NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

TARGETING INVESTMENTS IN CHILDREN:

FIGHTING POVERTY WHEN RESOURCES ARE LIMITED

Phil Levine and David Zimmerman, Organizers

 

September 26, 2008

Robin Hood Foundation

826 Broadway, 9th Floor

New York, NY 10003

 

PROGRAM

 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

 

 

6:30 p.m.

Dinner, Church and Dey Restaurant in the Millenium Hilton Hotel, 55 Church Street, New York

 

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

 

 

7:45 a.m.

Take cab from Millenium Hilton Hotel to Robin Hood Foundation

 

 

8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

 

 

8:30 a.m.

Introduction to the Conference

 

 

Opening Remarks

 

Issues in Implementation

 

 

9:00 a.m.

Early Childhood Interventions

 

 

 

Child Development:  Greg Duncan, Northwestern University, Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago and NBER, and Katherine Magnuson, University of Wisconsin

 

Chapter XYZ Child Care:  Patricia Anderson, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

Can Child Health Interventions Affect Poverty in Adulthood?: Lara Shore-Sheppard, Williams College and NBER

 

 

10:15 a.m.

Break

 

 

10:30 a.m.

Middle Childhood Interventions

 

 

 

After School Care:  Phillip Levine and David Zimmerman, Williams College and NBER

 

Educational Reforms:  Patrick McEwan, Wellesley College and Susanna Loeb, Stanford University and NBER

 

 

11:15 a.m.

Adolescent Interventions I

 

 

 

Can Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention Programs Influence Adult Poverty?:  Rosalie Pacula, RAND Corporation and NBER and Beau Kilmer, Harvard University

 

Teen Pregnancy Prevention as an Anti-Poverty Intervention: A Review of the Evidence:  Melissa Kearney, University of Maryland and NBER

 

Crime Prevention:  Anne Piehl, Rutgers University and NBER

 

 

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

 

 

1:30 p.m.

Adolescent Interventions II

 

 

 

Dropout Prevention and College Prep:  Bridget Terry Long, Harvard University and NBER

 

College Aid:  Susan Dynarski, University of Michigan and NBER and David Deming, Harvard University

 

Neighborhood and Community Initiatives:  Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto and NBER

 

Vocational Training:  Daniel Sullivan, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Robert Lalonde, University of Chicago

 

 

3:10 p.m.

Break

 

 

3:25 p.m.

Putting the Pieces Together

 

 

3:50 p.m.

Discussants’ Comments

 

Rebecca Blank, The Brookings Institution and NBER

 

Michael McPherson, Spencer Foundation

 

 

4:30 p.m.

Q&A

 

 

5:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks

 

 

5:15 p.m.

Adjourn