Economics of Education Program Meeting

Caroline M. Hoxby, Organizer

May 4-5, 2023

Marriott Marquis, Shaw Room, 901 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC., Zoom

Thursday, May 4
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Michael Dinerstein, University of Chicago and NBER Constantine Yannelis, University of Chicago and NBER Ching-Tse Chen, University of Chicago Debt Moratoria: Evidence from Student Loan Forbearance
9:50 am	Johnathan G. Conzelmann, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Steven W. Hemelt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Shawn M. Martin, University of Michigan Andrew Simon, University of Chicago Kevin M. Stange, University of Michigan and NBER Skills, Majors, and Jobs: Does Higher Education Respond?
10:40 am	Break
11:00 am	Presentation by the Office of the Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Education Jordan Matsudaira, Columbia University Kevin Stange, University of Michigan and NBER Lesley Turner, Vanderbilt University and NBER Rajeev Darolia, University of Kentucky
12:00 n	Lunch - Chinatown Room
1:00 pm	Christopher Campos, University of Chicago and NBER Eric Chyn, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Jesse M. Bruhn, Brown University Who Benefits from Remote Schooling? Self-selection and Match Effects (slides)
1:50 pm	Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER Julien M. Lafortune, Public Policy Institute of California David Schönholzer, IIES Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across the U.S.
2:40 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Sandra E. Black, Columbia University and NBER Lesley J. Turner, University of Chicago and NBER Jeffrey T. Denning, University of Notre Dame and NBER PLUS or Minus? The Effect of Graduate School Loans on Access, Attainment, and Prices
3:50 pm	Randall Akee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Leah Clark, U.S. Census Bureau Universal Preschool Lottery Admissions and Its Effects on Long-Run Earnings and Outcomes
4:40 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Reception and Dinner, Marriott Marquis, Chinatown Room Dinner Speaker: James Kvaal, Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education (available to in-person participants only)
Friday, May 5
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Nolan G. Pope, University of Maryland Matias Busso, Inter-American Development Bank Juan S. Muñoz-Morales, IESEG School of Management Sebastian Montano, University of Maryland The Unintended Consequences of Merit-Based Teacher Selection: Evidence from Large-Scale Reform in Colombia
9:50 am	Nikita Brunner, The World Bank Alexander Mihailov, University of Reading Radical Religious Rule and Human Capital: Evidence from the Taliban Control in Afghanistan (1996-2001) (slides)
10:40 am	Break
11:00 am	Nhu Nguyen, University of Chicago Ben Ost, University of Illinois at Chicago Javaeria A. Qureshi, University of Illinois at Chicago OK Boomer: Generational Differences in Teacher Quality
11:50 am	Lunch - Chinatown Room
1:00 pm	Douglas N. Harris, Tulane University Feng Chen, Liaoning University The Total Effects of Charter Schools on Student Outcomes: A National Analysis of School Districts
1:50 pm	Kevin J. Mumford, Purdue University Richard W. Patterson, Brigham Young University Anthony Yim, Brigham Young University College Course Shutouts
2:40 pm	Adjourn