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Childrens Program and Education Program Meetings

Anna Aizer, Janet Currie and Caroline Hoxby, Organizers

April 14-15, 2016

Hamilton Crowne Plaza

Hamilton Ballroom

14th & K Streets, NW

Washington, DC

PROGRAM

 

 

Thursday, April 14

Childrens Program Meeting

8:15 am

Continental Breakfast

8:45 am

David Figlio, Northwestern University and NBER

Claudia Persico, Northwestern University

Jeffrey Roth, University of Florida

Inequality Before Birth: The Developmental Consequences of Environmental Toxins

(paper not available for download)

9:45 am

Ozkan Eren, Louisiana State University

Naci Mocan, Louisiana State University and NBER

Emotional Judges and Unlucky Juveniles

 

10:45 am

Break

11:00 am

Jason Lindo, Texas A&M University and NBER

Analisa Packham, Texas A&M University

How Much Can Expanding Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Reduce Teen Birth Rates?

12:00 n

Lunch – Farragut Square and McPherson Square Rooms

1:00 pm

Alan Barreca, Tulane University and NBER

Oliver Deschenes, University of California at Santa Barbara and NBER

Melanie Guldi, University of Central Florida

Maybe Next Month? Temperature Shocks, Climate Change, and Dynamic Adjustments in Birth Rates

2:00 pm

Break

2:15 pm

Ludovica Gazze, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Little Lead Soldiers: Lead Poisoning and Public Health

3:15 pm

Adriana Kugler, Georgetown University and NBER

Intergenerational Persistence of Health in the US: Do Immigrants Get Healthier as they Assimilate?

4:15 pm

Adjourn

6:15 pm

Group Dinner - Brasserie Beck, 1101 K St., NW

 

Friday, April 15

Education Program Meeting

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Eric Taylor, Harvard University
Skills, Job Tasks, and Productivity in Teaching: Evidence from a Randomized Trial of Instruction Practices

9:30 am

John Bound, University of Michigan and NBER
Breno Braga, The Urban Institute
Gaurav Khanna, University of Michigan
Sarah Turner, University of Virginia and NBER
A Passage to America: University Funding and International Students

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Brian Knight, Brown University and NBER

Nathan M. Schiff, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
The Out-of-State Tuition Distortion

11:45 am

Lunch – Farragut Square and McPherson Square Rooms

12:45 pm

Jason Lindo, Texas A&M University and NBER
Peter Siminski, University of Wollongong
Isaac Swensen, Montana State University
College Party Culture and Sexual Assault

1:45 pm

Break

2:00 pm

Jarod Apperson, Georgia State University
Carycruz Bueno, Georgia State University
Tim Sass, Georgia State University
Do the Cheated Ever Prosper? The Long-Run Effects of Test-Score Manipulation by Teachers on Student Outcomes

3:00 pm

David Deming, Harvard University and NBER
The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market

4:00 pm

Adjourn