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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Means-Tested Transfer Programs

Robert A. Moffitt, Organizer

December 5-6, 2014

NBER
 3rd Floor
 1050 Massachusetts Avenue
 Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

 

Friday, December 5  


 7:45 am 


 Shuttle bus from Royal Sonesta Hotel    


8:00 am 


Coffee and pastries  

 

 

8:30 am 

 Opening remarks by Robert Moffitt  

 

   

9:00 am 

 James Ziliak, University of Kentucky  

 

 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families    

 

 

 

 Discussant: Robert A. Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University and NBER  

 

   

10:30 am 

 Break  

 

   

10:45 am 

 Jesse Rothstein, University of California at Berkeley and NBER  

 

 Austin Nichols, DeBruce Foundation  

 

 The Earned Income Tax Credit    

 

   

 

 Discussant: Richard Blundell, University College, London  

 

   

12:15 pm 

 Lunch  

 

   

1:00 pm 

 Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago and NBER  

 

 Ingrid Gould Ellen, New York University  

 

 Robert Collinson, New York University  

 

 Low Income Housing Policy    

 

   

 

 Discussant: Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University and NBER   

 

   

2:30 pm 

 Lara Shore-Sheppard, Williams College and NBER  

 

 Thomas C. Buchmueller, University of Michigan and NBER  

 

 John Ham, University of Maryland  

 

 Medicaid    

 

   

 

 Discussant: Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER  

 

   

4:00 pm 

 Break  

 

   

4:15 pm 

 Mark Duggan, Stanford University and NBER  

 

 Melissa Schettini Kearney, University of Maryland and NBER  

 

 Stephanie L. Rennane, University of Maryland  

 

 The Supplemental Security Income Program    

 

 

 

 Discussant: David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
   

 

 

5:45 pm 

 Adjourn and shuttle bus to Royal Sonesta Hotel  

 

   

7:00 pm 

 Dinner - Royal Sonesta Hotel, Skyline Rooms
 C. Eugene Steuerle, Urban Institute, speaker  

  

 
 
   

Saturday, December 6  


 7:45 am 

 
 Shuttle bus from Royal Sonesta Hotel
     

8:00 am 

 Coffee and pastries  

 

   

8:30 am 

 Hilary W. Hoynes, University of California at Berkeley and NBER  

 

 Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Northwestern University and NBER  

 

 U.S. Food and Nutrition Programs    

 

 

 

 Discussant: Jeffrey B. Liebman, Harvard University and NBER  

 

 

10:00 am 

 Jorge Luis Garcia Menendez, University of Chicago  

 

 James J. Heckman, University of Chicago and NBER  

 

 Andrés P. Hojman, University of Chicago  

 

 Sneha Elango, University of Chicago  

 

 Early Education Programs in the US: Background and Evaluations (background paper)  

 

   

 

 Discussant: David Blau, Ohio State University  

 

   

11:30 am 

 Break  

 

   

11:45 am 

 Burt Barnow, George Washington University  

 

 Jeffrey Smith, University of Michigan and NBER  

 

 Training Programs  

 

   

 

 Discussant: Dan Black, University of Chicago  

 

   

1:15 pm 

 Adjourn  

 

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