NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Education Program Meeting
November 14, 2002
Caroline Hoxby, Organizer
Higher Education Meeting
November 15, 2002
Charles Clotfelter , Organizer
NBER
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14:
10:00 AM TODD STINEBRICKNER, University of Western Ontario
Discussant: RICHARD MURNANE, Harvard University and NBER
11:00 AM ERIC HANUSHEK, Stanford University and NBER
The Impact of Charter Schools on Academic Achievement
Discussant: MIGUEL URQUIOLA, Cornell University
12:00 N Lunch
12:45 PM LUDGER WOESSMAN, University of Kiel
Discussant: JOSHUA ANGRIST, MIT and NBER
1:45 PM SARAH SIMMONS and SARAH TURNER, University of Virginia
Taking Classes and Taking Care of the Kids:
Do Childcare Benefits Increase Collegiate Attainment?
Discussant: STEVEN RIVKIN, Amherst College and NBER
2:45 PM Break
3:00 PM CHRISTOPHER AVERY, Harvard University
MARK GLICKMAN, Boston University
CAROLINE HOXBY, Harvard University and NBER
ANDREW METRICK, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
A Revealed Preference Ranking of U.S. Colleges and Universities
Discussant: BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER
4:00 PM ERIC BETTINGER, Case Western Reserve University
BRIDGET LONG, Harvard University
The Plight of Under prepared Students in Higher Education:
The Role and Effect of Remedial Education
Discussant: BRIAN JACOB, Harvard University
5:00 PM Adjourn
6:30 PM Group Dinner
Sandrine's
8 Holyoke Street
Cambridge, MA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15:
8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM JOHN DE FIGUEIREDO, MIT and NBER
BRIAN SILVERMAN, University of Toronto
Academic Earmarks and the Returns to Lobbying
Discussant: IRWIN FELLER, Pennsylvania State University
9:30 AM MICHAEL ROTHSCHILD, Princeton University and NBER
Notes on the Economics of Higher Education
Discussant: PAUL COURANT, University of Michigan
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM RONALD EHRENBERG, Cornell University and NBER
MICHAEL RIZZO and GEORGE JAKUSON, Cornell University
Who Pays for Science at the Universities?
Discussant: PAULA STEPHEN, Georgia State University and NBER
11:45 AM MICHAEL ROBINSON, Mount Holyoke College
JAMES MONKS, University of Richmond
Making SAT Scores Optional in Selective College Admissions:
A Case Study
Discussant: DAVID ZIMMERMAN, Williams College
12:45 PM Lunch and Adjourn
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