Program on Children and Families

To reflect the importance of research on economic issues confronting families for understanding the well-being of children, as well as the influence of children's circumstances on other family members, economically and in other dimensions, the NBER’s Program on Children will henceforth be known as the Program on Children and Families. This change captures the breadth of research that is discussed at most program meetings and is also a return to the program's roots. In October 1993, Alan Krueger of Princeton University organized an NBER meeting on “The Economics of Families and Children.” That meeting served as the catalyst for the program launch three years later.