SI 2024 Economics of Education

Caroline M. Hoxby, Organizer

July 24, 2024

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

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 24
	Reception and Group Dinner
8:00 am	Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am	Cauê Dobbin, Georgetown University Constantine Yannelis, University of Cambridge and NBER Sebastian Otero, Columbia University Nano Barahona, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Hanson Ho, Stanford University Skin in the Game: Colleges’ Financial Incentives and Student Outcomes
9:20 am	Isaac M. Opper, RAND Corporation Umut Özek, RAND Corporation A Global Regression Discontinuity Design: Theory and Application to Grade Retention Policies
10:10 am	Break
10:30 am	Marty Chen, University of Maryland Ginger Zhe Jin, University of Maryland and NBER Voluntary Report of Standardized Test Scores: An Experimental Study
11:20 am	Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER Wayne A. Sandholtz, Nova School of Business and Economics The Political Consequences of Controversial Education Reform: Lessons from Wisconsin's Act 10
12:10 pm	Lunch
	Afternoon joint with Labor Studies in Ballroom A
1:10 pm	Dev A. Patel, Harvard University Justin Sandefur, Center for Global Development A Rosetta Stone for Human Capital
2:00 pm	Douglas O. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER Thomas J. Kane, Harvard University and NBER Brian D. Johnson, Harvard University Why Does Value-Added Work? Implications of a Dynamic Model of Student Achievement
2:50 pm	Break
3:10 pm	Philip Oreopoulos, University of Toronto and NBER Chloe Gibbs, University of Notre Dame Michael Jensen, University of Notre Dame Joseph Price, Brigham Young University and NBER Teaching Teachers To Teach Computer Assisted Learning Effectively: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence
4:00 pm	Zachary Bleemer, Princeton University and NBER Sarah Quincy, Vanderbilt University and NBER Changes in the College Mobility Pipeline Since 1900 (slides)
4:50 pm	Adjourn