Political Economy.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings

The NBER's Program on Political Economy met in Cambridge on November 4. Director Alberto F. Alesina of Harvard University organized the meeting. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Jonathan Schulz, Yale University, "The Church's Ban on Consanguineous Marriages, Extended Kin-Groups, and Democracy"

* David N. Figlio, Northwestern University and NBER; Paola Giuliano, University of California, Los Angeles, and NBER; Umut Ozek, American Institutes for Research; and Paola Sapienza, Northwestern University and NBER, "Long-Term Orientation and Educational Performance" (NBER Working Paper No. 22541)

* Claudia Olivetti, Boston College and NBER; M. Daniele Paserman, Boston University and NBER; and Laura Salisbury, York University and NBER, "Three-Generation Mobility in the United States, 1850-1940: The Role of Maternal and Paternal Grandparents" (NBER Working Paper No. 22094)

* Edward L. Glaeser and...