NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2009

 

Methods Lecture:  The Role of Field Experiments in Data Collection

 

John List and Michael Kremer, Presenters

July 24, 2009

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Ballroom A

40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

 

PROGRAM

 

Friday, July 24

 

 

 8:15 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 8:45 am

JOHN LIST, University of Chicago and NBER

 

Using Field Experiments in Economics: An Introduction

 

 

10:15 am

Break

 

 

10:30 am

MICHAEL KREMER, Harvard University and NBER

 

Conducting Field Research in Developing Countries

 

 

12:00 n

Break

 

 

12:15 pm

Luncheon Panel Discussion:  Design of Data Infrastructure

 

JAMES POTERBA, MIT and NBER, Chair

 

DAN BLACK, University of Chicago

 

RICHARD FREEMAN, Harvard University and NBER

 

ARTHUR KENNICKELL, Federal Reserve Board

 

JULIA LANE, National Science Foundation

 

 

 1:45 pm

JOHN LIST, University of Chicago and NBER

 

Using Field Experiments in Economics: An Introduction (continued)

 

 

 3:15 pm

Break

 

 

 3:30 pm

MICHAEL KREMER, Harvard University and NBER

 

Conducting Field Research in Developing Countries (continued)

 

 

5:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

6/8/09