Global Demographic Change: Economic Impacts and Policy Challenges

A symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
August 26 - 28, 2004
  • Foreword
    THOMAS M. HOENIG
    President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
  • Symposium Introduction
    GORDON H. SELLON, JR.
    Vice President and Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
  • Opening Remarks
    ALAN GREENSPAN
    Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Global Demographic Change: Dimensions and Economic Significance
  • DAVID E. BLOOM
    Professor, Harvard University

  • DAVID CANNING
    Professor, Harvard University
Cross-Border Macroeconomic Implications of Demographic Change
  • RALPH C. BRYANT
    Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institute
The Impact of Population Aging on Financial Markets
  • JAMES M. POTERBA
    Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Commentary
    ADAIR TURNER
    Vice Chairman, Merrill Lynch Europe
Virtuous in Old Age: How the IFIs Can Help Prepare for Demographic Change  
  • ANNE O. KRUEGER
    First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
The Fiscal Challenges of Population Aging: International Perspectives
Panelists
Demographic Changes and International Factor Mobility
  • JOHN F. HELLIWELL
    Professor, University of British Columbia

  •  Commentary
    ALAN M. TAYLOR
    Professor, University of California, Davis
  • General Discussion
Overview Panel