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!

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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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