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

Conference Code of Conduct

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, University of California, Riverside
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