada, Mexico, and the US? What policies may be needed? Pierre-Carl Michaud, HEC Montréal Enrique Vega, World Health Organization/Panamerican Health Organization - see the presentation
15:45	Coffee break
16:00	Keynote: Health Returns to Education How can childhood interventions yield education returns and healthier ageing? James Heckman, University of Chicago - Joining via Webex Dana Goldman, University of Southern California
16:45	Health and Retirement What does the future hold under current policies? What might we want to change? Maciej Lis, Social Policy Division, OECD [@OECD_Social] - see the presentation Walter Ricciardi, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart - see the presentation
17:30	Synthesis How can we capitalise upon modelling tools and results to help countries to reduce inequalities and to promote healthy and productive societies? Dana Goldman, University of Southern California
18:00	End of day 1

Day 2 - APRIL 6	TECHNICAL WORKSHOP DEVELOPMENT OF THE GLOBAL FUTURE ELDERLY MODEL
9:30	Technical Overview How are microsimulations structured, what kind of questions can be addressed, and how well have these models performed in the past? Bryan Tysinger, University of Southern California - see the presentation
10:45	Coffee break
11:00	Technical Working Section A hands-on training for the technical audience Bryan Tysinger, University of Southern California Andrea Piano Mortari, University of Rome Tor Vergata Federico Belotti, University of Rome Tor Vergata
13:00	End of day 2