Wednesday, July 25

8:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

Morning joint with Labor Studies in Ballroom A

8:30 am

Breaking Ties: Regression Discontinuity Design Meets Market Design

Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Duke University and NBER
Joshua Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Yusuke Narita, Yale University
Parag A. Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

9:20 am

When Investor Incentives and Consumer Interests Diverge: Private Equity in Higher Education

Charlie Eaton, University of California, Merced
Sabrina T. Howell, New York University and NBER
Constantine N. Yannelis, University of Cambridge

10:10 am

Break

10:30 am

The Effect of Superstar Firms on College Major Choice (slides)

Darwin Choi, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Dong Lou, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Abhiroop Mukherjee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

11:20 am

School Desegregation and Black Teacher Employment

Owen Thompson, Williams College and NBER

12:10 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

Implicit Stereotypes: Evidence from Teachers' Gender Bias

Michela Carlana, Harvard University and NBER

1:50 pm

Teacher Effectiveness and Classroom Composition

Esteban M. Aucejo, Arizona State University and NBER
Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NBER
Patrick Coate, American Institute for Economic Research
Zachary Mozenter, Emory University
Sean P. Kelly, University of Pittsburgh

2:40 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Equality of Opportunity and Human Capital Accumulation: Ex-ante Effects of a Nationwide Scholarship in Colombia

Andres Moya, Universidad de Los Andes
Rachid Laajaj, University of Los Andes
Fabio Sanchez, Universidad de los Andes

3:50 pm

Approximating the Equilibrium Effects of Informed School Choice (slides)

Claudia Allende, Stanford University and NBER
Francisco Gallego, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Christopher Neilson, Yale University and NBER

4:40 pm

Adjourn

6:00 pm

Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel