Sponsorship of Seminars

2008-2009 Sponsored or Co-Sponsored Activities

The Aging Exchange
Thursday, October 16, 2008
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill NC 27599-1020
1:00–6:30 p.m.

Friday, April 3, 2009*
Emily Grundy, Centre for Population Studies
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Friday, April 17, 2009*
Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Chair of Sociology
Bamberg University, Germany

Friday, April 24, 2009*
Martin Kohli, Professor of Sociology
European University Institute, Italy

* location and topic to be announced

Previously sponsored seminar speakers

• Mark Duggan of the University of Maryland presented "Aching to Retire? The Rise in the Full Retirement Age and Its Impact on the Disability Rolls" in the Department of Economics Labor Workshop.
• Dan Silverman of the University of Michigan presented "Sources of Advantageous Selection: Evidence from the Medigap Insurance Market," in the Department of Economics Labor Workshop.
• Kathleen McGarry of UCLA presented "Testing Parental Altruism: Implications of a Dynamic Model" in the Health Economics Workshop.
• Michael Hurd of RAND presented "Expected Bequests and their Distribution" in the Carolina Population Center seminar.
• Peter Diamond of MIT, the president-elect of the American Economic Association, presented a lecture on "Social Security Reform" in the Department of Economics.
• Edward Norton of UNC-CH presented "Longevity and Elderly Health Care Expenditures" in a CPC seminar.
• Joseph Quinn, Dean of Boston College, presented "Social Security Reform" as a distinguished lecture co-sponsored with the Institute of Aging.