Economics of Talent Meeting
Ruchir Agarwal, Glenn Ellison, and Patrick Gaulé, Organizers
November 15, 2024
NBER, 2nd floor, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA and Zoom
| Friday, November 15 | ||
| Continental Breakfast and Registration | ||
| 8:35 am | NURTURING TALENT | |
| 9:00 am |
David Card, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Laura Giuliano, University of California, Santa Cruz and NBER Targeted Acceleration in Middle School Math: Impacts on College Entry, Degree Completion, and STEM |
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Sarah Cohodes, University of Michigan and NBER Helen Ho, Harvard University Silvia Robles, Mathematica Diversifying the STEM Pipeline: Evidence from STEM Summer Programs for Underrepresented Youth |
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| 10:30 am | Break | |
| 10:35 am | IDENTIFYING TALENT | |
| 11:00 am |
Ruchir Agarwal, Columbia University Patrick Gaulé, University of Bristol Yuyan Jiang, University of Cambridge Finding Young Einsteins: Olympiads and STEM Talent Discovery |
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Ian H. Calaway, Stanford University Early Mentors for Exceptional Students |
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 12:35 pm | INNOVATION & ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS | |
| 1:30 pm |
Elias Einiö, London School of Economics Josh Feng, University of Utah Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics Social Push and the Direction of Innovation |
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Paul Novosad, Dartmouth College Eni Iljazi, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Catriona E. Farquharson, Princeton University Sam Asher, Imperial College London Access to Opportunity in the Sciences: Evidence from the Nobel Laureates |
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |
| 3:02 pm | SHORT PRESENTATIONS SESSION | |
| 3:30 pm |
Morten Bennedsen, Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires Francisco Perez-Gonzalez, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and NBER Maria Schlier, University of Copenhagen Daniel Wolfenzon, Columbia University and NBER Margarita Tsoutsoura, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER The Missing Talent in Public Sector |
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Rigissa Megalokonomou, Monash University Michael Vlassopoulos, University of Southampton Yves Zenou, Monash University Leading by Example in Science: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in High Schools |
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Amrita Ahuja, Douglas B. Marshall, Jr. Family Foundation Fernanda Ramirez-Espinoza, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile The Journey of Mathematically Gifted Students from Primary School to Higher Education |
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| 4:30 pm |
Practitioners Panel: Ilana Walder-Biesanz, National Math Stars Chris Peterson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Li-Mei Lim, Promys |
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| 5:30 pm | Adjourn | |