NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Higher Education Meeting
April 30, 2004
Charles Clotfelter, Organizer
NBER
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, APRIL 29:
6:30 PM Group Dinner
Davios Restaurant
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, MA
FRIDAY, APRIL 30:
8:15 AM Continental Breakfast
8:45 AM MARIE THURSBY, Georgia Institute of Technology and NBER
JERRY THURSBY, Emory University
EMMANUEL DECHENAUX, Purdue University
Shirking, Shelving, and Sharing Risk: The Role of University License Contracts
Discussant: IRWIN FELLER, Pennsylvania State University
9:45 AM Break
10:00 AM GREG DUNCAN, Northwestern University
JOHANNE BOISJOLY, University of Quebec at Rimouski
DAN LEVY, Mathematica Policy Research
MICHAEL KREMER, Harvard University and NBER
JACQUE ECCLES, University of Michigan
Empathy or Antipathy? The Impact of Diversity
Discussant: BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER
11:00 AM PETER ARCIDIACONO and JACOB VIGDOR, Duke University
Does the River Spill Over? Estimating the Economic Returns to Attending a Racially Diverse College
Discussant: RONALD EHRENBERG, Cornell University and NBER
12:00 N CHARLOTTE KUH, National Research Council
The Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs: An Opportunity to Conduct Research on Doctoral Education
12:45 PM Lunch
1:15 PM SUSAN DYNARSKI, Harvard University
Who Benefits from the Education Saving Incentives? Income, Educational Expectations and the Value of the 529 and Coverdell
Discussant: SARAH TURNER, University of Virginia and NBER
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM LARRY SINGELL, JR., GLEN WADDELL, and BRADLEY CURS
University of Oregon
Hope for the Pell? The Impact of Merit-Aid on Needy Students
Discussant: ERIC BETTINGER, Case Western Reserve University and NBER
3:30 PM Adjourn
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