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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

 

Higher Education Working Group Meeting

 

May 1, 2009

 

Charles Clotfelter, Organizer

 

NBER

2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PROGRAM

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 30:

 

 6:00 pm          Group Dinner

                        Dante at the Royal Sonesta Hotel

 

FRIDAY MAY 1:

 

 8:00 am          Shuttle Vans Depart Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER

 

 8:15 am          Continental Breakfast

 

 8:45 am          YONA RUBINSTEIN, Brown University

                        SHEETAL SEKHRI, University of Virginia

                        Do Public Colleges in Developing Countries Provide Better Education than Private Ones?

                        Evidence from General Education Sector in India

 

 9:45 am          JASON LINDO and NICHOLAS SANDERS, UC, Davis

                        PHILIP OREOPOULOS, University of British Columbia and NBER

                        Ability, Gender, and Performance Standards: Evidence from Academic Probation

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10:45 am         Break

 

11:00 am         PHILIPPE AGHION, Harvard University and NBER

                        MATHIAS DEWATRIPONT, Université Libre de Bruxelles

                        CAROLINE HOXBY, Stanford University and NBER

                        ANDREU MAS-COLELL,  Universitat Pompeu Fabra

                        ANDRE SAPIR, Université Libre de Bruxelles

                        The Governance and Performance of Research Universities: Evidence from Europe and the U.S.

 

12:00 pm         SCOTT CARRELL and MARIANNE PAGE, UC, Davis and NBER

                        JAMES WEST, United States Air Force Academy

                        Sex and Science: How Professor Gender Perpetuates the Gender Gap

 

12:50 pm         Lunch

 

 1:30 pm          SHULAMIT KAHN, Boston University

                        MEGAN MACGARVIE, Boston University and NBER

                        How Important is U.S. Location for Research in Science?

                       

 2:30 pm          Break

 

 2:45 pm          KATJA MARIA KAUFMANN, Stanford University

                        Understanding the income Gradient in College Attendance in Mexico:  The Role of Heterogeneity in Expected Returns to College

 

 3:45 pm          Adjourn

 

 

 

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