SI 2018 Education

Caroline M. Hoxby, Organizer

July 25, 2018

Parkview Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 25
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning joint with Labor Studies in Ballroom A
8:30 am
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Duke University and NBER
Joshua Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Yusuke Narita, Yale University
Parag A. Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Breaking Ties: Regression Discontinuity Design Meets Market Design
9:20 am
Charlie Eaton, University of California, Merced
Sabrina T. Howell, New York University and NBER
Constantine N. Yannelis, University of Cambridge and NBER

When Investor Incentives and Consumer Interests Diverge: Private Equity in Higher Education
10:10 am
Break
10:30 am
Darwin Choi, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Dong Lou, London School of Economics
Abhiroop Mukherjee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

The Effect of Superstar Firms on College Major Choice (slides)
11:20 am
Owen Thompson, Williams College and NBER

School Desegregation and Black Teacher Employment
12:10 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Michela Carlana, Harvard University and NBER

Implicit Stereotypes: Evidence from Teachers' Gender Bias
1:50 pm
Esteban M. Aucejo, Arizona State University and NBER
Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NBER
Patrick Coate, American Institute for Economic Research
Zachary Mozenter, Emory University
Sean P. Kelly, University of Pittsburgh

Teacher Effectiveness and Classroom Composition
2:40 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Andres Moya, Universidad de Los Andes
Rachid Laajaj, University of Los Andes
Fabio Sanchez, Universidad de los Andes

Equality of Opportunity and Human Capital Accumulation: Ex-ante Effects of a Nationwide Scholarship in Colombia
3:50 pm
Claudia Allende, Stanford University and NBER
Francisco Gallego, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Christopher Neilson, Yale University and NBER

Approximating the Equilibrium Effects of Informed School Choice (slides)
4:40 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel