Economics of Education Program Meeting
Organized by Caroline M. Hoxby
November 10-11, 2016
SIEPER at Stanford University
Thursday, November 10
10:00 am

Financial Aid, Debt Management, and Socioeconomic Outcomes: Post-College Effects of Merit-Based Aid

Judith Scott-Clayton, Columbia University and NBER
Basit Zafar, University of Michigan and NBER
10:50 am

A Unifying Framework for Education Policy Analysis

Hugh Macartney, Duke University
Robert McMillan, University of Toronto and NBER
Uros Petronijevic, York University
12:50 pm

Premium or Penalty? Labor Market Returns to Novice Public Sector Teachers

Juan Saavedra, Harvard University and NBER
Dario Maldonado, Universidad de los Andes
Lucrecia Santibanez, Claremont Graduate University
Luis Omar Herrera Prada, International Monetary Fund
1:50 pm

Parental Valuation of School Choice: Evidence from Geographic Boundaries

Michael D. Bates, University of California, Riverside
Quentin O. Brummet, NORC at the University of Chicago
2:55 pm

The Effect of Vietnam-Era Conscription and Genetic Potential for Educational Attainment on Schooling Outcomes

Lauren L. Schmitz, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Dalton Conley, Princeton University and NBER
3:55 pm

Equilibrium Grade Inflation with Implications for Female Interest in STEM Majors

Thomas Ahn, Naval Postgraduate School
Peter Arcidiacono, Duke University and NBER
Amy Hopson, Duke University
James R. Thomas, Federal Trade Commission
Friday, November 11
8:30 am

Thrivers and Divers: Using Non-Academic Measures to Predict College Success and Failure

Graham Beattie, Loyola Marymount University
Jean-William P. Laliberté, University of Calgary
Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto and NBER
9:15 am

The Effects of Nationwide Tuition Fee Elimination on Education Outcomes

Rob Garlick, Duke University
11:00 am

Student Loan Nudges: Experimental Evidence on Borrowing and Educational Attainment

Ben M. Marx, Georgia State University
Lesley J. Turner, University of Chicago and NBER
12:00 n

The Gap within the Gap: Using Longitudinal Data to Understand Income Differences in Student Achievement

Katherine Michelmore, University of Michigan and NBER
Susan Dynarski, Harvard University and NBER