NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Higher Education Meeting
Charles Clotfelter, Organizer
May 10, 2001
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
WEDNESDAY, MAY 9:
6:00 PM Group Dinner
Davio's at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, MA
THURSDAY, MAY 10:
8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM CHARLES CLOTFELTER, Duke University and NBER
JACOB VIGDOR, Duke University
Discussant: CHRISTOPHER AVERY, Harvard University
9:30 AM ABIGAIL PAYNE, University of Illinois
The Impact of State Governance Structures on Research Productivity at
Public Universities
Discussant: MICHAEL ROTHSCHILD, Princeton University
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM ORLEY ASHENFELTER, Princeton University and NBER
DAVID CARD, UC, Berkeley and NBER
How Did the Elimination of Mandatory Retirement Affect Faculty
Recruitment?
Discussant: RONALD EHRENBERG, Cornell University and NBER
11:45 AM PETER ARCIDIACONO, Duke University
Affirmative Action in Higher Education: How do Admission and Aid
Rules Affect Future Earnings?
Discussant: JILL CONSTANTINE, Williams College
12:45 PM Lunch
1:15 PM SARAH TURNER, University of Virginia
Closing the Gap or Widening the Divide: The Effects of the G.I. Bill and
World War II on the Educational Outcomes of Black Americans
Discussant: SUSAN DYNARSKI, MIT and NBER
2:15 PM JENNIFER MA, TIAA-CREF Institute
Discussant: BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER
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