Children.

PositionProgram and Working Group Meetings

The NBER's Program on Children met in Cambridge on May 1. Program Director Janet Currie of Princeton University organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, and Lawrence Katz, Harvard University and NBER, "The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment" (NBER Working Paper No. 21156)

* Seeina Jayachandran, Northwestern University and NBER, and Rohini Pande, Harvard University and NBER, "Why Are Indian Children So Short?" (NBER Working Paper No. 21036)

* Randall Akee, University of California, Los Angeles, and Emilia Sitneonova, Johns Hopkins University and NBER, "How Does Household Income Affect Child Personality Traits and Behaviors?"

* Krzysztof...

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