Economic Causes and Consequences of Population Aging

描述（由申请人提供）：本次会议将重点讨论美国和世界人口寿命延长和健康状况改善的原因和后果。7位论文主讲人、7位讨论者、4位评论员和来自经济学、人口学、医学和流行病学的100多位与会者将讨论：1)健康对经济增长的影响，2)早期生活因素对健康老龄化的重要性，3)生命周期不同阶段社会经济地位对健康老龄化的影响，以及4)如何为不断增长的老年人口提供退休资金。由此产生的讨论将为健康老龄化的决定因素提供新的经验和理论见解，并将为关于社会保障和养恤金改革以及投资于公共卫生的有效性的政策辩论提供信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This conference will focus on the causes and consequences of the rising longevity and improving health of the U.S. and world populations. Seven paper presenters, seven discussants, four commentators, and over one hundred participants from economics, demography, medicine, and epidemiology will discuss: 1) the effect of health on economic growth, 2) the importance of early life factors to healthy aging, 3) the impact on healthy aging of socioeconomic status at different stages of the life cycle, and 4) how to finance retirement for a growing elderly population. The resulting discussions will provide new empirical and theoretical insights on the determinants of healthy aging and will inform policy debates on social security and pension reform and on the effectiveness of investing in public health.