Universities' Research Conference

Phillip B. Levine and Melissa Schettini Kearney, Organizers

May 10-11, 2013

The Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, May 10
1
Marianne Bitler, University of California, Davis and NBER
Hilary W. Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Elira Kuka, George Washington University and NBER

Do In-Work Tax Credits Serve as a Safety Net?
2
Bhashkar Mazumder, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Sarah Miller, University of Michigan and NBER

The Effects of the Massachusetts Health Reform on Financial Well Being
3
Joanne Hsu, University of Michigan
David Matsa, Northwestern University and NBER
Brian T. Melzer, Dartmouth College

Unemployment Insurance and Consumer Credit
4
Patricia M. Anderson, Dartmouth College and NBER
Kristin Butcher, Wellesley College and NBER
Hilary W. Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Northwestern University and NBER

Understanding Food Security Over the Great Recession
5
Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University and NBER

Unlucky Cohorts: Income, Health Insurance and AIDS Mortality of Recession Graduates
6
Lucie Schmidt, Smith College and NBER
Lara Shore-Sheppard, Williams College and NBER
Tara Watson, Williams College and NBER

The Effect of Safety Net Programs on Food Insecurity
7
Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago
Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER
Mari Rege, Case Western Reserve University
Mark Votruba, Case Western Reserve University

Father Presence and the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment
8
Melissa Schettini Kearney, University of Maryland and NBER
Phillip B. Levine, Wellesley College and NBER

Income Inequality and the Decision to Drop Out of High School
9
Anna Aizer, Brown University and NBER

Impact of Rising Inequality on Health at Birth