NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Higher Education Meeting

April 30, 2004

Charles Clotfelter , Organizer

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

THURSDAY, APRIL 29:

6:30 PM Group Dinner

Davios Restaurant

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, MA

FRIDAY, APRIL 30:

8:15 AM Continental Breakfast

8:45 AM MARIE THURSBY, Georgia Institute of Technology and NBER

JERRY THURSBY, Emory University

EMMANUEL DECHENAUX, Purdue University

Shirking, Shelving, and Risk-Sharing: The Role of University License Contracts

Discussant: To Be Announced

9:45 AM Break

10:00 AM GREG DUNCAN, Northwestern University

JOHANNE BOISJOLY, University of Quebec at Rimouski

DAN LEVY, Mathematica Policy Research

MICHAEL KREMER, Harvard University and NBER

JACQUE ECCLES, University of Michigan

Empathy or Antipathy? The Consequences of Racially and Socially Diverse Peers on Attitudes and Behaviors

Discussant: BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER

11:00 AM PETER ARCIDIACONO and JACOB VIGDOR, Duke University

Does the River Spill Over? Estimating the Economic Returns to Attending a Racially Diverse College

Discussant: RONALD EHRENBERG, Cornell University and NBER

12:00 N CHARLOTTE KUH, National Research Council

The Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs: An Opportunity to Conduct Research on Doctoral Education

12:45 PM Lunch

1:15 PM SUSAN DYNARSKI, Harvard University

Who Benefits from the Education Saving Incentives? Income, Educational Expectations and the Value of the 529 and Coverdell

Discussant: SARAH TURNER, University of Virginia and NBER

2:15 PM Break

2:30 PM LARRY SINGELL, JR., GLEN WADDELL, and BRADLEY CURS

University of Oregon

Hope for the Pell? The Impact of Merit-Aid on Needy Students

Discussants: ERIC BETTINGER, Case Western Reserve University and NBER

3:30 PM Adjourn

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