Economics of Education Program Meeting

Caroline M. Hoxby, Organizer

November 30 - December 1, 2023

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Riverfront Room, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and Zoom

Thursday, November 30
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Joshua M. Hyman, Amherst College College Counseling in the Classroom: Randomized Evaluation of a Teacher-Based Approach to College Advising
9:50 am	Elizabeth Setren, Tufts University and NBER Busing to Opportunity? The Impacts of the METCO Voluntary School Desegregation Program on Urban Students of Color
10:40 am	Break
10:55 am	Mariana Laverde, Boston College elton Mykerezi, University of Minnesota Aaron Sojourner, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Aradhya Sood, University of Toronto Gains from Reassignment: Evidence from a Two-Sided Teacher Market
11:45 am	Lunch - Longfellow Room
12:45 pm	Alexandra de Gendre, The University of Melbourne Krzysztof Karbownik, Emory University and NBER Nicolás Salamanca, University of Melbourne Yves Zenou, Monash University Integrating Minorities in the Classroom: The Role of Students, Parents and Teachers
1:35 pm	Nolan G. Pope, University of Maryland and NBER Taylor Jordan Landon, University of Maryland Schedule-Driven Productivity: Evidence from Non-traditional School Calendars
2:25 pm	Break
2:40 pm	Stephen Ross, University of Connecticut and NBER Shangyue Jiang, University of Connecticut Micheal Young, University of Connecticut Joanna Meyer, Yale University Micheal Strambler, Yale University School of Medicine In-Person Learning During the Pandemic: Student Take-up, Student Outcomes and Aggregate School Effects of Remote and Hybrid Education
3:30 pm	Douglas Almond, Columbia University and NBER Ajin Lee, Michigan State University Amy Ellen Schwartz, University of Delaware Large Impacts of Grade Retention in New York City (slides)
4:20 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Group Dinner - Royal Sonesta Hotel, Room Skyline ABCD
Friday, December 1
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Esteban M. Aucejo, Arizona State University and NBER Addison S. Perry, Arizona State University Basit Zafar, University of Michigan and NBER Assessing the Costs of Balancing College and Work Activities: The Gig Economy Meets Online Education
9:50 am	Luis Armona, Harvard University Shengmao Cao, Northwestern University Redesigning Federal Student Aid in Sub-baccalaureate Higher Education
10:40 am	Break
10:55 am	Sidhya Balakrishnan, Jain Family Institute Eric Bettinger, Stanford University and NBER Michael S. Kofoed, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Dubravka Ritter, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Douglas A. Webber, Federal Reserve Board Ege Asku, Jain Family Institute Jonathan S. Hartley, Stanford University Navigating Higher Education Insurance: An Experimental Study on Demand and Adverse Selection
11:45 am	Lunch
12:45 pm	Matthew A. Kraft, Brown University and NBER Megan Lane Conklin, Hope Chicago Grace T. Falken, University of Washington Preferences, Inequities, and Incentives in the Substitute Teacher Labor Market
1:35 pm	Andrea Kiss, Carnegie Mellon University Rob Garlick, Duke University Kate Orkin, University of Oxford Lukas Hensel, Peking University Jobseekers’ Beliefs about Comparative Advantage and (Mis)Directed Search
2:25 pm	Break
2:40 pm	Scott E. Carrell, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Michal Kurlaender, University of California at Davis Paco Martorell, University of California, Davis Matthew S. Naven, University of California at Davis Christina Sun, University of California at Davis Do Schools Matter? Measuring the Impact of California High Schools on Test Scores and Postsecondary Enrollment
3:30 pm	Adjourn