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Workshop on Family and Healthy Ageing

Co-organised by the Ageing and Health Incentives Lab (AHIL) at LSE & the Population Aging Research Centre (PARC) at the University of Pennsylvania 


Friday 18th October, 2024 (Online)

We are pleased to invite submissions for presentations for the Workshop on Family and Healthy Ageing, which will focus on the role of the family and ageing, including cognition and caregiving at older age. It will have a global focus and will examine questions on the influence of the family, housing, intergenerational financial and personal interactions, social norms and the supply of care in old age.

 

Application & Selection Process

*The Call for submission of abstracts is open until the 15 September 2024. 

Proposals should be in the form of an academic abstract around 150 words, and will be reviewed by a panel of academic experts.

Successful applicants will be notified by 30 September 2024 and will be invited to submit a longer paper, outlining in detail their proposed presentation.

To apply for participation please send your proposal via e-mail to n.raut@lse.ac.uk

Key themes
  • Family dynamics in old age
  • Family and cognition
  • Ageing effects on healthcare use
  • Health in old age
  • Health shocks in old age
  • Caregiving decisions
  • Intergenerational transfers
  • Behavioural economics of the family
  • Wealth and family care

Organisers and Keynote speaker

Joan Costa-Font, LSE

Tiziana Leone, LSE

Nilesh Raut, LSE

Norma B. Coe, University of Pennsylvania

Hans-Peter Kohler, University of Pennsylvania

Keynotes: Eric Bonsang, Université Paris-Dauphine & Jennifer L. Wolff, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Workshop Programme

The workshop programme will be made available here soon.

 

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Co-organisers:

LSE Health

 Ageing and Health Incentives Lab

University of Pennsylvania

Population Aging Research Center

Keywords:  caregiving, healthy ageing, family care, intergenerational transfers, old age health, old age health shocks, global ageing. 

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