Children Program Meeting
Organized by Anna Aizer and Janet Currie
May 2-3, 2024
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA (Longfellow AB Room) and Zoom
Format: Authors will be given the full 45 minutes of each session, with questions during the presentation.
Thursday, May 2
9:30 am
Continental Breakfast
10:00 am

Can Attitudinal Changes Toward Reporting Curb Violence? An Experimental School Intervention in Peru

Maria Micaela Sviatschi, Princeton University and NBER
Oswaldo Molina, Universidad del Pacifico
Italo A. Gutierrez, RAND Corporation
Hugo Ñopo, The World Bank
10:45 am

Caregiver Mental Health and Early Childhood Development: Experimental Evidence from a Conflict-Affected Setting

Andres Moya, Universidad de Los Andes
Maria J. Torres, Universidad de los Andes
Juliana Sánchez-Ariza, Princeton University
Arturo Harker, Universidad de los Andes
Vilma Reyes, University of California, San Francisco
Alicia Lieberman, University of California, San Francisco
11:30 am
Break
10-minute Egg Timer Sessions:
11:45 am

Temperature and Maltreatment of Young Children

Jessamyn Schaller, Claremont McKenna College and NBER
Ludovica Gazze, University of Warwick
Mary F. Evans, University of Texas at Austin
11:55 am

The Intergenerational Health Effects of Child Marriage Bans

Dung Le, Keio University
Teresa Molina, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Yoko Ibuka, Keio University
Rei Goto, Keio University
12:05 pm

Disease, Disparities, and Development: Evidence from Chagas Disease Control in Brazil

Jon Denton-Schneider, Clark University
Eduardo Montero, University of Chicago and NBER
12:15 pm

Occupational Hazard? An Analysis of Birth Outcomes among Physician Mothers (slides)

Anupam Jena, Harvard University and NBER
David Slusky, University of Kansas and NBER
Lilly Springer, University of Kansas
12:25 pm

Relative Age, Self-Image, and Weight-Related Health Behaviors

Christopher S. Carpenter, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Brandyn F. Churchill, American University and NBER
12:35 pm

The Long-run Human Capital Impacts of Public Childcare Programs in Developing Countries

Valentina Duque, American University and NBER
Fabio Sanchez, Universidad de los Andes
12:45 pm
Lunch in Longfellow C
1:45 pm

The Effects of Post-Dobbs Abortion Bans on Fertility (slides)

Daniel L. Dench, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mayra B. Pineda Torres, Georgia Institute of Technology and NBER
Caitlin K. Myers, Middlebury College and NBER
2:30 pm

Family Planning, Now and Later: Infertility Fear and Contraception Take-Up

Bryce Steinberg, Brown University and NBER
Natalie Bau, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Corinne Low, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
David J. Henning, University of California, Los Angeles
3:15 pm

Proximity to Abortion Services and Child Maltreatment (slides)

Erkmen G. Aslim, University of Vermont
Wei Fu, University of Louisville
Erdal Tekin, American University and NBER
4:00 pm
Break
4:15 pm

Do Higher Wages Improve Service Quality? Evidence from Foster Care in California Using a Regression Discontinuity Design

Nicole A. Perales, U.S. Census Bureau
5:00 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Reception and Dinner - Royal Sonesta Hotel, Longfellow C
Friday, May 3
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

The Direct and Intergenerational Effects of Criminal History-Based Safety Net Bans in the U.S.

Michael G. Mueller-Smith, University of Michigan and NBER
James M. Reeves, University of Michigan
Kevin Schnepel, Simon Fraser University
Caroline Walker, U.S. Census Bureau
9:45 am

To Grandmother’s House We Go: Informal Childcare and Female Labor Mobility

Garrett Anstreicher, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Joanna Venator, Boston College
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

Imagine your Life at 25: Gender Conformity and Later-Life Outcomes

Sreevidya Ayyar, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Uta Bolt, University of Bristol
Cormac O'Dea, Yale University and NBER
Eric French, University of Cambridge
11:30 am

Sources of Generational Persistence in Education and Income

Marianne E. Page, University of California, Davis and NBER
Sara Sofie Abrahamsson, CeFH at Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Aline Bütikofer, Norwegian School of Economics
Katrine V. Løken, Norwegian School of Economics
12:15 pm
Adjourn and Lunch in Longfellow C