Join us for the Columbia Aging Center’s HYBRID seminar. Please register to attend in-person or virtually.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2024, 11:45AM-12:45PM ET

From Chronological to Functional Age: What We Learn by Adopting an Alternative Perspective

Rainer Kotschy, PhD             

Postdoctoral Fellow

National Bureau of Economic Research

Visiting Scientist

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Hybrid seminar

Location: Zoom or 722 West 168th Street, Hess Commons

Register to attend in-person and via Zoom at: https://columbiacuimc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvfuqtqTwrGtdq1FQjYG2C2C3vhgqtG-eD

About Dr. Kotschy’s talk:

Analysis of population aging is typically framed in terms of chronological age. In this presentation, I highlight the limitations of chronological age with respect to the inferences it can support about physiological and economic functioning. I then demonstrate how the use of functional rather than chronological measures of aging can provide new insights into individual economic activity and economic growth.