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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH |
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Education Program Meeting |
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Caroline Hoxby, Organizer |
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April 22, 2005 |
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NBER |
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1050 Massachusetts Avenue |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM |
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THURSDAY,
APRIL 21: |
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6:00 pm |
Group
Dinner |
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Davios
Restaurant |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel |
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5
Cambridge Parkway |
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Cambridge,
MA |
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FRIDAY,
APRIL 22: |
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8:15 am |
Shuttle
van leaves from the hotel to the NBER |
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8:30 am |
Continental
Breakfast |
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9:00 am |
SARAH
J. REBER, UC, Los Angeles |
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Desegregation and
Educational Attainment for Blacks: Evidence from Louisiana |
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9:50 am |
DAN
BLACK, Syracuse University |
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JEFFREY
SMITH, University of Maryland and NBER |
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Estimating the
Returns to College Quality with Multiple Proxies for Quality |
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10:40
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Break |
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10:55
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NAZMUL
CHAUDHURY and JEFFREY HAMMER, World Bank |
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MICHAEL
KREMER, Harvard University and NBER |
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KARTHIK
MURALIDHARAN, Harvard University |
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F.
HALSEY ROGERS, World Bank |
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Missing in Action:
Teacher and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries |
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11:45
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JORDAN
MATSUDAIRA, University of Michigan |
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12:35
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Lunch |
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1:35 pm |
OFER MALAMUD,
University of Chicago |
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CHRISTIAN
POP-ELECHES, Columbia University |
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2:25 pm |
BRIAN
JACOB, Harvard University |
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LARS
LEFGREN, Brigham Young University |
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What
Do Parents Value in Education? |
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An
Empirical Investigation of Parents' Revealed Preferences for Teachers |
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3:15 pm |
Adjourn |
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3/10/05 |
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