Means-tested transfer programs.

• Position: Conferences

The NBER held a conference on "Means-Tested Transfer Programs" in Cambridge on December 5-6, 2014. NBER Research Associate Robert Moffitt of Johns Hopkins University organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* James Ziliak, University of Kentucky, "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families"

* Austin Nichols, the Urban Institute, and Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley and NBER, "The Earned Income Tax Credit"

* Robert Collinson and Ingrid Gould Ellen, New York University, and Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago and NBER, "Low Income Housing Policy"

* Thomas Buchmueller, University of Michigan and NBER; John Ham, University of Maryland; and Lara ShoreSheppard, Williams College and NBER, "Medicaid"

* Hilary Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley and NBER, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Northwestern University and NBER, "U.S. Food and Nutrition Programs"

* James Heckman, University of Chicago and NBER, and Sneha Elango, Jorge Luis Garda, and Andres Hojman...