Rohit and Harvanit Kumar Conference on Early Childhood Development: Parenting – Measurement, Impact, and Behavior Change | Becker Friedman Institute

ORGANIZERS

James Heckman, University of Chicago

Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago

The fourth Rohit and Harvanit Kumar Conference on Early Childhood Development brought together an interdisciplinary group of scholars that represent various areas of expertise and whose work included robust methodologies for measuring parental influence on child development. Conference speakers presented new theoretical arguments as well as new empirical findings on interventions aimed at supporting parents. This conference is supported by a gift from Rohit and Harvanit Kumar to the Becker Friedman Institute (BFI) at the University of Chicago.

This conference was invitation-only. If you have any questions, please reach out to bfi-events@uchicago.edu.

LOCATION

David Rubenstein Forum, Peter May Boardroom
1201 E 60th Street, Chicago, IL

PHOTOS

Thursday, November 16, 2023

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Lunch and Registration – 1^st Floor Dining Room

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Reducing Bullying: Evidence from a Parental Involvement Program on Empathy Education

Flavio Cunha, Rice University

1:00 – 1:15 p.m. | Break – Snacks Served

1:15 – 2:15 p.m. | Parenting Promotes Social Mobility Within and Across Generations

Jorge Luis Garcia, Clemson University

2:15 – 3:15 p.m. | Allowing Children to Choose: Parenting Style Across Children’s Age and Socioeconomic Background

Kjell Salvanes, Norwegian School of Economics

3:15 – 3:30 p.m. | Break – Snacks Served

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. | Family Stress and the Intergenerational Correlation in Self-Control

Deborah Cobb-Clark, University of Sydney

4:30 – 5:00 p.m. | Mini Talks – 15 minutes each

Overcoming the Streetlight Problem in Early Childhood Education Evaluation: A Focus on Curiosity and Creativity

Terri Sabol, Northwestern University

Dana Charles McCoy, Harvard University

Social Robots Enter the Home: Opportunities and Challenges for Children and Parents

Sarah Sebo, University of Chicago

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. | Reception and Poster Session – City View Pre-function, 10^th Floor

6:00 p.m. | Conference Dinner – City View Room, 10^th Floor

Friday, November 17, 2023

9:00– 9:30 a.m. | Breakfast – 8^th Floor Lounge

9:30 – 10:00 a.m. | Opening Remarks

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University

10:00 – 11:00 a.m. | The Effects of a Parent Investment Intervention on Children’s Learning: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Mari Rege, University of Stavanger Business School

11:00 – 11:15 a.m. | Break – Snacks Served

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | It Takes a Village: The Economics of Parenting with Neighborhood and Peer Effects

Matthias Doepke, London School of Economics

12:15 – 1:15 p.m. | A Structural Meta-analysis of Welfare Reform Experiments and Their Impacts on Children

Joe Mullins, University of Minnesota

1:15 – 2:30 p.m. | Lunch – First Floor Dining Room

2:30 – 3:30 p.m. | The (Lack of) Anticipatory Effects of the Social Safety Net on Parents’ Human Capital Investments

Rebecca Dizon-Ross, University of Chicago

3:30 – 3:45 p.m. | Break – Snacks Served

3:45 – 4:15 p.m. | Mini Talks – 15 minutes each

Tailoring Deadlines to Improve Childhood Immunization Timeliness

Christina Brown, University of Chicago

Unpacking the Black Box: Understanding Investments

Alison Baulos, University of Chicago

4:15 – 5:15 p.m. | Accelerating Scalable Interventions at the Intersection of Parenting and the ECD Workforce: FIND Video Coaching Case Example

Philip Fisher, Stanford University

5:15 p.m. | Conference Adjourns