SI 2016 Children

Janet Currie and Anna Aizer, Organizers

July 28-29, 2016

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, July 28
8:30 am
Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago and NBER
Georgy Egorov, Northwestern University and NBER
Robert T. Jensen, Yale University and NBER

Cool to be Smart or Smart to be Cool? Understanding Peer Pressure in Education
9:20 am
Corinne S. Low, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Naomi Gershoni, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

The Impact of Extended Reproductive Time Horizons: Evidence from Israel's Expansion of Access to IVF
10:30 am
Henrik Kleven, Princeton University and NBER
Camille Landais, London School of Economics
jakob sogaard, University of Copenhagen and CEBI

Children and Gender Inequality: Evidence from Denmark
11:20 am
Robert Paul Hartley, University of Kentucky
Carlos Lamarche, University of Kentucky
James P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky

Welfare Reform and the Intergenerational Transmission of Dependence
1:15 pm
Jacob S. Goldin, University of Chicago and NBER
Tatiana Homonoff, New York University and NBER
Katherine H. Meckel, University of California, San Diego and NBER

Is there an Nth of the Month Effect? The Timing of SNAP Issuance, Food Expenditures, and Grocery Prices
2:05 pm
Eric Chyn, University of Texas at Austin and NBER

Moved to Opportunity: The Long-Run Effect of Public Housing Demolition on Labor Market Outcomes of Children
3:10 pm
Cristina Borra, Universidad de Sevilla

The Impact of Scheduling Birth Early on Infant Health
4:00 pm
Katie Fitzpatrick, University of Seattle

The Effect of Childhood Savings Accounts on Household Spending
Friday, July 29
8:30 am
Manisha Shah, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Bryce Millett Steinberg, Brown University and NBER

Workfare and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from India
9:20 am
Maya Rossin-Slater, Stanford University and NBER
Miriam Wüst, University of Copenhagen

Are Different Early Investments Complements or Substitutes? Long-Run and Intergenerational Evidence from Denmark
10:30 am
Melanie E. Guldi, University of Central Florida
Amelia A. Hawkins, Brandeis University
Jeffrey Hemmeter, Social Security Administration
Lucie Schmidt, Smith College and NBER

Supplemental Security Income and Child Outcomes: Evidence from Birth Weight Eligibility Cutoffs
11:20 am
Yao Lu, Analysis Group, Inc.

The Impact of Women’s Health Clinic Closures on Fertility
1:10 pm
Gerard van den Berg, University of Bristol
Bettina Siflinger, Tilburg University

The Effects of a Universal Child Care Reform on Child Health - Evidence from Sweden
2:00 pm
Shoumitro Chatterjee, Johns Hopkins University
Tom Vogl, University of California, San Diego and NBER

Economic Growth and Childbearing in the Short- and Long-Run
3:20 pm
Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University and NBER

The Lasting Legacy of Seasonal Influenza: In-utero Exposure and Human Capital Development.
4:10 pm
Achyuta Adhvaryu, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Steven A. Bednar, Elon University
Teresa Molina, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Quynh T. Nguyen, World Bank
Anant Nyshadham, University of Michigan and NBER

When It Rains It Pours: The Long-run Economics Impacts of Salt Iodization in the United States