NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

TARGETING INVESTMENTS IN CHILDREN:

FIGHTING POVERTY WHEN RESOURCES ARE LIMITED

Phil Levine and David Zimmerman, Organizers

March 28, 2008

NBER

2nd Floor Conference

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

THURSDAY, MARCH 27:
6:30 p.m.	Dinner
	Restaurant Dante
	Royal Sonesta Hotel
	40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
	Cambridge, MA 02142
FRIDAY, MARCH 28:
7:50 a.m.	Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass Avenue
8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	Opening Remarks
8:45 a.m.:	Early Childhood Interventions
	Child Development: Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago and NBER and Greg Duncan, Northwestern University
	Child Care: Patty Anderson, Dartmouth College
	Child Health: Lara Shore-Sheppard, Williams College and NBER
9:30 a.m.	Break
9:45 a.m.:	Middle Childhood Interventions
	After School Care: Phillip Levine and David Zimmerman, Wellesley College and NBER
	Educational Reforms: Patrick McEwan, Wellesley College and Susanna Loeb, Stanford University and NBER
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.:	Adolescent Interventions I
	Drug Prevention: Rosalie Pacula, RAND Corporation and NBER and Beau Kilmer, Harvard University
	Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Melissa Kearney, University of Maryland and NBER
	Crime Prevention: Anne Piehl, Rutgers University and NBER
11:15 a.m.	Break
11:30 a.m.:	Adolescent Interventions II
	Neighborhood and Community Initiatives: Phil Oreopoulos, University of Toronto and NBER
	College Aid and Preparation: Susan Dynarski, Harvard University and NBER
	Vocational Training: Daniel Sullivan, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Robert LaLonde, University of Chicago
12:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 p.m.:	Group Discussion I: Putting the Pieces Together
2:30 p.m.:	Break
2:45 p.m.:	Group Discussion II: More on Putting the Pieces Together
4:00 p.m.	Closing remarks
4:15 p.m.	Adjourn