Monday, July 20

9:00 am

Out of Africa: Human Capital Consequences of In Utero Conditions

Victor Lavy, University of Warwick and NBER
Analia Schlosser, Tel Aviv University
Adi Shani, Tel Aviv University

10:15 am

Incentivizing Nutritious Diets: A Field Experiment of Relative Prices and How they are Framed

John Cawley, Cornell University and NBER

11:30 am

How do Electronic Cigarettes affect Adolescent Smoking?

Abby Friedman, Yale University

1:30 pm

Effects of Peer Counseling to Support Breastfeeding: Assessing the External Validity of a Randomized Field Experiment

Onur Altindag, Bentley University
Theodore J. Joyce, City University of New York and NBER
Julie A. Reeder, Oregon WIC Program

2:45 pm

Externalities and Complementarities of HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs: Evidence from Secondary Schools in Malawi

Booyuel Kim, KDI School of Public Policy and Management
Hyuncheol Bryant Kim, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Cristian Pop-Eleches, Columbia University and NBER

4:00 pm

The Geography of Poverty and Nutrition: Food Deserts and Food Choices Across the United States

Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER
Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
Jean-Pierre H. Dube, University of Chicago and NBER