Economics of Education Program Meeting
Caroline M. Hoxby, Organizer
April 29-30, 2021
| Thursday, April 29 | ||
| 11:00 am |
Joseph G. Altonji, and NBER Zhengren Zhu, Yale University Returns to Specific Graduate Degrees: Estimates Using Texas Administrative Records |
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| 11:50 am |
Dylan Conger, George Washington University Mark Long, University of California, Riverside Raymond McGhee Jr., Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Advanced Placement and Initial College Enrollment: Evidence from an Experiment |
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| 12:40 am |
Nathan Jones, Boston University Matthew A. Kraft, Brown University and NBER John Papay, Brown University Leigh R. Wedenoja, Rockefeller Institute of Government The Benefits of Early and Unconstrained Hiring: Evidence from Teacher Labor Markets |
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| 1:30 pm | Break | |
| 2:00 pm |
Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER Song Ma, Yale University and NBER The Education-Innovation Gap |
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| 2:50 pm |
Esteban M. Aucejo, Arizona State University and NBER Jacob F. French, Arizona State University Basit Zafar, University of Michigan and NBER Estimating Students' Valuation for College Experiences |
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| 3:40 pm |
Daniel Herbst, University of Arizona Miguel Palacios, University of Calgary Constantine Yannelis, University of Chicago and NBER Equity and Incentives in Human Capital Investment |
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| 4:30 pm | Virtual Cocktail Hour | |
| 5:30 pm | Adjourn | |
| Friday, April 30 | ||
| 11:00 am |
Michela M. Tincani, University College London Fabian Kosse, LMU Munich Enrico Miglino, University College London Subjective Beliefs and Inclusion Policies: Evidence from College Admissions |
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| 11:50 am |
Felipe H. Arteaga Ossa, University of California at Berkeley Adam Kapor, Princeton University and NBER Christopher Neilson, Yale University and NBER Seth D. Zimmerman, Yale University and NBER Smart Matching Platforms and Heterogeneous Beliefs in Centralized School Choice |
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| 12:40 am |
Xiaoxiao Li, Villanova University Sebastian Linde, Texas A&M University Hajime Shimao, Santa Fe Institute Major Complexity Index and College Skill Production |
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| 1:30 pm | Break | |
| 2:00 pm |
Anjali Adukia, University of Chicago and NBER Alex Eble, Columbia University and NBER Emileigh Harrison, University of Chicago Hakizumwami B. Runesha, University of Chicago Teodora B. Szasz, The University of Chicago What We Teach about Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books |
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| 2:50 pm |
Jake Anders, University College London Alex Bryson, University College London Hedvig Horvath, University College London Bilal Nasim, Institute of Education The Effects of Pay Decentralisation on Teachers' Pay and Teacher Retention |
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| 3:40 pm |
Christina Brown, University of Chicago Supreet Kaur, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Geeta Kingdon, UCL Institute of Education Heather Schofield, Cornell University Attention as Human Capital |
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| 4:30 pm | Adjourn | |