Children Program Meeting

Anna Aizer and Janet Currie, Organizers

May 2-3, 2024

Format: Authors will be given the full 45 minutes of each session, with questions during the presentation.

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, May 2
9:30 am
Continental Breakfast
10:00 am
Maria Micaela Sviatschi, Princeton University and NBER
Oswaldo Molina, Universidad del Pacifico
Italo A. Gutierrez, RAND
Hugo Ñopo, World Bank

Can Attitudinal Changes Toward Reporting Curb Violence? An Experimental School Intervention in Peru
10:45 am
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

Caregiver Mental Health and Early Childhood Development: Experimental Evidence from a Conflict-Affected Setting
11:30 am
Break
10-minute Egg Timer Sessions:
11:45 am
Jessamyn Schaller, Claremont McKenna College and NBER
Ludovica Gazze, University of Warwick
Mary F. Evans, University of Texas at Austin

Temperature and Maltreatment of Young Children
11:55 am
Dung Le, Keio University
Teresa Molina, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Yoko Ibuka, Keio University
Rei Goto, Keio University

The Intergenerational Health Effects of Child Marriage Bans
12:05 pm
Jon Denton-Schneider, Clark University
Eduardo Montero, University of Chicago and NBER

Disease, Disparities, and Development: Evidence from Chagas Disease Control in Brazil
12:15 pm
Anupam Jena, Harvard University and NBER
David Slusky, University of Kansas and NBER
Lilly Springer, University of Kansas

Occupational Hazard? An Analysis of Birth Outcomes among Physician Mothers (slides)
12:25 pm
Christopher S. Carpenter, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Brandyn F. Churchill, American University

Relative Age, Self-Image, and Weight-Related Health Behaviors
12:35 pm
Valentina Duque, American University
Fabio Sanchez, Universidad de los Andes

The Long-run Human Capital Impacts of Public Childcare Programs in Developing Countries
12:45 pm
Lunch in Longfellow C
1:45 pm
Daniel L. Dench, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mayra B. Pineda Torres, Georgia Institute of Technology
Caitlin K. Myers, Middlebury College and NBER

The Effects of Post-Dobbs Abortion Bans on Fertility (slides)
2:30 pm
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

Family Planning, Now and Later: Infertility Fear and Contraception Take-Up
3:15 pm
Erkmen G. Aslim, University of Vermont
Wei Fu, University of Louisville
Erdal Tekin, American University and NBER

Proximity to Abortion Services and Child Maltreatment (slides)
4:00 pm
Break
4:15 pm
Nicole A. Perales, US Census Bureau

Do Higher Wages Improve Service Quality? Evidence from Foster Care in California Using a Regression Discontinuity Design
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
Michael G. Mueller-Smith, University of Michigan and NBER
James M. Reeves, University of Michigan
Kevin Schnepel, Simon Fraser University
Caroline Walker, US Census Bureau

The Direct and Intergenerational Effects of Criminal History-Based Safety Net Bans in the U.S.
9:45 am
Garrett Anstreicher, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Joanna Venator, Boston College

To Grandmother’s House We Go: Informal Childcare and Female Labor Mobility
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Sreevidya Ayyar, London School of Economics and Political Science
Uta Bolt, University of Bristol
Cormac O'Dea, Yale University and NBER
Eric French, University of Cambridge

Imagine your Life at 25: Gender Conformity and Later-Life Outcomes
11:30 am
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

Sources of Generational Persistence in Education and Income
12:15 pm
Adjourn and Lunch in Longfellow C