Thursday, April 20
10:00 am

The Impact of Free Secondary Education: Experimental Evidence from Ghana

Esther Duflo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Pascaline Dupas, Princeton University and NBER
Michael Kremer, University of Chicago and NBER
11:00 am
Break
11:15 am

The Misallocation of Pay and Productivity in the Public Sector: Evidence from the Labor Market for Teachers

Natalie Bau, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Jishnu Das, Georgetown University and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm

Scientific Education and Innovation: From Technical Diplomas to University STEM Degrees

Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER
Michela Giorcelli, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
2:15 pm

Unions, Salaries, and The Market for Teachers: Evidence from Wisconsin

Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Teacher Effects on Complex Cognitive Skills and Social-Emotional Competencies

Matthew A. Kraft, Brown University and NBER
4:30 pm

Long-Term Orientation and Educational Performance

David N. Figlio, University of Rochester and NBER
Paola Giuliano, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Umut Özek, RAND Corporation
Paola Sapienza, Stanford University and NBER
5:30 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Group Dinner - Vivere Restaurant, 71 W. Monroe St.
Friday, April 21
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

Cultural Assimilation, Peer Effects and the Evolution of the Gender Gap in Risk Preferences

Elaine M. Liu, University of Houston and NBER
Xuejing Zuo, Fudan University
9:30 am

Fertility Is a Leading Economic Indicator

Daniel M. Hungerman, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Steven Lugauer, University of Kentucky
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

Reducing Inequality Through Dynamic Complementarity: Evidence from Head Start and Public School Spending

Rucker Johnson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
C. Kirabo Jackson, Northwestern University and NBER
11:45 am
Lunch
Lunch Speaker - Gregory Miller, Northwestern University
Moving Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Long-Run Health Effects of Childhood Disadvantage
1:30 pm

School Lunch Quality and Academic Performance

Michael L. Anderson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Justin Gallagher, Montana State University
Elizabeth Ramirez Ritchie, University of California, Berkeley
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Perinatal Health among 1 Million American-Born Chinese

Douglas Almond, Columbia University and NBER
Yi Cheng, Columbia University
3:45 pm
Adjourn