Economics of Education Program Meeting

Caroline M. Hoxby, Organizer

May 4-5, 2023

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

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, May 4
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Debt Moratoria: Evidence from Student Loan Forbearance
9:50 am

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

Who Benefits from Remote Schooling? Self-selection and Match Effects (slides)
1:50 pm

Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across the U.S.
2:40 pm
Break
3:00 pm

PLUS or Minus? The Effect of Graduate School Loans on Access, Attainment, and Prices
3:50 pm

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

The Unintended Consequences of Merit-Based Teacher Selection: Evidence from Large-Scale Reform in Colombia
9:50 am

Radical Religious Rule and Human Capital: Evidence from the Taliban Control in Afghanistan (1996-2001) (slides)
10:40 am
Break
11:00 am

OK Boomer: Generational Differences in Teacher Quality
11:50 am
Lunch - Chinatown Room
1:00 pm

The Total Effects of Charter Schools on Student Outcomes: A National Analysis of School Districts
1:50 pm

College Course Shutouts
2:40 pm
Adjourn