NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER
INSTITUTE 2006 |
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Education
Workshop |
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Caroline
Hoxby, Organizer |
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July
27, 2006 |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel |
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Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
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PROGRAM |
WEDNESDAY,
JULY 26: |
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6:00 pm |
Clambake,
Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA |
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THURSDAY,
JULY 27: |
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JOINT
SESSION WITH LABOR STUDIES |
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8:30 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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9:00 am |
JOSH
ANGRIST, MIT and NBER |
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DANIEL LANG, |
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PHILIP OREOPOULOS, |
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Incentives and Services for
College Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Trial |
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10:00
am |
SCOTT CARRELL, Dartmouth College |
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RICHARD |
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ROBERT GILCHRIST, |
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Peer and
Leadership Effects in Academic and Athletic Performance |
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11:00
am |
Break |
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11:30
am |
MATT GENTZKOW, University of
Chicago |
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JESSE SHAPIRO, University of Chicago
and NBER |
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Does Television
Rot Your Brain? New Evidence from the Coleman Study |
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12:30
pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
RAEGEN MILLER, Harvard
University |
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RICHARD MURNANE, Harvard
University and NBER |
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JOHN WILLETT, Harvard University |
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2:30 pm |
MAGNUS
LOFSTROM, University of Texas at Dallas |
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JOHN
TYLER, Brown University and NBER |
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Does the GED Credentialing Program
Encourage Students to Drop Out of High School? Evidence from Texas |
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3:30 pm |
Break |
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4:00 pm |
EFRAIM
BENMELECH, Harvard University |
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CLAUDE
BERREBI, RAND Corporation |
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Attack Assignments in Terror Organizations
and the Productivity of Suicide Bombers |
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5:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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5/4/06 |
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