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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

 

 

 

Education Program Meeting

 

 

 

November 15 and 16, 2012

 

 

 

Caroline Hoxby, Organizer

 

 

 

Hamilton Crowne Plaza

Hamilton Ballroom

 

14th & K Streets, NW

 

Washington, DC

 

 

PROGRAM

 

 

Thursday, November 15:

 

 

10:00 am

Guido Schwerdt, Ifo Institute for Economic Research

Martin West, Harvard University

The Effects of Test-based Retention on Student Outcomes over Time: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida

 

 

 

11:00 am

Break

 

11:15 am

Benjamin Castleman, Harvard University

Bridget Long, Harvard University and NBER

Looking Beyond Enrollment: The Causal Effect of Need-Based Grants on College Access, Persistence, and Graduation

 

 

 

12:15 pm

 

Lunch

 

1:15 pm

Lindsay Daugherty, RAND Corporation

Isaac McFarlin, University of Michigan

Francisco Martorel, RAND Corporation

Percent Plans, Automatic Admissions and College Enrollment Outcomes

 

 

2:15 pm

Joshua Goodman, Harvard University

Sarah Cohodes, Harvard University

First Degree Earns: The Impact of College Quality on College Graduation Rates

 

 

3:15 pm

Break

 

3:30 pm

Maria Fitzpatrick, Cornell University

Michael Lovenheim, Cornell University     

Early Retirement Incentives and Student Achievement

 

 

4:30 pm

Caroline Hoxby, Stanford University and NBER 

Sarah Turner, University of Virginia and NBER

Expanding College Opportunities for Low-Income, High-Achieving Students

 

 

5:30 pm

Adjourn

 

6:30 pm

Reception and Group Dinner - Hamilton Crowne Plaza – Hamilton Ballroom

 

Friday, November 16:

 

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

9:00 am

Joshua Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Parag Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Christopher Walters, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and

 

Explaining Charter School Effectiveness

 

10:00 am

Peter Arcidiacono, Duke University and NBER

Cory Koedel, University of Missouri

Race and College Success: Evidence From Missouri

 

 

11:00 am

 

Break

 

11:15 am

Timothy J. Bartik, The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Marta Lachowska, The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

The Short-Term Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on Student Outcomes

 

 

12:15 pm

Lunch

 

1:15 pm

Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame

Ofer Malamud, University of Chicago and NBER

Melinda Morrill, North Carolina State University

Abigail Wozniak, University of Notre Dame and NBER

 

The Effect of College Education on Health

 

2:15 pm

Karthik Muralidharan, University of California at San Diego and NBER

Michael Kremer, Harvard University and NBER

Venkatesh Sundararaman, The World Bank  

 

The Aggregate Effects of School Choice: Evidence from a Two-Stage Experiment

 

 

3:15 pm

Adjourn