SI 2017 Children
Organized by Janet Currie and Anna Aizer
July 27-28, 2017
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Wednesday, July 26
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 27
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning joint with Labor Studies in Ballroom B
8:30 am

On the Determinants of Young Adult Outcomes: An Examination of Random Shocks to Children in Military Families

Bruce Sacerdote, Dartmouth College and NBER
Laura Kawano, University of Michigan
Bill Skimmyhorn, William & Mary
Michael Stevens, U.S. Department of the Treasury
9:20 am

Sibling Spillovers

Sandra Black, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Sanni N. Breining, Aarhus University
David N. Figlio, University of Rochester and NBER
Jonathan Guryan, Northwestern University and NBER
Krzysztof Karbownik, Emory University and NBER
Helena Skyt Nielsen, Aarhus University
Jeffrey Roth, University of Florida
Marianne Simonsen, Aarhus University
10:10 am
Break
10:30 am

The Impacts of Paid Family Leave Benefits: Regression Kink Evidence from California Administrative Data

Sarah Bana, Chapman University
Kelly Bedard, University of California, Santa Barbara
Maya Rossin-Slater, Stanford University and NBER
11:20 am

Long-term Effects of Head Start: New Evidence from the PSID

Douglas L. Miller, Cornell University and NBER
Na'ama Shenhav, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Michel Grosz, U.S. Department of Education
12:10 am
Lunch
1:15 pm

The Health Effects of Cesarean Section: Evidence from the First Year of Life

David Card, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Alessandra Fenizia David W. Silver, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
2:05 pm

Network Partitioning and Social Exclusion under Different Selection Regimes: Evidence from Adolescent Empowerment in India

Clara Delavallade, The World Bank
Alan Griffith, University of Washington
Rebecca Thornton, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2:55 pm
Break
3:10 pm

Effects of Increased Income on Children's Academic Achievement: Evidence from an Emerging Natural Experiment

Elizabeth Ananat, Columbia University and NBER
Molly A. Martin, The Pennsylvania State University
4:00 pm

Age of Marriage, Weather Shocks, and the Direction of Marriage Payments

Lucia Corno, Cattolica University
Nicole Hildebrandt, Boston Consulting Group
Alessandra Voena, Stanford University and NBER
4:50 pm
Adjourn
5:00 pm
Methods Lecture, John M. Abowd, U.S. Census Bureau and NBER
Data Matching
Ballroom B
Friday, July 28
8:00 am
Coffee and pastries
8:30 am

Long Run Effects of Food Assistance and Early Human Capital Programs

Marianne Bitler, University of California, Davis and NBER
Theodore F. Figinski, U.S. Department of the Treasury
9:20 am

Going Beneath the Surface: Petroleum Pollution, Regulation, and Health

Michelle M. Marcus, Vanderbilt University and NBER
10:10 am
Break
10:30 am

Negotiating a Better Future: How Interpersonal Skills Facilitate Inter-Generational Investment

Nava Ashraf, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Natalie Bau, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Corinne S. Low, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Kathleen McGinn, Harvard University
11:20 am

The First 2, 000 Days and Child Skills: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of Home Visiting

Orla Doyle, University College Dublin
12:10 pm
Lunch
1:10 pm

A Dreadful Childhood: The Long Shadow of American Slavery

Richard H. Steckel, The Ohio State University
2:00 pm

Making a Narco: Childhood Exposure to Illegal Labor Markets and Criminal Life Paths

Maria Micaela Sviatschi, Princeton University and NBER
2:50 PM
Break
3:00 pm

Bombing Good Bacteria: The Effect of Antibiotic Use on Child BMI

Fernanda Marquez-Padilla, El Colegio de Mexico
3:50 pm

Rosie's Kids: Pre-School Exposure during WWII and Later-Life Outcomes

Joseph P. Ferrie, Northwestern University and NBER
Quentin O. Brummet, NORC at the University of Chicago
Claudia Goldin, Harvard University and NBER
Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College and NBER
Elizabeth Mokyr Horner, American Institutes for Research
Karen Rolf, University of Nebraska, Omaha
4:40 PM
Adjourn