NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2006

 

Children’s Workshop

 

July 25-26, 2006

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PROGRAM

 

TUESDAY, JULY 25:

 

 

 2:00 pm

GRANT MILLER, Stanford University and NBER

 

Women’s Preferences and Child Survival in American History

 

 

 3:00 pm

Break

 

 

 3:30 pm

MICHAEL BAKER, University of Toronto and NBER

 

KEVIN MILLIGAN, University of British Columbia and NBER

 

The Early Development and Health Benefits of Maternity Leave Mandates

 

 

 4:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26:

 

 

  9:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 10:00 am

WANCHUAN LIN, UC, Los Angeles

 

Accounting for the Change in the Gradient: Health Inequality among Infants

 

 

11:00 am

Break

 

 

11:30 am

ERNESTO VILLANUEVA, Research Department of the Bank of Spain and Universitat Pompeu Fabra

 

Does Limited Access to Mortgage Debt Explain Why Young Adults Live with Their Parents?

 

 

12:30 pm

Lunch

 

 

JOINT SESSION WITH LABOR STUDIES

 

 

 1:30 pm

BRIAN JACOB, Harvard University and NBER

 

JENS LUDWIG, Georgetown University and NBER

 

The Effects of Family Income on Youth Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-Voucher Lottery

 

 

 2:30 pm

ADAM ASHCRAFT, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

 

KEVIN LANG, Boston University and NBER

 

The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing

 

 

 3:30 pm

Break

 

 

 4:00 pm

DOUG ALMOND, Columbia University and NBER

 

KEN CHAY, UC Berkeley and NBER

 

HILARY HOYNES, UC, Davis and NBER

 

DIANE WHITMORE SCHANZENBACH, University of Chicago

 

The Introduction of the Food Stamp Program: Impacts on Food Consumption and Family Well-Being

 

 

 5:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 6:00 pm

Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/4/06