Thursday, November 1
9:30 am
Continental Breakfast - Riverfront Room
10:00 am

STEM Careers and Technological Change

David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER
Kadeem L. Noray, Harvard University
10:50 am
Break
11:10 am

Teacher Utility, Separating Equilibria, and Optimal Compensation: Evidence from a Discrete-Choice Experiment

Andrew C. Johnston, University of California, Merced and NBER
12:00 pm

Getting Signal from Interval Data: Theory and Applications to Mortality and Intergenerational Mobility

Sam E. Asher, Imperial College London
Paul Novosad, Dartmouth College
Charlie Rafkin, University of California, Berkeley
12:50 pm
Lunch - Parkview Room
2:00 pm

Pricing Private Education in Urban India: Demand, Use and Impact

James Berry, University of Georgia
Priya Mukherjee, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2:50 pm
Break
3:10 pm

For-Profi t Higher Education Responsiveness to Price Shocks: An Investigation of Changes in Post 9-11 GI Bill Allowed Maximum Tuitions (slides)

Matthew D. Baird, RAND Corporation
Mike Kofoed, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Trey Miller, American Institutes for Research
Jennie Wenger, RAND Corporation
4:50 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Group Dinner - Royal Sonesta Hotel, Longfellow Room
Friday, November 2
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast - Riverfront Room
8:30 am

Long-run Effects from Comprehensive Student Support: Evidence from Pathways to Education

Adam Lavecchia, McMaster University
Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto and NBER
Robert S. Brown, Toronto District School Board
9:20 am

When “Low Touch” is Not Enough: Evidence from a Random Assignment College Access Field Experiment

Meredith Phillips, University of California at Los Angeles
Sarah J. Reber, The Brookings Institution
10:10 am
Break
10:25 am

Test Items, Outcomes, and Achievement Gaps

Eric Nielsen, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
11:15 am

Long-Term Impacts of Alternative Approaches to Increase Schooling: Experimental Evidence from a Scholarship Program in Cambodia

Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Vanderbilt University
Andreas de Barros, MIT
Deon Filmer, The World Bank
12:05 pm
Lunch - Parkview Room
1:05 pm

Enrollment Manipulation, Class Size Caps and Educational Segregation

Michael Gilraine, Simon Fraser University and NBER
Robert McMillan, University of Toronto and NBER
1:55 pm

Closing the Gap: The Effect of a Targeted, Tuition-Free Promise on College Choices of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students

Susan Dynarski, Harvard University and NBER
Carmello Libassi, College Board
Katherine Michelmore, University of Michigan and NBER
Stephanie Owen, Colby College
2:45 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 17
1:30 pm

Stem Careers and the Changing Skill Requirements of Work

David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER
Kadeem L. Noray, Harvard University

Discussant:
Bruce A. Weinberg, The Ohio State University and NBER