Past Conferences


	Area Conference on Economics of Education CESifo Conference Centre, Munich 03 - 04 September 2010 Programme
	Friday, 3 September 2010
08:50 - 09:00	Welcome & Introduction Eric A. Hanushek (Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
	Session 1 - Plenary Session CESifo Young Affiliate Award Candidates Chair: Eric A. Hanushek
09:00 - 09:45	Educational Choices and Subjective Expectations of Returns: Evidence on Intra-Household Decisions and Gender Differences Orazio P. Attanasio and KATJA MARIA KAUFMANN (Università Bocconi, IGIER)
09:45 - 10:30	Do more effective teachers earn more outside of the classroom? Matthew M. Chingos and MARTIN R. WEST (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
	Parallel Session 2 A RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM Intergenerational Transmission Chair: Kjell G. Salvanes
11:00 - 11:45	The Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment In East and West Germany REGINA T. RIPHAHN (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) and Parvati Trübswetter Discussant: Christina Felfe (University of St. Gallen)
11:45 - 12:30	Post-Secondary Attendance by Parental Income: Comparing the U.S. and Canada Philippe Belley, Marc Frenette and LANCE LOCHNER (University of Western Ontario) Discussant: Stephen Machin (University College London)
	Parallel Session 2 B LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM Vouchers Chair: Julie Berry Cullen
11:00 - 11:45	Competitive Effects of Means-Tested School Vouchers DAVID N. FIGLIO (Northwestern University) and Cassandra M.D. Hart Discussant: Kerstin Schneider (University of Wuppertal)
11:45 - 12:30	Labor Market Effects of Adult Education Vouchers: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment Dolores Messer, GUIDO SCHWERDT (Ifo Institute for Economic Research), Ludger Woessmann and Stefan C. Wolter Discussant: Eric P. Bettinger (Stanford University)
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
	Parallel Session 3 A RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM Non-monetary Effects Chair: Rajshri Jayaraman
13:30 - 14:15	Years of Schooling, Human Capital and the Body Mass Index of European Females GIORGIO BRUNELLO (University of Padova), Daniele Fabbri and Margherita Fort Discussant: Francesco Cinnirella (Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
14:15 - 15:00	How Large are Returns to Schooling? Hint: Money Isn’t Everything Philip Oreopoulos and KJELL G. SALVANES (Norwegian School of Economics) Discussant: Guido Schwerdt (Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
	Parallel Session 3 B LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM College entry and performance Chair: Holger Sieg
13:30 - 14:15	The Role of Simplification and Information in College Decisions: Results from the H&R Block FAFSA Experiment ERIC P. BETTINGER (Stanford University), Bridget Terry Long, Philip Oreopoulos and Lisa Sanbonmatsu Discussant: Sascha O. Becker (University of Warwick)
14:15 - 15:00	How much is Students’ College Performance Affected by Quantity of Study? HANS BONESRØNNING (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and Leiv Opstad Discussant: Peter Dolton (Royal Holloway College, University of London)
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee Break
	Parallel Session 4 A LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM Teacher and principal effects Chair: David N. Figlio
15:30 - 16:15	Estimating Principal Effectiveness Gregory F. Branch, Eric A. Hanushek and STEVEN G. RIVKIN (Amherst College) Discussant: Martin R. West (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
16:15 - 17:00	The Impact of Teacher Subject Knowledge on Student Achievement: Evidence from Within-Teacher Within-Student Variation Johannes Metzler and LUDGER WOESSMANN (University of Munich and Ifo Institute for Economic Research) Discussant: Sandra E. Black (University of Texas)
	Parallel Session 4 B RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM Educational wage premia Chair: Stefan C. Wolter
15:30 - 16:15	Does Speed Signal Ability? The Impact of Grade Retention on Wages Thomas O. Brodaty, ROBERT J. GARY-BOBO (CREST-INSEE) and Ana Prieto Discussant: Torberg Falch (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
16:15 – 17:00	Starting wages respond to employer's risk Peter Berkhout, JOOP HARTOG (University of Amsterdam), Hans van Ophem Discussant: Katja Maria Kaufmann (Università Bocconi, IGIER)
	Session 5 - Plenary Session CESifo Young Affiliate Award Candidate Chair: Ludger Woessmann
17:00 - 17:45	Do Public School Teachers Value Their Retirement Benefits? MARIA D. FITZPATRICK (Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research)
	Saturday, 4 September 2010
	Session 6 - Plenary Session Peer effects Chair: Steven G. Rivkin
09:00 - 09:45	Under Pressure? The Effect of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults SANDRA E. BLACK (University of Texas), Paul J. Devereux and Kjell G. Salvanes Discussant: Hessel Oosterbeek (University of Amsterdam)
09:45 - 10:30	How classroom age composition affects pupil achievement: Evidence from multi-grade classes EDWIN LEUVEN (CREST) and Marte Rønning Discussant: Holger Sieg (Carnegie Mellon University)
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
	Parallel Session 7 A LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM School structures Chair: Eric P. Bettinger
11:00 - 11:45	Jockeying for position: strategic high school choice under Texas' top ten percent plan JULIE BERRY CULLEN (University of California, San Diego), Mark C. Long and Randall Reback, Discussant: Regina T. Riphahn (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
11:45 - 12:30	The Effect of Tracking Students by Ability into Different Schools: a Natural Experiment Nina Guyon, Eric Maurin and SANDRA MCNALLY (London School of Economics) Discussant: Steven G. Rivkin (Amherst College)
	Parallel Session 7 B RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM Early Development Chair: Lance Lochner
11:00 - 11:45	How Does Early Childcare affect Child Development? Learning from the Children of German Unification CHRISTINA FELFE (University of St. Gallen) and Rafael Lalive Discussant: Maria D. Fitzpatrick (Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research)
11:45 - 12:30	The Impact of School Lunches on Primary School Enrollment: Evidence from India's Midday Meal Scheme RAJSHRI JAYARAMAN (ESMT Berlin), Dora Simroth and Francis de Vericourt Discussant: Hans Bonesrønning (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
	Parallel Session 8 A RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM Teachers and exams Chair: Robert J. Gary-Bobo
13:30 - 14:15	If You Pay Peanuts do You Get Monkeys? A Cross Country Analysis of Teacher Pay and Pupil Performance PETER DOLTON (Royal Holloway College, University of London) and Oscar D. Marcenaro-Gutierrez Discussant: Giorgio Brunello (University of Padova)
14:15 - 15:00	Educational Evaluation Schemes and Gender Gaps in Student Achievement TORBERG FALCH (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and Linn Renée Naper Discussant: Sandra McNally (London School of Economics)
	Parallel Session 8 B LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM School choice Chair: Stephan Machin
13:30 - 14:15	Free primary school choice: How are ethnic groups affected by the new school law in NRW, Germany? KERSTIN SCHNEIDER (University of Wuppertal), Claudia Schuchart, Horst Weishaupt and Andrea Riedel Discussant: Julie Berry Cullen (University of California, San Diego)
14:15 - 15:00	Can there be too much school choice? School consolidation and pupil achievement in a universal voucher system Monique de Haan, Edwin Leuven and HESSEL OOSTERBEEK (University of Amsterdam) Discussant: David N. Figlio (Northwestern University)
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee Break
	Parallel Session 9 A LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM Effects of Education Chair: Giorgio Brunello
15:30 - 16:15	The Crime Reducing Effect of Education STEPHEN MACHIN (University College London), Olivier Marie and Sunčica Vujić Discussant: Lance Lochner (University of Western Ontario)
16:15 - 17:00	Catch Me If You Can: Education and Catch-up in the Industrial Revolution SASCHA O. BECKER (University of Warwick), Erik Hornung and Ludger Woessmann Discussant: Kjell G. Salvanes (Norwegian School of Economics)
	Parallel Session 9 B RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM Selection and statistical discrimination Chair: Hessel Oosterbeek
15:30 - 16:15	Evaluating Education Programs That Have Lotteried Admission and Selective Attrition John Engberg, Dennis Epple, Jason Imbrogno, HOLGER SIEG (Carnegie Mellon University) and Ron Zimmer Discussant: Edwin Leuven (CREST)
16:15 - 17:00	The consequences of being different - Statistical discrimination and the school-to-work transition Barbara Mueller and STEFAN C. WOLTER (University of Bern) Discussant: Joop Hartog (University of Amsterdam)
	Session 10 - Plenary Session Keynote Lecture Chair: Eric A. Hanushek
17:00 - 18:00	Student Effort Paul Romer (Stanford University)
19:00	Conference Dinner at the Seehaus Restaurant and Award Presentation of the CESifo Young Affiliate Prize

Area Conference on Economics of Education

CESifo Conference Centre, Munich 03 - 04 September 2010

Programme

Friday, 3 September 2010

Session 1 - Plenary Session

CESifo Young Affiliate Award Candidates Chair: Eric A. Hanushek

Parallel Session 2 A RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM

Intergenerational Transmission Chair: Kjell G. Salvanes

Parallel Session 2 B LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM

Vouchers Chair: Julie Berry Cullen

Parallel Session 3 A RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM

Non-monetary Effects Chair: Rajshri Jayaraman

Parallel Session 3 B LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM

College entry and performance Chair: Holger Sieg

Parallel Session 4 A LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM

Teacher and principal effects Chair: David N. Figlio

Parallel Session 4 B RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM

Educational wage premia Chair: Stefan C. Wolter

Session 5 - Plenary Session

CESifo Young Affiliate Award Candidate Chair: Ludger Woessmann

Saturday, 4 September 2010

Session 6 - Plenary Session

Peer effects Chair: Steven G. Rivkin

Parallel Session 7 A LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM

School structures Chair: Eric P. Bettinger

Parallel Session 7 B RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM

Early Development Chair: Lance Lochner

Parallel Session 8 A RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM

Teachers and exams Chair: Robert J. Gary-Bobo

Parallel Session 8 B LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM

School choice Chair: Stephan Machin

Parallel Session 9 A LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM

Effects of Education Chair: Giorgio Brunello

Parallel Session 9 B RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM

Selection and statistical discrimination Chair: Hessel Oosterbeek

Session 10 - Plenary Session Keynote Lecture Chair: Eric A. Hanushek

Area Conference on
Economics of Education

CESifo Conference Centre, Munich
03 - 04 September 2010

CESifo Young Affiliate Award Candidates
Chair: Eric A. Hanushek

Parallel Session 2 A
RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM

Intergenerational Transmission
Chair: Kjell G. Salvanes

Parallel Session 2 B
LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM

Vouchers
Chair: Julie Berry Cullen

Parallel Session 3 A
RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM

Non-monetary Effects
Chair: Rajshri Jayaraman

Parallel Session 3 B
LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM

College entry and performance
Chair: Holger Sieg

Parallel Session 4 A
LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM

Teacher and principal effects
Chair: David N. Figlio

Parallel Session 4 B
RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM

Educational wage premia
Chair: Stefan C. Wolter

CESifo Young Affiliate Award Candidate
Chair: Ludger Woessmann

Peer effects
Chair: Steven G. Rivkin

Parallel Session 7 A
LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM

School structures
Chair: Eric P. Bettinger

Parallel Session 7 B
RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM

Early Development
Chair: Lance Lochner

Parallel Session 8 A
RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM

Teachers and exams
Chair: Robert J. Gary-Bobo

Parallel Session 8 B
LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM

School choice
Chair: Stephan Machin

Parallel Session 9 A
LUDWIG ERHARD ROOM

Effects of Education
Chair: Giorgio Brunello

Parallel Session 9 B
RICHARD MUSGRAVE ROOM

Selection and statistical discrimination
Chair: Hessel Oosterbeek

Session 10 - Plenary Session
Keynote Lecture
Chair: Eric A. Hanushek