NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.



Well-Being of Children and Public Economics Program Meeting

Jonathan Gruber and James Poterba, Organizers



April 5, 2001



NBER Offices

3rd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts



PROGRAM

THURSDAY, APRIL 5:



8:15 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.



8:30 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.



8:30 AM Continental Breakfast



9:00 AM BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER

The Nature and Nurture of Economic Outcome

10:00 AM DAVID FIGLO, University of Florida and NBER

(Joint with Maurice Lucas)

Do High Grading Standards Affects Student Performance?



11:00 AM Break



11:30 AM PAUL GERTLER, UC, Berkeley and NBER

(Joint with Simone Boyce)

An Experiment in Incentive-Based Welfare:

The Impact of PROGRESA on Health in Mexico



12:30 PM Lunch



1:45 PM ESTHER DUFLO, MIT and NBER

Can Mandated Representation of Women Affect Policy Decisions:

Evidence From a Nationwide Randomized Experiment in India



2:45 PM CHRISTOPHER TABER, Northwestern University and NBER

(Joint with Joseph Altonji)

Selection on Observed and Unobserved Variables:

Assessing the Effectiveness of Catholic Schools



3:45 PM Break

Over, Please!



Well-Being of Children and Public Economics Program, Page 2:



4:15 PM ANNE CASE, Princeton University and NBER

(Joint with Darren Lubotsky and Christina Paxson)

Economic Status and Health in Childhood:

The Origins of the Gradient



5:15 PM Adjourn



5:30 PM Shuttle Van Departs 1050 Mass. Avenue for Royal Sonesta Hotel.



5:45 PM Shuttle Van Departs 1050 Mass. Avenue for Royal Sonesta Hotel.



6:00 PM Dinner

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, MA 02139



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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.



Public Economics Program Meeting

James M. Poterba, Organizer



April 6, 2001

NBER Offices

3rd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts



PROGRAM



FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2001



8:00 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue



8:15 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue



8:15 AM Continental Breakfast



8:45 AM LEORA FRIEDBERG, University of Virginia and NBER

(Joint with Anthony Webb)

The Impact of 401(k) Plans on Retirement



Discussant: ANDREW SAMWICK, Dartmouth and NBER



10:00 AM DOUGLAS SHACKLEFORD, University of North Carolina and NBER

(Joint with Mark Lang and Edward Maydew)

Bringing Down the Other Berlin Wall: Germany's Repeal of the

Corporate Capital Gains Tax



Discussant: WILLIAM GENTRY, Columbia University and NBER



11:15 AM Break



11:45 AM DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN, Syracuse University and NBER

(Joint with Donald Marples)

Distortion Costs of Taxing Wealth Accumulation:

Income versus Estate Taxes



Discussant: WILLIAM GALE, Brookings Institution



1:00 PM Lunch



1:45 PM ANTONIO RANGEL, Stanford University and NBER

(Joint with B. Douglas Bernheim)

A Theory of Legislative Policy-Making: Part 1, Basic Institutions



Discussant: STEPHEN COATE, Cornell University and NBER



3:00 PM Adjourn

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