Cohort Studies Meeting
Organized by Dora Costa
Supported by the National Institute on Aging
April 26-27, 2019
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard, Cambridge, MA
Friday, April 26
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Basic Instincts? The Role of Gene-Environment Interactions in Female Fertility Behavior (slides)

Nicola Barban, University of Essex
Elisabetta De Cao, University of Bologna
Marco Francesconi, University of Essex
9:45 am

Overweight and Obesity in Young Men after Famine Exposure in Utero and Early Infancy: A Re-Examination

Lambert Lumey, Columbia University
Peter Ekamper, NIDI
Govert Bijwaard, NIDI
Gabriella Conti, University College London
Frans van Poppel, NIDI
10:15 am

Health Effects of in Utero Exposure to the Dutch Hunger Winter

Gabriella Conti, University College London
Stavros Poupakis, University College London
Peter Ekamper, NIDI
Govert E. Bijwaard, NIDI
Frans van Poppel, NIDI
Lambert Lumey, Columbia University
10:45 am
Break
11:15 am

Impact of Famine Exposure in Utero on Labor Market Behavior and Health Later in Life

Govert E. Bijwaard, NIDI
Gabriella Conti, University College London
Peter Ekamper, NIDI
Frans van Poppel, NIDI
Lambert Lumey, Columbia University
11:45 am

Exploring Epigenetic Mechanisms for the Long Term Health Impact of the Dutch Famine of 1944-45 (slides)

Bastiaan T. Heijmans, Leiden University Medical Center
Lambert Lumey, Columbia University
Elmar W. Tobi, Leiden University Medical Center
12:15 pm
Lunch - Charles B
1:15 pm

The Llfe Expectancy of Older Couples and Surviving Spouses (slides)

Janice Compton, University of Manitoba
Robert A. Pollak, Washington University in St Louis and NBER
1:45 pm

Race and Life Expectancy in the United States in the Great Depression

Tim A. Bruckner, University of California at Irvine
Ashley M. Ima, Chapman University
Trang T. Nguyen, University of California at Irvine
Andrew Noymer, University of California, Irvine
2:15 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Inequality in Public-Service Use in 1.7 Million Citizens is Extreme and Linked to Human Capital

Avshalom Caspi, Duke University
Stephanie D'Souza, The University of Auckland
Sean Hogan, University of Otago
Renate Houts, Duke University
Barry Milne, The University of Auckland
Terrie Moffitt, Duke University
Sandhya Ramrakha, University of Otago
Richie Poulton, University of Otago
Leah Richmond-Rakerd, Duke University
3:15 pm

The Roots of Health Inequality and the Value of Intra-Family Expertise (slides)

Yiqun Chen, University of Illinois Chicago and NBER
Petra Persson, Stanford University and NBER
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER
3:45 pm

Update on Ex-POW Trauma and Intergenerational Transmission

Dora Costa, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
4:15 pm
Adjourn
7:00 pm
Dinner
Bambara Restaurant (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
25 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA
Saturday, April 27
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

The Lost Generation? Scarring after the Great Recession

Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
9:30 am

Preparing for an Uncertain Economy: How Occupational Expectations, Educational Attainment, and Labor Market Fluctuations Predict Death by Suicide and Substance Abuse by Midlife

Jamie M. Carroll, University of Texas at Austin
Alicia Duncombe, University of Texas at Austin
Eric Grodsky, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Anna S. Mueller, University of Chicago
Chandra Muller, University of Texas at Austin
John Robert Warren, University of Minnesota
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am

Intergenerational Effects of the Bhopal Gas Disaster

Prashant Bharadwaj, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Arushi Kaushik Gordon McCord, University of California, San Diego
11:00 am

Combining Family History and Machine Learning to Link Historical Records (slides)

Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER
Isaac Riley, Brigham Young University
Jacob R. Van Leeuwen, Texas A&M University
11:30 am
Adjourn
Friday, July 26
10:30 am

The Roots of Health Inequality and the Value of Intra-family Expertise

Yiqun Chen, University of Illinois Chicago and NBER
Petra Persson, Stanford University and NBER
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER
Friday, December 6
1:00 pm

The Roots of Health Inequality and The Value of Intra-Family Expertise

Yiqun Chen, University of Illinois Chicago and NBER
Petra Persson, Stanford University and NBER
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER