SI 2018 Children

Janet Currie and Anna Aizer, Organizers

July 26-27, 2018

Parkview Room

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

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 25
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 26
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning joint with Labor Studies, Ballroom B
8:30 am
Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER
Jessica Pan, National University of Singapore
Jenny Shen, Princeton University
Ebonya L. Washington, Columbia University and NBER

The Mommy Effect: Do Women Anticipate the Employment Effects of Motherhood?
9:20 am
Anna Aizer, Brown University and NBER
Shari Eli, University of Toronto and NBER
Adriana Lleras-Muney, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Holding out for Mr Right: Women’s Income, Marital Status and Child Well-Being
10:10 am
Break
10:30 am
Jonathan M.V. Davis, University of Oregon
Sara Heller, University of Michigan and NBER

Rethinking the Benefits of Youth Employment Programs: The Heterogeneous Effects of Summer Jobs
11:20 am
Petra Persson, Stanford University and NBER
Maya Rossin-Slater, Stanford University and NBER

When Dad Stays Home: Paternity Leave and Maternal Health
12:10 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm
Gabriella Conti, University College London
Sarah Cattan, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Nicolas Libuy, University College London

Workforce Quality in Early Years Interventions: Evidence from a Large-Scale Home Visiting Program
2:05 pm
Sam Norris, University of British Columbia
Matthew Pecenco, Brown University
Jeffrey Weaver, University of Southern California

The Effects of Parental and Sibling Incarceration: Evidence from Ohio
2:55 pm
Break
3:10 pm
Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER

School Finance Equalization and Intergenerational Mobility
4:00 pm
David N. Figlio, University of Rochester and NBER
Krzysztof Karbownik, Emory University and NBER
Paco Martorell, University of California, Davis
Umut Özek, RAND Corporation
Jeffrey Roth, University of Florida
Heather Royer, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER

Intergenerational Effects of School Entry Policies
4:50 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 27
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am
Nava Ashraf, London School of Economics
Erica M. Field, Duke University and NBER
Alessandra Voena, Stanford University and NBER
Roberta Ziparo, Aix-Marseille School of Economics

Maternal Mortality Risk and the Gender Gap in Desired Fertility (slides)
9:20 am
Janet Currie, Princeton University and NBER
Michael G. Mueller-Smith, University of Michigan and NBER
Maya Rossin-Slater, Stanford University and NBER

Violence while in Utero: The Impact of Assaults During Pregnancy on Birth Outcomes
10:10 am
Break
10:30 am
Cassandra Benson, United States Air Force Academy
Maria D. Fitzpatrick, Cornell University and NBER
Christopher Wildeman, Cornell University

Beyond Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic: The Role of Teachers and Schools in Reporting Child Maltreatment
11:20 am
Melanie Luhrmann, The Institute for Fiscal Studies
Tanya Wilson, University of Glasgow

Long-run Health and Mortality Effects of Exposure to Universal Health Care at Birth
(not available for download)
12:10 pm
Lunch
1:10 pm
Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER
Crystal Yang, Harvard University and NBER

Fear and the Safety Net: Evidence from Secure Communities
2:00 pm
Michelle M. Marcus, Vanderbilt University and NBER

Testing the Water: Drinking Water Quality, Public Notification, and School Absences
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Anne Ardila Brenoe, University of Zurich
Serena P. Canaan, Simon Fraser University
Nikolaj A. Harmon, University of Copenhagen
Heather Royer, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER

Is Parental Leave Costly for Firms and Coworkers?
3:50 pm
Stephen B. Billings, University of Colorado
Mark Hoekstra, Baylor University and NBER

Schools, Neighborhoods, and the Long-Run Effect of Crime-Prone Peers
4:40 pm
Adjourn