Education Program and Children Program

Janet Currie, Caroline M. Hoxby, and Anna Aizer, Organizers

April 20-21, 2017

Chicago

Thursday, April 20
10:00 am	Esther Duflo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Pascaline Dupas, Princeton University and NBER Michael Kremer, University of Chicago and NBER The Impact of Free Secondary Education: Experimental Evidence from Ghana
11:00 am	Break
11:15 am	Natalie Bau, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Jishnu Das, Georgetown University and NBER The Misallocation of Pay and Productivity in the Public Sector: Evidence from the Labor Market for Teachers
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER Michela Giorcelli, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Scientific Education and Innovation: From Technical Diplomas to University STEM Degrees
2:15 pm	Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER Unions, Salaries, and The Market for Teachers: Evidence from Wisconsin
3:15 pm	Break
3:30 pm	Matthew A. Kraft, Brown University and NBER Teacher Effects on Complex Cognitive Skills and Social-Emotional Competencies
4:30 pm	David N. Figlio, University of Rochester and NBER Paola Giuliano, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Umut Özek, RAND Corporation Paola Sapienza, Northwestern University and NBER Long-Term Orientation and Educational Performance
5:30 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Group Dinner - Vivere Restaurant, 71 W. Monroe St.
Friday, April 21
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Elaine M. Liu, University of Houston and NBER Xuejing Zuo, Fudan University Cultural Assimilation, Peer Effects and the Evolution of the Gender Gap in Risk Preferences
9:30 am	Daniel M. Hungerman, University of Notre Dame and NBER Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame and NBER Steven Lugauer, University of Kentucky Fertility Is a Leading Economic Indicator
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	Rucker Johnson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER C. Kirabo Jackson, Northwestern University and NBER Reducing Inequality Through Dynamic Complementarity: Evidence from Head Start and Public School Spending
11:45 am	Lunch
	Lunch Speaker - Gregory Miller, Northwestern University Moving Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Long-Run Health Effects of Childhood Disadvantage
1:30 pm	Michael L. Anderson, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Justin Gallagher, Montana State University Elizabeth Ramirez Ritchie, University of California, Berkeley School Lunch Quality and Academic Performance
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	Douglas Almond, Columbia University and NBER Yi Cheng, Columbia University Perinatal Health among 1 Million American-Born Chinese
3:45 pm	Adjourn