SI 2024 Economics of Education
Organized by Caroline M. Hoxby
July 24, 2024
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us

Wednesday, July 24

Reception and Group Dinner

8:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

8:30 am

Skin in the Game: Colleges’ Financial Incentives and Student Outcomes

Cauê Dobbin, Georgetown University
Constantine Yannelis, University of Cambridge
Sebastian Otero, Columbia University and NBER
Nano Barahona, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Hanson Ho, Stanford University

9:20 am

A Global Regression Discontinuity Design: Theory and Application to Grade Retention Policies

Isaac M. Opper, University of California, Los Angeles
Umut Özek, RAND Corporation

10:10 am

Break

10:30 am

Voluntary Report of Standardized Test Scores: An Experimental Study

Marty Chen, University of Maryland, College Park
Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER

11:20 am

The Political Consequences of Controversial Education Reform: Lessons from Wisconsin's Act 10

Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER
Wayne A. Sandholtz, Nova School of Business and Economics

12:10 pm

Lunch

Afternoon joint with Labor Studies in Ballroom A

1:10 pm

A Rosetta Stone for Human Capital

Dev A. Patel, Harvard University
Justin Sandefur, Center for Global Development

2:00 pm

Why Does Value-Added Work? Implications of a Dynamic Model of Student Achievement

Douglas O. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER
Thomas J. Kane, Harvard University and NBER
Brian D. Johnson, Harvard University

2:50 pm

Break

3:10 pm

Teaching Teachers To Teach Computer Assisted Learning Effectively: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence

Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto and NBER
Chloe Gibbs, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Michael Jensen, University of Notre Dame
Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER

4:00 pm

Changes in the College Mobility Pipeline Since 1900 (slides)

Zachary Bleemer, Princeton University and NBER
Sarah Quincy, Vanderbilt University and NBER

4:50 pm

Adjourn