SI 2023 Economics of Education

Caroline M. Hoxby, Organizer

July 26, 2023

Parkview Room

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

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 26
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:20 am
Introductions
8:30 am
Cauê de Castro Dobbin, Georgetown University
Sebastian Otero, Columbia University
Nano Barahona, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

The Equilibrium Effects of Subsidized Student Loans
9:20 am
Menaka Hampole, Yale School of Management

Financial Frictions and Human Capital Investments
10:10 am
Break
10:25 am
Eric Nielsen, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

The Variance of Achievement Increases During Childhood (slides)
11:00 am
Jesse M. Bruhn, Brown University and NBER
Michael Gilraine, Simon Fraser University and NBER
Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago and NBER
Sendhil Mullainathan, University of Chicago and NBER

What's in a Question? Harnessing the Information Value of Item Response Data to Better Capture and Represent Learning. (slides)
11:35 am
Emma Duchini, University of Essex
Victor Lavy, University of Warwick and NBER
Stephen Machin, London School of Economics
Shqiponja Telhaj, University of Sussex

School Takeovers, Leadership Change, and Personnel Policy
12:20 pm
Lunch
Afternoon joint with Labor Studies in Ballroom A
1:20 pm
Michael Dinerstein, Duke University and NBER
Isaac M. Opper, RAND Corporation

Screening with Multitasking: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Teacher Tenure Reform
2:10 pm
Juliana Londoño-Vélez, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Fabio Sanchez, Universidad de los Andes
Catherine Rodriguez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Luis E. Alvarez, Departamento Nacional de Planeación

Financial Aid and Social Mobility: Evidence from Colombia’s Ser Pilo Paga
3:00 pm
Break
3:20 pm
Christopher Campos, University of Chicago and NBER

Social Interactions and Preferences for Schools: Experimental Evidence from Los Angeles (slides)
4:10 pm
Adjourn