NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2005

 

Education Workshop

 

Caroline Hoxby, Organizer

 

July 28, 2005

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

  

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27:

 

 

 6:00 pm

Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

 

 

THURSDAY, JULY 28:

 

 

 

JOINT SESSION WITH LABOR STUDIES

 

 

 8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:00 am

JUSTIN MCCRARY and HEATHER ROYER, University of Michigan

 

The Effect of Maternal Education on Fertility and Infant Health: Evidence From School Entry Policies Using Exact Date of Birth

 

 

10:00 am

WEILI DING and STEVEN LEHRER, Queen's University

 

J. NIELS ROSENQUIST, University of Pennsylvania

 

The Impact of Health on Academic Performance:  New Evidence Using Genetic Markers

 

 

11:00 am

Break

 

 

11:20 am

THOMAS KANE, Harvard University and NBER

 

JONAH ROCKOFF, Columbia University

 

DOUGLAS STAIGER, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

Teacher Quality and Alternative Teacher Certification

 

 

11:55 am

DON BOYD, University of Albany

 

PAM GROSSMAN, Stanford University

 

HAMP LANKFORD, University of Albany

 

SUSANNA LOEB, Stanford University and NBER

 

JIM WYCKOFF, University of Albany

 

How Reduced Barriers to Entry into Teaching Change the Teacher Workforce and Affect Student Achievement: The Case of New York City

 

 

 12:30 pm

Lunch

 

 

 1:30 pm

PHILIPPE AGHION, Harvard University and NBER

 

LEAH PLATT BOUSTAN, Harvard University

 

CAROLINE HOXBY, Harvard University and NBER

 

JEROME VANDENBUSSCHE, International Monetary Fund

 

Exploiting States' Mistakes to Identify the Causal Impact of Higher Education on Growth

 

 

 2:30 pm

PATRICK BAYER, Yale University and NBER

 

ROBERT McMILLAN, University of Toronto

 

Choice and Competition in Local Education Markets

 

 

 3:30 pm

Break

 

 

 3:45 pm

FRANCISCO MARTORELL, UC, Berkeley

 

Do High School Graduation Exams Matter? Evaluating the Effects of Exit-Exam Performance on Student Outcomes

 

 

 4:45 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

5/20/05