Aging.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings

Members of the NBER's Aging Program met in Cambridge on March 8-9. Program Director Jonathan S. Skinner of Dartmouth College and Research Associate Kathleen M. McGarry of the University of California, Los Angeles organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Timothy Layton and Nicole Maestas, Harvard University and NBER; Daniel Prinz, Harvard University; and Boris Vabson, Stanford University, "The Consequences of (Partial) Privatization of Social Insurance for Individuals with Disabilities: Evidence from Medicaid"

* Kevin S. Milligan, University of British Columbia and NBER, and Tammy Schirle, Wilfrid Laurier University, "Earnings, Mortality, and the Distribution of Longevity"

* Liran Einav, Stanford University and NBER; Amy Finkelstein, MIT and NBER; Sendhil Mullainathan, Harvard University and NBER; and Ziad Obermeyer, Partners Healthcare, "Does High Healthcare Spending at End of...