Wednesday, July 23

8:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

8:30 am

Affirmative Action: Logic, Methods, and Evidence

Caroline M. Hoxby, Stanford University and NBER

9:20 am

The Academic Consequences of Affirmative Action Bans Combined with Diversity Targets

Eric Zitzewitz, Dartmouth College and NBER

10:10 am

Break

10:30 am

Governance Matters: School Autonomy, Leadership, Heterogeneity, and Student Outcomes

C. Kirabo Jackson, Northwestern University and NBER

11:20 am

Identity and Ideology in the Boardroom

Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER
Minseon Park, University of Michigan
John D. Singleton, University of Rochester and NBER
Seth D. Zimmerman, Yale University and NBER

12:10 pm

Lunch

Afternoon Joint with the Labor Studies Group in Ballroom A

1:10 pm

Who Gets What May Not Matter: Understanding School Match Effects

Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Duke University and NBER
Parag A. Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Christopher R. Walters, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

2:00 pm

Statistical Discrimination and Optimal Mismatch in College Major Selection

Mary Kate Batistich, University of Notre Dame
Timothy N. Bond, Purdue University
Sebastian Linde, Texas A&M University
Kevin J. Mumford, Purdue University

2:50 pm

Break

3:10 pm

How Far Can Inclusion Go? The Long-term Impacts of Preferential College Admissions

Michela Carlana, Harvard University and NBER
Michela M. Tincani, University College London
Enrico Miglino, Banca d'Italia

4:00 pm

College as a Marriage Market

Lars Johannessen Kirkebøen, University of Oslo
Edwin Leuven, University of Oslo
Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER
Jack Mountjoy, University of Chicago and NBER

4:40 pm

Adjourn