Wednesday, July 26
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning joint with Labor Studies in Ballroom A
8:30 am

Persistency in Teachers' Grading Biases and Effect on Longer Term Outcomes: University Admission Exams and Choice of Field of Study

Victor Lavy, University of Warwick and NBER
Rigissa Megalokonomou, Monash University
9:20 am

'Acting Wife': Marriage Market Incentives and Labor Market Investments

Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago and NBER
Thomas Fujiwara, Princeton University and NBER
Amanda Pallais, Harvard University and NBER
10:10 am
Break
10:30 am

Next Please! Estimating the Effect of Treatments Allocated By Randomized Waiting Lists

Clement de Chaisemartin, University of California, Santa Barbara
Luc Behaghel, Paris School of Economics
11:20 am

Effects of Increased Income on Children's Academic Achievement: Evidence from an Emerging Natural Experiment

Elizabeth Ananat, Columbia University and NBER
Molly A. Martin, Pennsylvania State University
12:10 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Inputs, Incentives, and Complementarities in Primary Education: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania

Isaac Mbiti, University of Virginia and NBER
Karthik Muralidharan, University of California, San Diego and NBER
1:50 pm

The Dynamic Effects of Teach for America in Hard-to-Staff Schools

Sally Hudson, University of Virginia
2:40 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Earnings Expectations, Behavioral Biases, and the Design of Student Loan Repayment Schemes

Katharine G. Abraham, University of Maryland and NBER
Emel Filiz-Ozbay, University of Maryland
Erkut Y. Ozbay, University of Maryland
Lesley J. Turner, University of Chicago and NBER
3:50 pm

Measuring Success in Education: The Role of Effort on the Test Itself

Sally Sadoff, University of California at San Diego
Uri Gneezy, University of California at San Diego
John A. List, University of Chicago and NBER
4:40 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel