NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

LABOR STUDIES PROGRAM MEETING

Richard Freeman and Lawrence Katz, Organizers

April 15, 2005

NBER

2^nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

THURSDAY, APRIL 14:

6:30 PM Dinner

Davio's Restaurant

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, MA

FRIDAY, APRIL 15:

7:45 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue

8:00 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue

8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM DEREK NEAL, University of Chicago and NBER

Why Has Black-White Skill Convergence Stopped?

9:30 AM Break

9:45 AM DAVID CARD, UC, Berkeley and NBER

JESSE ROTHSTEIN, Princeton University and NBER

Racial Segregation and the Black-White Test Score Gap

10:45 AM Break

11:00 AM EDWARD LAZEAR and ULRIKE MALMENDIER, Stanford University and NBER

ROBERTO WEBER, Carnegie Mellon University

Sorting in Experiments

12:00 N Lunch

1:00 PM MURIEL NIEDERLE, Stanford University and NBER

LISE VESTERLUND, University of Pittsburgh

Do Women Shy Away from Competition?