Longer Working Lives and Labor Demand.

• Position: Conferences

An NBER conference on Longer Working Lives and Labor Demand took place April 5 in Cambridge. Research Associate Kevin S. Milligan of the University of British Columbia organized the meeting, which was sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Courtney Coile, Wellesley College and NBER; Kevin S. Milligan; and David A. Wise, Harvard University and NBER, "Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Working Longer--Introduction and Summary"

* Giulia Bovini, London School of Economics, and Matteo Paradisi, Harvard University, "Labor Substitutability and the Impact of Raising the Retirement Age"

* Nicole Maestas, Harvard University and NBER; Kathleen J. Mullen, David Powell, and Jeffrey Wenger, RAND Corporation; and Till M. von Wachter, University of...