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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Economics of Education Program Meeting

Caroline M. Hoxby, Organizer

November 10-11, 2016

SIEPR

Stanford University
366 Galvez Street

Stanford, CA

PROGRAM

Thursday, November 10
10:00 am	Judith Scott-Clayton, Columbia University and NBER Basit Zafar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Financial Aid, Debt Management, and Socioeconomic Outcomes: Post-College Effects of Merit-Based Aid
10:50 am	Hugh Macartney, Duke University and NBER Robert McMillan, University of Toronto and NBER Uros Petronijevic, York University A Unifying Framework for Education Policy Analysis
11:50 am	Lunch
12:50 pm	Juan Saavedra, University of Southern California and NBER Dario Maldonado, Universidad de los Andes Lucrecia Santibanez, Claremont Graduate University Luis Omar Herrera Prada, Inter American Development Bank Premium or Penalty? Labor Market Returns to Novice Public Sector Teachers
1:50 pm	Michael D. Bates, University of California, Riverside Quentin O. Brummet, Bureau of the Census Parental Valuation of School Choice: Evidence from Geographic Boundaries
2:40 pm	Break
2:55 pm	Lauren L. Schmitz, University of Michigan Dalton Conley, Princeton University and NBER The Effect of Vietnam-Era Conscription and Genetic Potential for Educational Attainment on Schooling Outcomes
3:55 pm	Thomas Ahn, University of Kentucky Peter Arcidiacono, Duke University and NBER Amy Hopson, Duke University James R. Thomas, Duke University Equilibrium Grade Inflation with Implications for Female Interest in STEM Majors
4:55 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Group Dinner at Indo Restaurant, 3295 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
Friday, November 11
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Graham Beattie, University of Pittsburgh Jean-William P. Laliberte, University of Toronto Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto and NBER Thrivers and Divers: Using Non-Academic Measures to Predict College Success and Failure
9:15 am	Rob Garlick, Duke University The Effects of Nationwide Tuition Fee Elimination on Education Outcomes
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Caroline Hoxby Stanford University and NBER It's not the Major, It's the Selectivity:  Returns to College Majors
11:00 am	Ben M. Marx, University of Illinois Lesley J. Turner, University of Maryland and NBER Student Loan Nudges: Experimental Evidence on Borrowing and Educational Attainment
11:45 pm	Break for Boxed Lunches
12:00 n	Katherine Michelmore, Cornell University Susan Dynarski, University of Michigan and NBER The Gap within the Gap: Using Longitudinal Data to Understand Income Differences in Student Achievement
1:00 pm	Adjourn