Economics of Education Program Meeting

Caroline M. Hoxby, Organizer

April 28-29, 2022

Stanford, CA and on Zoom.us

Thursday, April 28
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Sandra E. Black, Columbia University and NBER Jeffrey T. Denning, University of Notre Dame and NBER Lisa J. Dettling, Federal Reserve Board Sarena Goodman, Federal Reserve Board Lesley J. Turner, University of Chicago and NBER Taking It to the Limit: Effects of Increased Student Loan Availability on Attainment, Earnings, and Financial Well-Being (slides)
9:50 am	Zachary Bleemer, Princeton University and NBER Aashish Mehta, University of California, Santa Barbara College Major Restrictions and Student Stratification
10:40 am	Break
10:55 am	Anjali Adukia, University of Chicago and NBER Benjamin Feigenberg, University of Illinois Chicago and NBER Fatemeh Momeni, University of Chicago From Retributive to Restorative: An Alternative Approach to Justice (slides)
11:45 am	Andrew Johnston, University of California, Merced and NBER Jonah E. Rockoff, Columbia University and NBER Pension Reform and Teacher Labor Supply
12:35 pm	Lunch
1:25 pm	David Johnson, Wilfrid Laurier University Variation in High School Grading: Evidence from Alberta, Canada
2:15 pm	Andres Barrios Fernandez, Universidad de los Andes Christopher Neilson, Yale University and NBER Seth D. Zimmerman, Yale University and NBER Elite Universities and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human and Social Capital
3:05 pm	Adjourn and Reception at SIEPR
6:00 pm	Dinner at Osteria Toscana Restaurant, 247 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto
Friday, April 29
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	William Arbour, University of Toronto Marlène Koffi, University of Toronto and NBER Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto and NBER What Does a Good Teacher Sound Like? Using Machine Learning and Voice to Predict Teacher Effectiveness
9:50 am	Todd R. Jones, Mississippi State University Ezra Karger, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago School and Crime
10:40 am	Break
10:55 am	Nishith Prakash, Northeastern University Kritika Narula, Yale University Nathan Fiala, University of Connecticut Ana Garcia-Hernandez, University of Rosario Wheels of Change: Transforming Girls’ Lives with Bicycles
11:45 am	Christina L. Brown, University of Chicago Tahir Andrabi, Pomona College Subjective versus Objective Incentives and Employee Productivity
12:35 pm	Lunch
1:25 pm	Josh Bleiberg, Brown University Eric Brunner, University of Connecticut Erica Harbatkin, Florida State University Matthew A. Kraft, Brown University and NBER Matthew Springer, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill The Effect of State Teacher Evaluation Reforms on Achievement and Attainment
2:15 pm	Joshua Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Peter Hull, Brown University and NBER Parag A. Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Christopher R. Walters, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Race and the Mismeasure of School Quality
3:05 pm	Adjourn