Economics of Education Program Meeting
Organized by Caroline M. Hoxby
April 23-24, 2026
Gleacher Center, Room 100, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, IL, Zoom

Thursday, April 23

9:10 am

Continental Breakfast

9:40 am

The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct

Sarah Cohodes, University of Michigan and NBER
Katherine B. Leu, University of Michigan

10:30 am

Break

10:50 am

Market Value of U.S. Universities

Benjamin Bennett, Texas Christian University
Jaewon Choi, Seoul National University
Chanik Jo, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Yoshio Nozawa, University of Toronto

11:40 am

Instructor Value-Added in Post-Secondary Education

Merrill Warnick, University of Georgia
Jacob D. Light, Stanford University
Anthony Yim, Brigham Young University

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:40 pm

Relief Beliefs: Effects of Anticipated Student Loan Forgiveness

Danial Salman, University of Washington
Xuan Xie, University of Washington

2:30 pm

Identifying and Nurturing Math Talent in Tamil Nadu

Phi M. Adajar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Esther Duflo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Glenn Ellison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Sara Fisher Ellison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harini Kannan, JPAL South Asia at IFMR

3:20 pm

Break

3:40 pm

How to Build a Reader: Evidence from a Scalable Literacy Intervention in Ghana

Erik TJ. Andersen Simon Graffy, Inspiring Teachers
Jason T. Kerwin, University of Washington
Monica P. Lambon-Quayefio, University of Ghana

4:30 pm

Adjourn

5:00 pm

Reception and Dinner

Friday, April 24

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Experimental Evidence on the Learning Impact of Generative AI

German J. Reyes, Middlebury College
Zara Contractor, Middlebury College

9:20 am

It's Not (Just) About the Money: Pay and the Value of Working Conditions in Teaching

Carolyn Tsao, Microsoft Research

10:10 am

Break

10:30 am

Small Seeds, Big Returns: Delivering Student Grants Through College Savings Accounts

William Arbour, University of Toronto
Laetitia Renée, Universite de Montreal
Fernando Saltiel, McGill University

11:20 am

Effects of Race-Neutral Affirmative Action: Evidence from Academically Selective High Schools

Rene Crespin, Michigan State University
Tyler E. Powell, Michigan State University

12:10 pm

Lunch

1:20 pm

Political Views and College Choices in a Polarized America

Riley K. Acton, Miami University
Emily E. Cook, Texas A&M University
Paola Ugalde Araya, Louisiana State University

2:10 pm

A Pathway to Mobility: Shifting Low-Income Students To Higher-Quality Degrees

Elizabeth Burland, University of Connecticut
Nora Delaney, Harvard University
Susan Dynarski, Harvard University and NBER
Katherine B. Leu, University of Michigan
CJ Libassi, Columbia University
Katherine Michelmore, University of Michigan and NBER
Stephanie Owen, Colby College
Mary A. Quiroga, University of Michigan
Elizabeth Salinas, Harvard University

3:00 pm

Adjourn