Education Program and Childrens Program Meetings
Organized by Janet Currie and Caroline M. Hoxby
April 30 - May 1, 2015
NBER, 1050 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA

Thursday, April 30

1

Performance Standards in Need-Based Student Aid

Judith Scott-Clayton, Columbia University and NBER
Lauren Schudde, Teachers College, Columbia Univ.

2

The Long-Run Impacts of Tracking High-Achieving Students: Evidence from Boston’s Advanced Work Class

Sarah R. Cohodes, University of Michigan and NBER

3

Incentive Design in Education: An Empirical Analysis

Hugh Macartney, Duke University
Robert McMillan, University of Toronto and NBER
Uros Petronijevic, York University

4

The General Equilibrium Effects of Educational Expansion

Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER

5

Online Course-taking and Student Outcomes in California Community Colleges

Cassandra Hart, University of California, Davis
Elizabeth Friedmann, UC, Davis
Michael Hill, University of California, Davis

6

Weak Markets, Strong Teachers: Recession at Career Start and Teacher Effectiveness

Markus Nagler, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Marc Piopiunik, IFO
Martin West, Harvard University and NBER