Cohort Studies Meeting

Dora Costa, Organizer

April 26-27, 2019

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard, Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, April 26
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Nicola Barban, University of Essex
Elisabetta De Cao, University of Bologna
Marco Francesconi, University of Essex

Basic Instincts? The Role of Gene-Environment Interactions in Female Fertility Behavior (slides)
9:45 am
Lambert Lumey, Columbia University
Peter Ekamper, NIDI
Govert Bijwaard, NIDI
Gabriella Conti, University College London
Frans van Poppel, NIDI

Overweight and Obesity in Young Men after Famine Exposure in Utero and Early Infancy: A Re-Examination
10:15 am
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

Health Effects of in Utero Exposure to the Dutch Hunger Winter
10:45 am
Break
11:15 am
Govert E. Bijwaard, NIDI
Gabriella Conti, University College London
Peter Ekamper, NIDI
Frans van Poppel, NIDI
Lambert Lumey, Columbia University

Impact of Famine Exposure in Utero on Labor Market Behavior and Health Later in Life
11:45 am
Bastiaan T. Heijmans, Leiden University Medical Center
Lambert Lumey, Columbia University
Elmar W. Tobi, Leiden University Medical Center

Exploring Epigenetic Mechanisms for the Long Term Health Impact of the Dutch Famine of 1944-45 (slides)
12:15 pm
Lunch - Charles B
1:15 pm
Janice Compton, University of Manitoba
Robert A. Pollak, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER

The Llfe Expectancy of Older Couples and Surviving Spouses (slides)
1:45 pm
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

Race and Life Expectancy in the United States in the Great Depression
2:15 pm
Break
2:45 pm
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

Inequality in Public-Service Use in 1.7 Million Citizens is Extreme and Linked to Human Capital
3:15 pm
Yiqun Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago and NBER
Petra Persson, Stanford University and NBER
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER

The Roots of Health Inequality and the Value of Intra-Family Expertise (slides)
3:45 pm
Dora Costa, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Update on Ex-POW Trauma and Intergenerational Transmission
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
Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

The Lost Generation? Scarring after the Great Recession
9:30 am
Jamie M. Carroll, University of Texas at Austin
Alicia Duncombe, University of Texas at Austin
Eric Grodsky, University of Wisconsin
Anna S. Mueller, University of Chicago
Chandra Muller, University of Texas at Austin
John Robert Warren, University of Minnesota

Preparing for an Uncertain Economy: How Occupational Expectations, Educational Attainment, and Labor Market Fluctuations Predict Death by Suicide and Substance Abuse by Midlife
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am
Prashant Bharadwaj, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Arushi Kaushik, University of California at San Diego
Gordon McCord

Intergenerational Effects of the Bhopal Gas Disaster
11:00 am
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

Combining Family History and Machine Learning to Link Historical Records (slides)
11:30 am
Adjourn
Friday, July 26
10:30 am
Yiqun Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago and NBER
Petra Persson, Stanford University and NBER
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER

The Roots of Health Inequality and the Value of Intra-family Expertise
Friday, December 6
1:00 pm
Yiqun Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago and NBER
Petra Persson, Stanford University and NBER
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER

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