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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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Cohort Studies Meeting |
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Dora Costa, Organizer |
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University of |
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PROGRAM |
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FRIDAY, APRIL 2: |
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Continental
Breakfast |
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Introduction |
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The Developmental Origins of Longevity |
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David
Barker, |
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Early Life Family and Socioeconomic Conditions and
Cause-Specific Mortality |
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Irma Elo, University of Pennsylvania |
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(joint with Pekka Martikainen and Mikko Myrskylä) |
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10:30 am |
Break |
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10:50 am |
Estimating the Technology of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skill Formation |
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Flavio
Cunha, University of Pennsylvania and NBER |
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James Heckman, University of Chicago and NBER |
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Susanne
Schennach, University of Chicago |
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11:50 am |
Lunch |
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1:00 pm |
The
Ostrich Effect: Selective Attention to financial News by Investors |
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George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon University |
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(joint with Duane Seppi, Nachum Sicherman, and Stephen Utkus) |
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Paola Giuliano, UC, Los Angeles and NBER |
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(joint with Antonio Spilimbergo) |
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3:00 pm |
Break |
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3:20 pm |
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Richard Steckel, Ohio State University and NBER |
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4:20 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:30 pm |
Group Dinner |
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Shulas Steak House |
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Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers |
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SATURDAY, APRIL 3: |
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8:00 am |
Continental
Breakfast |
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8:30 am |
Cohort Modeling |
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Kenneth Manton, Duke University |
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9:30 am |
Instrumental Variables, and the Effect of Binary Treatments on Binary Outcomes |
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Edward Vytlacil, Yale University and NBER |
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10:30 am |
Break |
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10:50 am |
Son Preference,
Sex Selection, and Economic Development: Theory and Evidence from South Korea
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Lena Edlund, Columbia University |
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Chulhee Lee, Seoul National University |
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11:50 am |
Lunch |
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12:50 pm |
In the Name of the Father: Marriage and Intergenerational Mobility in the United States, 1850-1930 |
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Claudia Olivetti, Boston University and NBER |
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Daniele Paserman, Boston University and NBER |
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1:50 pm |
Shocking Behavior: Land Lotteries in 1832 Georgia and 1901 Oklahoma and Later Life Outcomes |
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Hoyt Bleakley, University of Chicago and NBER |
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Joseph Ferrie, Northwestern University and NBER |
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2:50 pm |
Adjourn |
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3/30/10 |
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