CESifo/PEPG Conference on

Schooling and Human Capital Formation in the Global Economy:
Revisiting the Equity-Efficiency Quandary

CESifo Conference Centre, Munich, Germany

	Programme
	Thursday, 2nd September 2004
19:00	Informal Reception at the CESifo Conference Centre (Ifo Institute)
	Friday, 3rd September 2004
09:00 - 09:10	Welcome and Introduction
	Session I: Individual and Aggregate Returns to Human Capital Chair: Paul E. Peterson (Harvard University)
09:10 - 09:55	Many Types of Human Capital and Many Roles in U.S. Growth: Evidence from County-Level Educational Attainment Data ANDREW T. YOUNG (University of Mississippi), Daniel Levy (Bar-Ilan University), Matthew J. Higgins (Georgia State University) Discussant: Christopher R. Berry (University of Chicago)
09:55 - 10:40	Life Cycle Earnings and Wage Premiums SOFIA SANDGREN (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) Discussant: Pedro S. Martins (Queen Mary, University of London)
10:40 - 11:00	Coffee Break
	Session II - Equality of Opportunity Chair: Peter Dolton (University of Newcastle & London School of Economics)
11:00 - 11:45	Unequal Opportunities and Human Capital Formation DANIEL MEJÍA (Brown University and Banco de la República, Colombia), Marc St-Pierre (Brown University) Discussant: Robert J. Gary-Bobo (University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
11:45 - 12:30	How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States LUDGER WOESSMANN (Ifo Institute and CESifo, Munich) Discussant: Ferran Mane (Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Reus)
12:30 - 13:15	Equalizing Opportunity through Educational Finance Reform JULIAN R. BETTS (University of California at San Diego), John E. Roemer (Yale University) Discussant: William A. Fischel (Dartmouth College)
13:15 - 14:00	Lunch
	Session III - Intergenerational Mobility Chair: George Psacharopoulos (Athens)
14:00 - 14:45	Intergenerational Mobility in Europe: Evidence from ECHP SIMONA COMI (Università degli Studi di Milano) Discussant: Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (Linz University)
14:45 - 15:30	Education Systems and Intergenerational Mobility STEPHEN J. MACHIN (University College London & London School of Economics) Discussant: Ronald G. Fryer, Jr. (Harvard University)
15:30 - 15:50	Coffee Break
	Session IV - Peer Effects and the Equity-Efficiency Tradeoff Chair: Julian R. Betts (University of California at San Diego)
15:50 - 16:35	Distributional Outcomes of the Organization of U.S. Schools: Peers, School Quality, and Achievement ERIC A. HANUSHEK (Hoover Institution, Stanford University) Discussant: Paul E. Peterson (Harvard University)
16:35 - 17:20	Peer Effects in North Carolina Public Schools JACOB VIGDOR (Duke University), Thomas J. Nechyba (Duke University) Discussant: Torberg Falch (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim)
19:00	Dinner at the Wirtshaus Zur Brez'n
	Saturday, 4th September 2004
	Session V - Tracking Chair: Ludger Wößmann (Ifo Institute, Munich)
09:00 - 09:45	The Heterogeneous Effect of Selection in Secondary Schools: Understanding the Changing Role of Ability FERNANDO GALINDO-RUEDA (London School of Economics), Anna Vignoles (University of London) Discussant: Vincent Vandenberghe (Université Catholique de Louvain)
09:45 - 10:30	The Optimal Timing of School Tracking GIORGIO BRUNELLO (University of Padova), Massimo Giannini (University of Molise), Kenn Ariga (Columbia University) Discussant: Richard E. Romano (University of Florida)
10:30 - 10:50	Coffee Break
	Session VI - Equality-Focused Interventions Chair: Eric A. Hanushek (Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
10:50 - 11:35	The Effectiveness of Human Capital Policies for Disadvantaged Groups in the Netherlands HESSEL OOSTERBEEK (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Discussant: Martin R. West (Harvard University)
11:35 - 12:20	Student Achievement and Birthday Effects BJARNE STRØM (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim) Discussant: Lex Borghans (Maastricht University)
12:20 - 13:05	Lunch
	Session VII - Choice Chair: Stephen J. Machin (University College London & London School of Economics)
13:05 - 13:50	The Impact of Choice on Educational Outcomes SIMON BURGESS, Brendon McConnell, Carol Propper, Deborah Wilson (University of Bristol) Discussant: William G. Howell (Harvard University)
13:50 - 14:35	School Choice and Quality DANIELE CHECCHI (University of Milano), Tullio Jappelli (University of Salerno) Discussant: Randall K. Filer (Hunter College of the City University of New York)
14:35 - 14:55	Coffee Break
	Session VIII - Accountability Chair: Hessel Oosterbeek (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
14:55 - 15:40	Retrospective Voting in Single Function Elections: School Boards and Student Achievement Martin R. West (University of Chicago), WILLIAM G. HOWELL (Harvard University) Discussant: Margaret E. Raymond (Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
15:40 - 16:25	Educational Reform and Disadvantaged Students: Are They Better Off or Worse Off? JOHN H. BISHOP (Cornell University), Ferran Mane (Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Reus) Discussant: George Psacharopoulos (Athens)
19:00	Conference Dinner at the Seehaus im Englischen Garten