NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Education Program Meeting

April 27, 2006

Caroline Hoxby, Organizer

Children Program Meeting

April 28, 2006

Jon Gruber, Organizer

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

THURSDAY, APRIL 27:

EDUCATION PROGRAM MEETING

8:00 am Shuttle Van Departs from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Ave.

8:15 am Shuttle Van Departs from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Ave.

8:30 am Continental Breakfast

9:15 am CAROLINE HOXBY, Harvard University and NBER

GRETCHEN WEINGARTH, Harvard University

Taking Race Out of the Equation:

School Reassignment and the Structure of Peer Effects

10:15 am MARY BURKE, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

TIM SASS, Florida State University

Classroom Peer Effects and Student Achievement

11:15 am Break

11:30 am MICHAEL ANDERSON, MIT

Uncovering Gender Differences in the Effects of Early Intervention: A Reevaluation of the Abecedarian, Perry Preschool, and Early Training Projects

12:30 pm Lunch

1:30 pm ERICH BATTISTIN and BARBARA SIANESI, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Misreported Schooling and Returns to Education: Evidence from the UK

2:30 pm ANDREW LEIGH, Australian National University

Teacher Pay and Teacher Aptitude

3:30 pm Break

3:45 pm HARRY KRASHINSKY, University of Toronto

How Would One Extra Year of High School Affect Academic Performance in University? Evidence from a Unique Policy Change

4:45 pm Adjourn

6:00 pm Group Dinner

Legal Sea Foods, Harvard Square

FRIDAY, APRIL 28:

CHILDREN PROGRAM MEETING

8:00 am Shuttle Vans Depart from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Ave.

8:15 am Shuttle Van Departs from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Ave.

8:30 am Continental Breakfast

9:00 am SAMUEL BERLINSKI, University College, London

SEBASTIAN GALIANI,Universidad de San Andres

PAUL GERTLER, UC, Berkeley and NBER

The Effect of Pre-primary Education on Primary School Performance

10:00 am TODD ELDER and DARREN LUBOTSKY, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Kindergarten Entrance Age and Children’s Achievement: The Impact of State Policies, Family Background and Peers

11:00 am Break

11:15 am GUSTAVO BOBONIS, University of Toronto

FREDERICO FINAN, UC, Berkeley

Endogenous Peer Effects in School Participation

12:15 pm Lunch

1:15 pm LIZ ANANAT, MIT

DANIEL HUNGERMAN, University of Notre Dame

The Pill and Reproductive Behavior of Young Women

2:15 pm MARGHERITA FORT, University of Padova

Education and the Timing of Births: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Italy

3:15 pm Break

3:30 pm EMILY OSTER, University of Chicago

Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats Evenly? Health Investments and Gender

Inequality in India

4:30 pm Adjourn

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