Labor Studies Program meeting.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings - Discussion

The NBER's Program on Labor Studies, directed by David Card of the University of California, Berkeley, met in Cambridge on October 28, 2011. These papers were discussed:

* Olivier Deschenes, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER; Michael Greenstone, MIT and NBER; and Joseph Shapiro, MIT, "Defending Against Environmental Insults: Drugs, Emergencies, Deaths, and the NOx Emission Markets"

* Janice Compton, University of Manitoba, and Robert Pollak, Washington University and NBER, "Family Proximity, Childcare, and Women's Labor Force Attachment"

* Joseph G. Altonji, Yale University and NBER, and Richard K. Mansfield, Cornell University, "The Contribution of Family, School and Community Characteristics to Inequality in Education and Labor Market Outcomes"

* Claudia Olivetti, Boston University and NBER, and Barbara Petrongolo, London School of Economics, "Gender Gaps across...