The Economics of Caregiving.

• Position: Conferences

An NBER conference on the Economics of Caregiving took place online on June 4. Research Associates Claudia Goldin of Harvard University, Claudia Olivetti of Dartmouth College, Rohini Pande of Yale University, and Alessandra Voena of Stanford University organized the meeting, which was supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Rebecca Thornton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Scott Cunningham, Baylor University; and Gregory DeAngelo, Yunie Le, and Anuar Assamidanov, Claremont Graduate University, "COVID-19, Shelter-in-Place, and Domestic Violence"

* Heidi Stockl, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Gerry H. Mshana, National Institute for Medical Research, "The Effect of COVID-19 on Women, Livelihood and Violence in Mwanza, Tanzania"

* Sonia R. Bhalotra, University of Warwick; Emilia Brito Rebolledo, Brown University; Pilar Larroulet, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; and Damian Clarke and Francisco Pino, University of Chile, "Dynamic Impacts of Lockdown Mandates on Domestic Violence--Evidence from Multiple Policy Shifts in Chile"

* Maria Jose Prados, University of Southern California, and Gema Zamarro, University of Arkansas, "School Reopenings, Childcare Arrangements, and Labor Outcomes during COVID-19"

* Orazio Attanasio, Yale University and NBER; Ricardo Paes de Barros, Insper; Pedro Carneiro, University College London; David K. Evans, Center for Global Development; Lycia Lima, Fundacao Getulio Vargas; Pedro Olinto, World Bank; and Norbert Schady, Inter-American Development Bank, "Public Childcare, Child Development, and Labor Market Outcomes"

* Kuan-Ming Chen, University of Chicago, "Understanding Adult Children's Labor Supply Responses to Parents' Long-Term Care Needs"

* Pierre Pora, Drees-CREST-EconomiX, "Keep Working and Spend Less? Collective Childcare and Parental Earnings in France"

* Karen Shen, Harvard University, "Who Benefits from Public Financing of Home Care for Low-Income Seniors?"

* Kjetil Bjorvatn, Norwegian School of Economics; Denise Ferris, BRAC; Selim Gulesci, Trinity College Dublin; Arne Nasgowitz and Vincent Somville, Norges Handelshoyskole; and Lore Vandewalle, Graduate Institute, Geneva, "Childcare and...