NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Higher Education Meeting
November 13, 2003
Charles Clotfelter , Organizer
Education Program Meeting
November 14, 2003
Caroline Hoxby, Organizer
NBER
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, HIGHER EDUCATION MEETING:
10:30 AM CHRISTOPHER M. CORNWELL, KYUNG HEE LEE, and DAVID B. MUSTARD
University of Georgia
The Effects of Merit-Based Financial Aid on Course Enrollment,
Withdrawal and Completion in College
Discussant: SARAH TURNER, University of Virginia and NBER
11:30 AM ALBERT SUMELL and PAULA STEPHAN, Georgia State University
JAMES ADAMS, University of Florida and NBER
The Location Decision of New PhDs Working in Industry
Discussant: JOHN DE FIGUEIREDO, MIT and NBER
12:30 PM Lunch
1:15 PM THOMAS KANE, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
Evaluating the Impact of the DC Tuition Assistance Grant Program
Discussant: ERIC BETTINGER, Case Western Reserve University and NBER
2:15 PM CATHARINE HILL and GORDON WINSTON, Williams College
Affordability: Family Incomes and Net Prices at Highly Selective
Private Colleges and Universities
Discussant: RONALD EHRENBERG, Cornell University and NBER
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM TODD STINEBRICKNER, University of Western Ontario
RALPH STINEBRICKNER, Berea College
Credit Constraints and College Attrition
Discussant: CHRISTOPHER AVERY, Harvard University and NBER
4:30 PM BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER
(Joint with DAVID MARMAROS, Google.com)
Discussant: DAVID ZIMMERMAN, Williams College and NBER
5:30 PM Adjourn
6:30 PM Reception and Group Dinner
Davio's at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, MA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, EDUCATION PROGRAM MEETING:
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM EDWARD MIGUEL, UC, Berkeley and NBER
MICHAEL KREMER, Harvard University and NBER
REBECCA THORNTON, Harvard University
10:00 AM RICHARD MURNANE, Harvard University and NBER
CLAUDIA URIBE and JOHN WILLETT, Harvard University
Why do Students Learn More in Some Classrooms Than in Others?
Evidence from Bogota
11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM WEILI DING, University of Michigan
STEVE LEHRER, University of Pennsylvania
Estimating Dynamic Treatment Effects from Project STAR
12:15 PM Lunch
1:15 PM PATRICK BAYER, Yale University
FERNANDO FERREIRA, UC, Berkeley
ROBERT MCMILLAN, University of Toronto
A Unified Framework for Measuring Preferences for Schools and Neighborhoods
2:15 PM CHARLIE CLOTFELTER HELEN LADD, and JACOB VIGDOR
Racial Segregation in Modern-Day Public Schools
3:15 PM DAVID FIGLIO, University of Florida and NBER
Names, Expectations and Black Children's Achievement
4:15 PM Adjourn
11/10/03