Children's program meeting.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings - Conference notes - Brief article

The NBER's Program on Children, directed by Janet Currie of University of California, Los Angeles, met in Cambridge on May 10, 2012. The following papers were discussed:

* Elizabeth Ananat, Duke University and NBER, and Anna Gassman-Pines, Dania V. Francis, and Christina M. Gibson-Davis, Duke University, "Children Left Behind: The Effects of Statewide Job Loss on Student Achievement"(NBER Working Paper No. 17104)

* Maya Rossin-Slater, Columbia University, "Engaging Absent Fathers: Lessons from Paternity Establishment Programs"

* Jorge Aguero and Deolalikar Anil, University of California, Riverside, "Late Bloomers? Identifying Critical Periods in Human Capital Accumulation--Evidence from the Rwanda Genocide"

* Achyuta Adhvaryu and Anant Nyshadham, Yale University, "Endowments...