The Effect of Parental Workforce Participation on Children

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1 Workshop Program The Effect of Parental Workforce Participation on Children June 17th and 18 th, 2008 University of Stavanger, Norway Arne Rettedalshus Room G101

2 June 17 th Each presentation will last 40 minutes. Following each presentation, there will be 15 minutes for discussion. 8:30 Coffee, fruit and cold drinks available 8:40 Welcome, Mari Rege, University of Stavanger Chair: Eric Bettinger, Case Western Reserve University, USA 8: 45 9:40 Parental Leave Policies and Parents Employment and Leave-Taking (with Wen-Jui Han and Jane Waldfogel) Christopher J. Ruhm, University of North Carolina, USA 9:40-10:35 A flying start or no effect? Maternity leave and children's long-term outcomes. Katrine Løken, University of Bergen, Norway 10:35-11:00 Coffee Break with fruit and cold drinks 11:00-11:55 Evidence from maternity leave expansions of the impact of maternal care on early child development (with Kevin Milligan) Michael Baker, University of Toronto, Canada 12:00-13:20 Lunch Chair: Duncan, Greg J., Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, USA 13:20-14:15 Why children of college graduates outperform their schoolmates: A study of cousins and adoptees (with Oddbjørn Raaum and Kjell Salvanes) Torbjørn Hægeland, Statistics Norway, Norway 14:15-15:10 Parental Job Loss and Children s College Attendance in Black and White Middle Class Families Ariel Kalil, The Harris School, University of Chicago, USA 15:10-15:35 Coffee Break with biscuits, fruit and cold drinks 15:35-16:30 Parental Job Loss and Children s School Performance (with Kjetil Telle and Mark Votruba) Mari Rege, University of Stavanger, Norway 19:30 Workshop dinner at Bølgen og Moi (see map)

3 June 18 th Each presentation will last 40 minutes. Following each presentation, there will be 15 minutes for discussion. 8:30 Coffee, fruit and cold drinks available Chair: Ariel Kalil, The Harris School, University of Chicago, USA 8: 45 9:40 Parental Pathways to Self-Sufficiency and the Well-Being of Younger Children (with Lisa Gennetian and Pamela Morris) Greg J. Duncan, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, USA 9:40-10:35 Fine Lines at the Bottom: The Real Poor, The Near Poor and the Poorest of the Poor. The presentation will be a fusion of three books Newman has written on the working poor and the near poor Katherine S. Newman, Princeton University, USA 10:35-11:00: Coffee Break with fruit and cold drinks 11:00-11:55 Welfare Reform in the U.S.: Implications for the Long-Term Development of Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, USA 12:00-13:20: Lunch Chair: Votruba, Mark, Case Western Reserve University 13:20-14:15 Liana C. Sayer, Ohio State University, USA 14:15-15:10 Sources of Measurement Errors in Earnings Data: New Estimates of Intergenerational Elasticities (with Kjell Vaage, Arild Aakvik, and Karl Jacobsen) Øivind Nilsen, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Norway. 15:10-15:35 Coffee Break with biscuits, fruit and cold drinks 15:35-16:30 Parental Employment and Children's Obesity: What Do We Know and What Don't We Know? Patricia M. Anderson, Dartmouth College, USA 19:30 Workshop dinner at Tango bar og kjøkken (see map)

4 General Information Academic Program The first presentation will start at 8:45 am Tuesday June 17 th, and the last presentation will end at 4:30 pm Wednesday June 18 th. See workshop program for details. Each presentation will last 40 minutes. Following each presentation, there will be 15 minutes for discussion. The academic program will take place at the University of Stavanger, Arne Rettedals hus in room G101. Hotel Accommodation All participants will stay at Skagen Brygge Hotel, which is centrally located in Stavanger and only about 15 minutes taxi ride from the University of Stavanger Campus. Please see enclosed map. When you arrive at the airport, the easiest thing is to take a taxi directly to the hotel (about 20 minutes). Hotel address: Skagenkaien Hotel phone number: Transportation Two reserved Maxi Taxis will pick you up every morning at 8:15 a.m. outside the Skagen Brygge Hotel. The Maxi Taxis will bring the workshop participants to Campus. The two MaxiTaxis will also return you to the Hotel after the workshop at 4.45 p.m. both days. We are looking forward to see you, and welcome you to the workshop. If you have any questions, don t hesitate to call Kirsti M. Lærdal

5 Hiking trip to the Pulpit Rock, June 16th We are very happy that so many of you are interested in the hiking trip. The program for the day is as follows: Please meet me outside Skagen Brygge Hotel. We will make a short walk to the Ferry, which will bring us to Tau in 40 minutes Our bus will bring us to the Pulpit Rock Mountain Lodge, approximately 30 minutes drive, where we will start our hike to the magnificent Pulpit Rock 600m above sea level. The view is splendid. During the hike we will enjoy a brown bag lunch provided by us. Please bring your own water. 15:45 Dinner at the Pulpit Rock Mountain Lodge. 17:15 Leaving the Mountain Lodge and the bus will bring us to the ferry. 17:55 The ferry leaves from Tau, returning to Stavanger You must bring outfit for slightly changing weather conditions, god shoes, a hat (if very sunny), and your own bottle of water. We shall provide you with a brown bag lunch, to enjoy in the nature, before we walk back to the lodge for a hot meal. Best regards Kirsti

6 Workshop Dinners, June 17 th and 18 th Our evening dinner the 17 th of June will be held at Bølgen og Moi. Bølgen & Moi Stavanger Norsk Oljemuseum Kjerringholmen Tlf: Our evening dinner the 18th of June will be held at Tango bar & kjøkken. You can see it from your hotel, across the harbour on Strandkaien. Tango bar & kjøkken Nedre Strandgate 25 Tlf: Skagen Brygge Hotel, where you all stay, has a restaurant and bar area called Stim. Welcome to the Evening Dinners 17 th and 18 th of June.