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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC. |
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Innovation Policy and the Economy |
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William Kerr, Joshua Lerner and
Scott Stern, Organizers |
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April 8, 2104 |
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National
Press Club |
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529 14th
Street, NW |
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Washington,
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PROGRAM |
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8:30 am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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9:10 am |
George Borjas,
Harvard University and NBER Kirk Doran, University of Notre
Dame |
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How High-Skill
Immigration Affects Science: Evidence from the Collapse of the USSR |
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9:50 am |
Break |
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10:05 am |
John Bound, University of Michigan
and NBER Sarah Turner, University of
Virginia and NBER |
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10:45 am |
Paula Stephan, Georgia State University and NBER Chiara
Franzoni, Politecnico di Milano Giuseppe Scellato, Politecnico di Torino |
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International Competition for PhDs and Postdoctoral
Scholars: What Does (and Does Not) Matter |
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11:25 am |
Break |
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11:40 am |
Sari Pekkala Kerr, Wellesley
College, William R Kerr, Harvard University and NBER, William F Lincoln, John Hopkins University |
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12:20 pm |
Richard Freeman, Harvard University and NBER |
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1:00 pm |
Luncheon |
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Luncheon Keynote |
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Alan Krueger, Princeton University, Chair of Council of Economic Advisors 2011-2013 |