An Economics Perspective on the Problems of Disadvantaged Youth

Pre-Conference Meeting

September 14-15, 2006

National Bureau of Economic Research

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

Program

Thursday, September 14
12:30 p.m.	Sandwiches
1:00 p.m.	David Figlio (University of Florida)
	Would Universal Pre-Kindergarten Help Disadvantaged Youth?
2:00 p.m..	Julie Berry Cullen (University of California at San Diego)
	Brian Jacob (Harvard University)
	Is Gaining Access to Selective Elementary Schools Gaining Ground?
3:00 p.m.	Break
3:15 p.m.	Philip Oreopolous (University of Toronto)
	Should We Raise the Minimum School Leaving Age to Help Disadvantaged Youth?
4:15 p.m.	Janet Currie (Columbia University)
	Mark Stabile (University of Toronto)
	Double Jeopardy: The Consequences of Mental Health Disorders for Educational Attainment among Low-SES Children
5:15 p.m.	Adjourn
6:30 p.m.	Dinner
Friday, September 15
8:15 a.m.	Shuttle Van departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Ave.
8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	Patricia Anderson (Dartmouth College)
	Kristin Butcher (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
	Diane Schanzenbach (University of Chicago)
	Childhood Disadvantage and Obesity: Is Nurture Trumping Nature?
9:30 a.m.	Melissa Kearney (Brookings Institution)
	Philip Levine (Wellesley College)
	Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Early Childbearing
10:30 a.m.	Break
10 :45 a.m	Marianne Page (UC Davis)
	Ann Huff Stevens (UC Davis)
	Parental Income Shocks and Outcomes of Disadvantaged Youth in the United States
11:45 a.m.	Rajeev Dehija(Columbia University)
	Thomas DeLeire (Michigan State University)
	Erzo Luttmer (Harvard University)
	The Role of Religious and Other Non-Profit Organizations in the Lives of Disadvantaged Youths
12:45 p.m.	Lunch
1:45 p.m.	Anna Aizer (Brown University)
	The Effects of Family and Neighborhood Violence on Urban Youth
2:45 p.m.	David Lee (UC Berkeley)
	Justin McCrary (University of Michigan)
	The Long Term Consequences of Criminal Sanctions on Youth Health and Welfare
3:45 p.m.	Adjourn