Senate Majority Policy Committee
Public Hearing
State and national trends in demographic changes
September 27, 2016 | 9:00 a.m.
Hearing Room No. 1
North Office Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120
9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Senator David G. Argall, Chairman, Senate Majority Policy Committee
9:05 a.m.
Demographic Change in the United States and Pennsylvania and its Implication
Jennifer Van Hook, Ph. D. – Presentation
Director, Population Research Institute and Professor of Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University, College of the Liberal Arts
9:35 a.m.
Demographic Change in Pennsylvania’s Five Largest Cities
John D. Landis, Ph.D. – Presentation
Chair, City & Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania
10:05 a.m.
Generational Change and its Potential Impact on Government Programs
Maureen McClure, Ph.D. – Presentation
Associate Professor, Administrative and Policy Studies, University of Pittsburgh
10:35 a.m.
Adjourn
Additional Information:
The Fiscal Implication of Pennsylvania’s Aging Population
Robert P. Strauss
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Yunni Deng
Research Analyst, IMF