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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
Childrens Program and Education Program Meetings
Janet Currie and Caroline M. Hoxby, Organizers
May 9-10, 2013
Education Program Meeting NBER Feldstein Conference Room – 2^nd Floor 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts Childrens Program Meeting Royal Sonesta Hotel Riverfront Room 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd. Cambridge, Massachusetts
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, MAY 9
	EDUCATION PROGRAM MEETING - NBER
8:15 am	Shuttle vans (2) depart from the hotel for the NBER
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Katja Kaufmann, Bocconi University Matthias Messner, Bocconi University, IGIER Alex Solis, Uppsala University Returns to Elite Higher Education in the Marriage Market: Evidence from Chile
9:45 am 10:30 am	Justine S. Hastings, Brown University and NBER Christopher A. Neilson, Yale University Seth D. Zimmerman, Yale University Returns to Postsecondary Education in Chile: Fields, Selectivity, Students and Luck Break
10:45 am	Peter S. Bergman, University of California at Los Angeles Parent-Child Information Frictions and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from a Field Experiment
11:30 am	Peter Hinrichs, Georgetown University What Kind of Teachers Are Schools Looking For? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
12:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Maria D. Fitzpatrick, Cornell University and NBER Damon Jones, University of Chicago and NBER Higher Education, Merit-Based Scholarships and Post-Baccalaureate Migration
2:30 pm	Peter Arcidiacono, Duke University and NBER Esteban M. Aucejo, London School of Economics V. Joseph Hotz, Duke University and NBER University Differences in the Graduation of Minorities in STEM Fields: Evidence from California
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	Jason Fletcher, Yale University and NBER Stephen Ross, University of Connecticut Yuxiu Zhang, Yale University The Determinants and Consequences of Friendship Composition
4:45 pm	Adjourn
4:45 pm 5:15 pm	Shuttle vans (2) depart from the NBER for the hotel Shuttle van (1) departs from the NBER for the hotel
5:30 pm	Group Dinner at Bambara Restaurant, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
FRIDAY, MAY 10
	CHILDRENS PROGRAM MEETING – Royal Sonesta Hotel, Riverfront Room
7:45 am	Continental Breakfast
8:15 am	Jason M. Lindo, University of Oregon and NBER Jessamyn Schaller, University of Arizona Benjamin Hansen, University of Oregon Economic Conditions and Child Abuse
9:15 am 10:15 am	David N. Figlio, Northwestern University and NBER Jonathan Guryan, Northwestern University and NBER Krzysztof Karbownik, Uppsala University Jeffrey Roth, University of Florida The Effects of Poor Neonatal Health on Children's Cognitive Development Break
10:35 am	Rukmini Banerji James Berry, Cornell University Marc Shotland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Impact of Mother Literacy and Participation Programs on Child Learning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India
11:35 am	Jorge Aguero, University of California at Riverside Mindy Marks, University of California at Riverside The Wage Penalty for Motherhood in Developing Countries
12:35 pm	Lunch in Charles Room Adjourn
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