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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

 

Education Program Meeting

 

April 30, 2009

 

Caroline Hoxby, Organizer

 

Childrens Program Meeting

 

May 1, 2009

 

Jonathan Gruber, Organizer

 

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PROGRAM

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 30:

 

            EDUCATION PROGRAM MEETING

 

 9:15 am          Shuttle Vans Depart from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER

 

 9:30 am          Shuttle Van Departs from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER

 

 9:30 am          Continental Breakfast

 

10:00 am         JONATHAN GRUBER, MIT and NBER

                        SUSAN DYNARSKI, University of Michigan and NBER

                        DANIELLE LI, MIT

                        Cheaper by the Dozen: Using Sibling Discounts at Catholic Schools to Estimate the Price Elasticity of Private School Attendance

 

11:00 am         Break

 

11:15 am         PHILIP BABCOCK and KELLY BEDARD, UC, Santa Barbara

                        Wage Gains from Failure:  New Evidence on School Retention Policies and Long-run Outcomes

 

12:15 pm         Lunch

 

 1:15 pm          ASIM KHWAJA, Harvard University and NBER

                        TAHIR ANDRABI, Pomona College

                        AND JISHNU DAS, The World Bank

                        Report Cards: The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets

 

 2:15 pm          FELIPE BARRERA-OSORIO and DHUSHYANTH RAJU, The World Bank

                        Evaluating a Test-based Public Subsidy Program for Low-cost Private Schools: Regression-discontinuity Evidence from Pakistan

 

 3:15 pm          Break

 

 

 3:30 pm          MARTIN WEST, Brown University

                        LUDGER WÖßMANN, University of Munich

                        Every Catholic Child in a Catholic School: Historical Resistance to State Schooling, Contemporary Private Competition, and Student                               Achievement across Countries

 

 4:30 pm          SCOTT IMBERMAN, University of Houston

                        ADRIANA KUGLER, University of Houston and NBER

                        BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER

                        Katrina's Children: A Natural Experiment in Peer Effects from Hurricane Evacuees

 

 5:30 pm          Adjourn

 

 5:30 pm          Shuttle Vans Depart from the NBER for the Royal Sonesta Hotel

 

 5:45 pm          Shuttle Vans Depart from the NBER for the Royal Sonesta Hotel

 

 6:00 pm          Group Dinner

                        Dante at the Royal Sonesta Hotel

 

FRIDAY, MAY 1:

 

            CHILDRENS PROGRAM MEETING

 

 8:15 am          Shuttle Vans Depart from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER

 

 8:30 am          Continental Breakfast

 

 9:00 am          ANNA AIZER, Brown University and NBER

                        LAURA STROUD, Brown University

                        STEPHEN BUKA, Brown University

                        Maternal Poverty, Stress and Child Well-Being: Evidence from Siblings

 

10:00 am         SEEMA JAYACHANDRAN, Stanford University and NBER

                        ILYANA KUZIEMKO, Princeton University and NBER

                        Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less than Boys?  Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India

 

11:00 am         Break

 

11:30 am         DAVID FRISVOLD, Emory University

                        JULIE LUMENG, University of Michigan

                        Expanding Exposure: Can Increasing the Daily Duration of Head Start Reduce Childhood Obesity?

 

12:30 pm         Lunch

 

 1:30 pm          ANN HUFF STEVENS, UC, Davis and NBER

                        JESSAMNY SCHALLER, UC, Davis

                        Short Run Effects of Parental Job Loss on Children’s Academic Achievement

 

 2:30 pm          Break

 

 2:45 pm          STACEY CHEN, Royal Holloway University of London

                        YIE-CHIEN CHEN, National Taiwan University

                        JIN-TAN LIU, National Taiwan University and NBER

                        Separate Effects of Sibling Gender and Family Size on Education:

                        Methods and First Evidence

 

 3:45 pm          Adjourn

 

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