Thursday, May 4
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Debt Moratoria: Evidence from Student Loan Forbearance

Michael Dinerstein, Duke University and NBER
Constantine Yannelis, University of Cambridge
Ching-Tse Chen, University of Chicago
9:50 am

Skills, Majors, and Jobs: Does Higher Education Respond?

Johnathan G. Conzelmann, Denison University
Steven W. Hemelt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Shawn M. Martin, University of Michigan
Andrew Simon, University of Virginia
Kevin M. Stange, University of Michigan and NBER
10:40 am
Break
11:00 am
Presentation by the Office of the Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Education
Jordan Matsudaira, Columbia University
Kevin Stange, University of Michigan and NBER
Lesley Turner, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Rajeev Darolia, University of Kentucky
12:00 n
Lunch - Chinatown Room
1:00 pm

Who Benefits from Remote Schooling? Self-selection and Match Effects (slides)

Christopher Campos, University of Chicago and NBER
Eric Chyn, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Jesse M. Bruhn, Brown University and NBER
1:50 pm

Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across the U.S.

Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER
Julien M. Lafortune, Public Policy Institute of California
David Schönholzer, University of California, Santa Cruz
2:40 pm
Break
3:00 pm

PLUS or Minus? The Effect of Graduate School Loans on Access, Attainment, and Prices

Sandra E. Black, Columbia University and NBER
Lesley J. Turner, University of Chicago and NBER
Jeffrey T. Denning, University of Notre Dame and NBER
3:50 pm

Universal Preschool Lottery Admissions and Its Effects on Long-Run Earnings and Outcomes

Randall Akee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Leah Clark, U.S. Census Bureau
4:40 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Reception and Dinner, Marriott Marquis, Chinatown Room
Dinner Speaker: James Kvaal, Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education (available to in-person participants only)
Friday, May 5
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

The Unintended Consequences of Merit-Based Teacher Selection: Evidence from Large-Scale Reform in Colombia

Nolan G. Pope, University of Maryland and NBER
Matias Busso, Inter-American Development Bank
Juan S. Muñoz-Morales, IESEG School of Management
Sebastian Montano, University of Maryland
9:50 am

Radical Religious Rule and Human Capital: Evidence from the Taliban Control in Afghanistan (1996-2001) (slides)

Nikita Brunner, The World Bank
Alexander Mihailov, University of Reading
10:40 am
Break
11:00 am

OK Boomer: Generational Differences in Teacher Quality

Nhu Nguyen, University of Chicago
Ben Ost, University of Illinois at Chicago
Javaeria A. Qureshi, University of Illinois at Chicago
11:50 am
Lunch - Chinatown Room
1:00 pm

The Total Effects of Charter Schools on Student Outcomes: A National Analysis of School Districts

Douglas N. Harris, Tulane University
Feng Chen, Liaoning University
1:50 pm

College Course Shutouts

Kevin J. Mumford, Purdue University
Richard W. Patterson, Brigham Young University
Anthony Yim, Brigham Young University
2:40 pm
Adjourn