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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SI 2015 Children

Janet Currie, Organizer

July 23-24, 2015

Charles B
Royal Sonesta Hotel
40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

Wednesday, July 22
6:00 pm	Clambake, Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 23
8:00 am	Coffee and pastries
	Morning session joint with Labor Studies, Ballroom B, West Tower
8:30 am	Nava Ashraf, Harvard University and NBER Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics Scott S. Lee, Harvard Business School Do-Gooders and Go-Getters: Career Incentives, Selection and Performance in Public Service Delivery
9:20 am	Taryn Dinkelman, Dartmouth College and NBER Martine Mariotti, Australian National University The Long Run Effects of Labor Migration on Human Capital Formation in Communities of Origin
10:10 am	Break
10:30 am	Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER Andreas Fagereng, Statistics Norway Marte Ronning Why Do Wealthy Parents Have Wealthy Children?
11:20 am	Nathaniel Hilger, Brown University and NBER The Great Escape: Intergenerational Mobility Since 1940
12:10 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	Mikael Lindahl, Uppsala University Evelina Lundberg, Uppsala University M岴en Palme, Stockholm School of Economics Emilia Simeonova, Johns Hopkins University and NBER Nature versus Nurture in the Intergenerational Transmission of Health: Lessons from a Large Sample of Adoptees
2:05 pm	Sandra Black, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Paul J. Devereux, University College Dublin Petter Lundborg, Free University Amsterdam Kaveh Majlesi, Lund University On The Origins of Risk-Taking
2:55 pm	Break
3:10 pm	Marcella Alsan, Stanford University and NBER The Gendered Impact of Young Children's Health on Human Capital: Evidence from the Turkish National Immunization Campaign
4:00 pm	Nava Ashraf, Harvard University and NBER Natalie Bau, Harvard University Nathan Nunn, Harvard University and NBER Alessandra Voena, University of Chicago and NBER Bride Price and the Returns to Education for Women
4:50 pm	Adjourn
Friday, July 24
8:00 am	Coffee and pastries
8:30 am	Karen Clay, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Joshua A. Lewis, University of Montreal Edson R. Severnini, Carnegie Mellon University Canary in a Coal Mine: Impact of Mid-20th Century Air Pollution on Infant Mortality and Property Values
9:20 am	Anna Aizer, Brown University and NBER Janet Currie, Princeton University and NBER Peter Simon Lead Exposure and Racial Disparities in Test Scores
10:10 am	Break
10:30 am	Katherine H. Meckel, University of Chicago Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? Unintended Consequences of Fraud Reduction in Transfer Programs
11:20 am	Delia Furtado, University of Connecticut Fertility Responses of High-Skilled Native Women to Immigrant Inflows
12:10 pm	Lunch
1:10 pm	Anna V. Chorniy Leah Kitashima, Clemson University Sex, Drugs, and ADHD: The Effects of ADHD Pharmacological Treatment on Teens' Risky Behaviors
2:00 pm	Break
	Joint session with Health Care, Parkview Room
2:30 pm	David W. Brown, Department of the Treasury Amanda E. Kowalski, Yale University and NBER Ithai Lurie, Department of the Treasury Medicaid as an Investment in Children: What is the Long-Term Impact on Tax Receipts?
3:30 pm	Break
4:00 pm	Laura R.. Wherry, University of California at Los Angeles Sarah Miller, University of Michigan Robert Kaestner, University of Illinois at Chicago and NBER Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER Childhood Medicaid Coverage and Later Life Health Care Utilization
5:00 pm	Adjourn