Economics of Education
Caroline M. Hoxby, Organizer
November 1-2, 2018
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
| Thursday, November 1 | ||||
| 9:30 am | Continental Breakfast - Riverfront Room | |||
| 10:00 am |
David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER Kadeem L. Noray, Harvard University STEM Careers and Technological Change |
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| 10:50 am | Break | |||
| 11:10 am |
Andrew C. Johnston, University of California, Merced and NBER Teacher Utility, Separating Equilibria, and Optimal Compensation: Evidence from a Discrete-Choice Experiment |
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| 12:00 pm |
Sam E. Asher, Imperial College London Paul Novosad, Dartmouth College Charlie Rafkin, U.C. Berkeley Getting Signal from Interval Data: Theory and Applications to Mortality and Intergenerational Mobility |
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| 12:50 pm | Lunch - Parkview Room | |||
| 2:00 pm |
James Berry, University of Georgia Priya Mukherjee, University of Wisconsin-Madison Pricing Private Education in Urban India: Demand, Use and Impact |
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| 2:50 pm | Break | |||
| 3:10 pm |
Matthew D. Baird, RAND Corporation Mike Kofoed, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Trey Miller, American Institutes for Research Jennie Wenger, RAND Corporation For-Profi t Higher Education Responsiveness to Price Shocks: An Investigation of Changes in Post 9-11 GI Bill Allowed Maximum Tuitions |
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| 4:50 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 6:00 pm | Group Dinner - Royal Sonesta Hotel, Longfellow Room | |||
| Friday, November 2 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast - Riverfront Room | |||
| 8:30 am |
Adam Lavecchia, McMaster University Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto and NBER Robert S. Brown, Toronto District School Board Long-run Effects from Comprehensive Student Support: Evidence from Pathways to Education |
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| 9:20 am |
Meredith Phillips, University of California at Los Angeles Sarah J. Reber, The Brookings Institution When “Low Touch” is Not Enough: Evidence from a Random Assignment College Access Field Experiment |
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| 10:10 am | Break | |||
| 10:25 am |
Eric Nielsen, Federal Reserve Board Test Items, Outcomes, and Achievement Gaps |
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| 11:15 am |
Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Vanderbilt University Andreas de Barros, MIT Deon Filmer, The World Bank Long-Term Impacts of Alternative Approaches to Increase Schooling: Experimental Evidence from a Scholarship Program in Cambodia |
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| 12:05 pm | Lunch - Parkview Room | |||
| 1:05 pm |
Michael Gilraine, Simon Fraser University and NBER Robert McMillan, University of Toronto and NBER Enrollment Manipulation, Class Size Caps and Educational Segregation |
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| 1:55 pm |
Susan Dynarski, Harvard University and NBER Carmello Libassi, College Board Katherine Michelmore, University of Michigan and NBER Stephanie Owen, Colby College Closing the Gap: The Effect of a Targeted, Tuition-Free Promise on College Choices of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students |
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| 2:45 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Wednesday, July 17 | ||||
| 1:30 pm |
David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER Kadeem L. Noray, Harvard University Stem Careers and the Changing Skill Requirements of Work
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