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NATIONAL
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Education Program Meeting |
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May 1,
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Caroline
Hoxby, Organizer |
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Childrens Program Meeting |
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May 2,
2008 |
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Jonathan
Gruber, Organizer |
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NBER |
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2nd
Floor Conference Room |
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PROGRAM |
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THURSDAY, MAY 1: |
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EDUCATION PROGRAM MEETING |
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9:15 am |
Shuttle Vans Depart from the Hotel Marlowe for the NBER |
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9:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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10:00
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JOHN
PAPAY, |
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RICHARD
MURNANE, |
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JOHN
WILLET, |
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11:00 am |
Break |
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11:15 am |
ESTHER
DUFLO, MIT and NBER |
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PASCALINE
DUPAS, |
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MICHAEL
KREMER, |
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Peer Effects
and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya |
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12:15
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OFER
MALAMUD, |
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KIKI
POP-ELECHES, |
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1:15 pm |
Lunch |
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2:15 pm |
PARAG
A. PATHAK, |
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TAYFUN
SONMEZ, |
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Leveling the
Playing Field: Sincere and Sophisticated Players in the Boston Mechanism |
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3:15 pm |
Break |
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3:30 pm |
C.
KIRABO |
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A Little Now
for a Lot Later: A Look at a Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program |
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4:30 pm |
ERIC
BETTINGER, |
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Paying to
Learn: The Effect of Financial Incentives on Elementary School Test
Scores |
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5:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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5:30 pm |
Shuttle
Vans Depart from the NBER for the Hotel Marlowe |
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5:45 pm |
Shuttle
Vans Depart from the NBER for the Hotel Marlowe |
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6:30 PM |
Group
Dinner |
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Dante
at the Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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FRIDAY, MAY 2: |
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CHILDRENS PROGRAM MEETING |
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8:00 am |
Shuttle
Vans Depart from the Hotel Marlowe for the NBER |
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8:15 am |
Shuttle
Vans Depart from the Hotel Marlowe for the NBER |
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8:15 am |
Continental
Breakfast |
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8:45 am |
ANNA
AIZER, |
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Love, Hate
and Murder: Commitment Devices in Violent Relationships |
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9:45 am |
CHRISTOPHER
CARPENTER, UC, Irvine and NBER |
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CARLOS
DOBKIN, UC, |
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10:45
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Break |
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11:00
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GIACOMO DE GIORGI, Stanford University |
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12:00 n
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JORGE
AGUERO and MINDY MARKS, UC, |
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Using
Infertility Shocks to Estimate the Effect of Family Size on Child Development |
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1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
ARNAUD
CHEVALIER, Royal Holloway, |
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Anatomy
of a Health Scare: Education, Income and
the MMR Controversy in the UK |
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2:30 pm |
Break |
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2:45 pm |
PETER
NILSSON, |
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Does a
Pint A Day Affect Your Child's Pay? The Effect of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
on Adult Outcomes |
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3:45 pm |
Adjourn |
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4/23/08 |
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