The Political Economy of Aging (PEoA) seminar series brings together a community of researchers in curated groups to share and discuss their research on retirement and the labor market conditions of older workers.
Our Summer & Fall 2022 schedule:
June 8 - Dr. Janina Söhn (Sociological Research Institute at University of Göttingen) - "The role of (older) age for horizontal and vertical occupational mobility: the German case"
July 6 - Dr. Carlos Madeira (Central Bank of Chile) - "The impact of the Chilean pension withdrawals during the Covid pandemic on the future savings rate"
September 29 - Dr. David Neumark (University of California-Irvine) - "Help really wanted? The impact of age stereotypes in job ads on applications from older workers"
October 18 - Dr. Carl Van Horn (Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University) - "New Start Career Network (NSCN)"
November 15 - Dr. Peter Berg (Michigan State University) - "The Role of Collective Voice in Organizational Responses to Workforce Aging"
Past participants have included:
Elsa Fornero, Università di Torino
Kenneth Couch, University of Connecticut
Na Yin, Baruch College CUNY
Edward Wolff, New York University
Mauricio DeSoto, World Bank
Lauren Schmitz, University of Michigan
Lily Batchelder, New York University
Bingwen Zheng, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Charles Jeszeck and Sharon Hermes, the U.S. Government Accountability Office
Steven Goss, Social Security Administration
Joelle Abramowitz, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
Richard Johnson, Urban Institute
Courtney Coile, Wellesley College
Leora Friedberg, University of Virginia
Steven Allen, North Carolina State University
Kevin Cahill, ECONorthwest, Center on Aging & Work at Boston College
If you would like more information on the series, please contact Siavash Radpour, SCEPA's Associate Research Director, at SRadpour@newschool.edu.