The Economics of Caregiving

Claudia Goldin, Claudia Olivetti, Rohini Pande, and Alessandra Voena, Organizers

June 4, 2021

Monday, May 11
	Bilge Erten, Northeastern University Pinar Keskin, Wellesley College Silvia Prina, Northeastern University Social Distancing, Stimulus Payments, and Domestic Violence: Evidence from the U.S. during COVID-19
Friday, June 4
9:00 am	Opening remarks
	MORNING SESSION
9:05 am	Nicole Maestas, Harvard University and NBER Matt Messel, Social Security Administration Yulya Truskinovsky, Wayne State University Caregiving and Labor Force Participation: New Evidence from Administrative Data (slides)
9:30 am	Q&A for Maestas et al.
9:40 am	Break
9:55 am	Karen Shen, Harvard University Who Benefits from Public Financing of Home Care for Low-Income Seniors?
10:20 am	Kuan-Ming Chen, National Taiwan University Understanding Adult Children's Labor Supply Responses to Parents' Long-Term Care Needs
10:45 am	Q&A for Shen and Chen papers
11:00 am	Break
11:15 am	Pierre Pora, Insee - Crest Keep Working and Spend Less? Collective Childcare and Parental Earnings in France
11:40 am	Kjetil Bjorvatn, Norwegian School of Economics Denise Ferris, BRAC Selim Gulesci, Trinity College Dublin Arne Nasgowitz, Norges Handelshøyskole Vincent Somville, Norges Handelshøyskole Lore Vandewalle, Graduate Institute, Geneva Childcare and Cash Grants for Labor Supply and Wellbeing: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
12:05 pm	Q&A for Pora and Bjorvatn et al. papers
12:20 pm	"Lunch" or "Dinner" Break
	SPECIAL SESSION:
1:20 pm	Victimization, Gender, and Covid-19 Grant Recipients (6-minute) Egg-Timers (See Small Grants page for Abstracts)
	Amalia R. Miller, University of Virginia and NBER Carmit Segal, University of Zurich Melissa Spencer, University of Richmond Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Domestic Violence in US Cities
	Keith Finlay, U.S. Census Bureau Michael G. Mueller-Smith, University of Michigan and NBER Brittany Street, University of Missouri The Determinants and Aftermath of Victimization in U.S. Households and the Implications of Covid-19
	Erica M. Field, Duke University and NBER Ursula T. Aldana, Institute for Peruvian Studies The Impact of Covid-19 on Intimate Partner Violence in Urban Peru
	Rebecca Thornton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Scott Cunningham, Baylor University Gregory DeAngelo, Claremont Graduate University Yunie Le, Claremont Graduate University Anuar Assamidanov, Claremont Graduate University Covid-19, Shelter-in-Place, and Domestic Violence
	Sarah J. Baird, George Washington University Manisha Shah, University of California, Berkeley and NBER The Shadow Pandemic: COVID-19 and Violence against Adolescent Girls in LMICs
	Bilge Erten, Northeastern University Pinar Keskin, Wellesley College Silvia Prina, Northeastern University Social Distancing, Stimulus Payments, and Domestic Violence: Evidence from the U.S. during COVID-19
	AFTERNOON SESSION
2:20 pm	Pelin Akyol, Bilkent University Zeynep Yilmaz, Bilkent University Effects of Grandmothers' Proximity on Mothers' Labor Force Participation
2:45 pm	Madhulika Khanna, Georgetown University Divya Pandey, University of Virginia Reinforcing Gender Norms or Easing Housework Burdens? The Role of Mothers-in-Law in Determining Women’s Labor Force Participation
3:10 pm	Q&A for Akyol-Yilmaz and Khanna-Pandey papers
3:25 pm	Break
3:40 pm	Orazio Attanasio, Yale University and NBER Ricardo Paes de Barros, Insper Pedro Carneiro, University College London David K. Evans, Center for Global Development Lycia Lima, Fundação Getulio Vargas - Sao Paulo School of Economics Pedro Olinto, World Bank Norbert Schady, The World Bank Public Childcare, Child Development, and Labor Market Outcomes
4:05 pm	Q&A for Attanasio et al.
4:15 pm	María José Prados, University of Southern California Gema Zamarro, University of Arkansas School Re-openings, Childcare Arrangements, and Labor Outcomes During COVID-19
4:40 pm	Q&A for Prados et al.
4:50 pm	Adjourn