Economics of Education Program Meeting
Organized by Caroline M. Hoxby
November 30 - December 1, 2023
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Riverfront Room, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and Zoom
Thursday, November 30
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

College Counseling in the Classroom: Randomized Evaluation of a Teacher-Based Approach to College Advising

Joshua M. Hyman, Amherst College and NBER
9:50 am

Busing to Opportunity? The Impacts of the METCO Voluntary School Desegregation Program on Urban Students of Color

Elizabeth Setren, Tufts University and NBER
10:40 am
Break
10:55 am

Gains from Reassignment: Evidence from a Two-Sided Teacher Market

Mariana Laverde, Boston College
elton Mykerezi, University of Minnesota
Aaron Sojourner, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Aradhya Sood, University of Toronto
11:45 am
Lunch - Longfellow Room
12:45 pm

Integrating Minorities in the Classroom: The Role of Students, Parents and Teachers

Alexandra de Gendre, The University of Melbourne
Krzysztof Karbownik, Emory University and NBER
Nicolás Salamanca, University of Melbourne
Yves Zenou, Monash University
1:35 pm

Schedule-Driven Productivity: Evidence from Non-traditional School Calendars

Nolan G. Pope, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Taylor Jordan Landon, University of Maryland, College Park
2:25 pm
Break
2:40 pm

In-Person Learning During the Pandemic: Student Take-up, Student Outcomes and Aggregate School Effects of Remote and Hybrid Education

Stephen Ross, University of Connecticut and NBER
Shangyue Jiang, University of Connecticut
Micheal Young, University of Connecticut
Joanna Meyer, Yale University
Micheal Strambler, Yale University School of Medicine
3:30 pm

Large Impacts of Grade Retention in New York City (slides)

Douglas Almond, Columbia University and NBER
Ajin Lee, University of California, Riverside
Amy Ellen Schwartz, New York University
4:20 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Group Dinner - Royal Sonesta Hotel, Room Skyline ABCD
Friday, December 1
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Assessing the Costs of Balancing College and Work Activities: The Gig Economy Meets Online Education

Esteban M. Aucejo, Arizona State University and NBER
Addison S. Perry, University of Alaska Anchorage
Basit Zafar, University of Michigan and NBER
9:50 am

Redesigning Federal Student Aid in Sub-baccalaureate Higher Education

Luis Armona, Harvard University
Shengmao Cao, Northwestern University
10:40 am
Break
10:55 am

Navigating Higher Education Insurance: An Experimental Study on Demand and Adverse Selection

Sidhya Balakrishnan, Jain Family Institute
Eric Bettinger, Stanford University and NBER
Michael S. Kofoed, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT)
Dubravka Ritter, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Douglas A. Webber, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Ege Asku, Jain Family Institute
Jonathan S. Hartley, Stanford University
11:45 am
Lunch
12:45 pm

Preferences, Inequities, and Incentives in the Substitute Teacher Labor Market

Matthew A. Kraft, Brown University and NBER
Megan Lane Conklin, Hope Chicago
Grace T. Falken, University of Washington
1:35 pm

Jobseekers’ Beliefs about Comparative Advantage and (Mis)Directed Search

Andrea Kiss, Carnegie Mellon University
Rob Garlick, Duke University
Kate Orkin, University of Oxford
Lukas Hensel, Peking University
2:25 pm
Break
2:40 pm

Do Schools Matter? Measuring the Impact of California High Schools on Test Scores and Postsecondary Enrollment

Scott E. Carrell, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Michal Kurlaender, University of California, Davis
Paco Martorell, University of California, Davis
Matthew S. Naven, Government Accountability Office
Christina Sun, University of California, Davis
3:30 pm
Adjourn