Education Program Meeting
Organized by Caroline M. Hoxby
April 11-12, 2019
Stauffer Auditorium, Hoover Institution, 434 Galvez Mall, Stanford University
Thursday, April 11
11:50 am
Sandwich Buffet
12:20 pm

What is a Good School, and Can Parents Tell? Evidence on the Multidimensionality of School Output

C. Kirabo Jackson, Northwestern University and NBER
Diether Beuermann, Inter-American Development Bank
Laia Navarro-Sola, Stockholm University
Francisco Pardo, University of Texas at Austin
1:15 pm

Why Have College Completion Rates Increased? (slides)

Jeffrey T. Denning, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Eric R. Eide, Brigham Young University
Merrill Warnick, University of Georgia
2:05 pm

The Value of a Peer - A New Way to Quantify Individual Spillovers

Ulf Zoelitz, University of Zurich
Ingo E. Isphording, IZA - Bonn
2:55 pm
Break
3:10 pm

Hidden Schooling: Repeated Grades and the Returns to Education and Experience

Kendall J. Kennedy, Mississippi State University
4:15 pm

Outsourcing Service Delivery in a Fragile State: Experimental Evidence from Liberia (slides)

Mauricio Romero, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
Justin Sandefur, Center for Global Development
Wayne A. Sandholtz, Nova School of Business and Economics
5:05 pm

Setting a Good Example? Examining Sibling Spillovers in Educational Achievement Using Regression Discontinuity Design.

Krzysztof Karbownik, Emory University and NBER
Umut Özek, RAND Corporation
5:55 pm
Adjourn for the day
6:30 pm
Group Dinner, Il Fornaio, Cowper St., Palo Alto
Friday, April 12
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am

(Not) Playing Favorites: An Experiment on Parental Preferences for Educational Investment

James Berry, University of Georgia
Rebecca Dizon-Ross, University of Chicago and NBER
Maulik Jagnani, Tufts University
9:20 am

Why are Schools Segregated? Evidence from the Secondary-School Match in Amsterdam

Hessel Oosterbeek, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Sandor Sovago, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Bas van der Klaauw, VU University Amsterdam
10:10 am
Break
10:25 am

Do Learning Communities Increase First Year College Retention? Testing the External Validity of Randomized Control Trials (slides)

Tarek Azzam, Claremont Graduate university
Michael D. Bates, University of California, Riverside
David Fairris, University of California, Riverside
11:15 am

Expertise and Independence on Governing Boards: Evidence from School Districts

Ying Shi, Syracuse University
John D. Singleton, University of Rochester and NBER
12:05 pm
Lunch
1:05 pm

Getting Effective Educators in Hard-to-Staff Schools

Andrew Morgan, South Dakota State University
Minh Nguyen, Ball State University
Eric A. Hanushek, Stanford University and NBER
Ben Ost, University of Illinois Chicago
Steven G. Rivkin, University of Illinois Chicago and NBER
1:55 pm

Can Successful Schools Replicate? Scaling Up Boston's Charter School Sector

Sarah Cohodes, University of Michigan and NBER
Elizabeth Setren, Tufts University and NBER
Christopher R. Walters, University of Chicago and NBER
2:45 pm
Adjourn