NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Higher Education Meeting

November 11, 2004

Charles Clotfelter , Organizer

Education Program Meeting

November 11-12, 2004

Caroline Hoxby, Organizer

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11:

HIGHER EDUCATION MEETING

10:30 AM	JENNIFER MA, TIAA-CREF

PAULA STEPHAN, Georgia State University

The Growing Postdoctorate Population at U.S. Research Universities

Discussant: MICHAEL ROTHSCHILD, Princeton University and NBER

11:30 AM	JOHN BOUND, University of Michigan and NBER

SARAH TURNER, University of Virginia and NBER

PATRICK WALSH, University of Michigan

Internationalization of U.S. Doctorate Education

Discussant: ABIGAIL PAYNE, McMaster University

12:30 PM	Lunch

1:15 PM	JEFFREY GROEN, SCOTT CONDIE and GEORGE JAKUBSON, Cornell University

RONALD EHRENBERG, Cornell University and NBER

Preliminary Estimates of the Impact of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Graduate Education Initiative on Attrition Rates and Times to Degree in Humanities and Related Social Science Doctoral Programs

Discussant: JOHN SIEGFRIED, Vanderbilt University

2:15 PM	PETER ARCIDIACONO, Duke University

GIGI FOSTER, University of South Australia

NATALIE GOODPASTER and JOSH KINSLER, Duke University

Estimating Spillovers in the Classroom with Panel Data

Discussant: BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER

3:15 PM	Break

EDUCATION PROGRAM MEETING

3:30 PM	HOYT BLEAKLEY, UC, San Diego

AIMEE CHIN, University of Houston

What Holds Back the Second Generation? The Intergeneration Transmission of Language Human Capital among Immigrants

4:30 PM	M. DANIELE PASERMAN, Hebrew University

VICTOR LAVY and ERIC GOULD, Hebrew University and NBER

Does Immigration Affect the Long-Term Educational Outcomes of Natives?

Quasi-Experimental Evidence

5:30 PM	Adjourn

5:30 PM	Shuttle van from the NBER to the Royal Sonesta Hotel

5:45 PM	Shuttle van from the NBER to the Royal Sonesta Hotel

7:00 PM	Group Dinner

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Riverfront Room

Dinner Speakers: WILLIAM BOWEN, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and

MARTIN KURZWEIL, Harvard University

(formerly of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12:

8:15 AM	Shuttle van from the Royal Sonesta Hotel to the NBER

8:30 AM	Shuttle van from the Royal Sonesta Hotel to the NBER

EDUCATION PROGRAM MEETING cont.

8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM	JANET CURRIE, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

MARK STABILE, University of Toronto and NBER

Child Mental Health and Human Capital Accumulation: The Case of ADHD

10:00 AM	PATRICK BAYER, Yale University and NBER

ROBERT MCMILLAN, University of Toronto

Racial Inequality and Segregation: Theory and Evidence

11:00 AM	Break

11:15 AM	ESTHER DUFLO and ABHIJIT BANERJEE, MIT and NBER

SHAWN COLE and LEIGH LINDEN, MIT

Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India

12:15 PM	Lunch

1:15 PM	DONALD DEERE, Texas A&M University

WAYNE STRAYER, Welch Consulting

Competitive Incentives: School Accountability and Student Outcomes in Texas

2:15 PM	JEFFREY KLING, Princeton University and NBER

LISA SANBONMATSU, National Bureau of Economic Research

GREG DUNCAN, Northwestern University

JEANNE BROOKS-GUNN, Columbia University

Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement:

Results from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment

3:15 PM	CAROLINE HOXBY, Harvard University and NBER

JONAH ROCKOFF, Columbia University

The Impact of Charter Schools on Student Achievement

4:15 PM	Adjourn

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