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Area Conference
on Economics of Education
CESifo Conference Centre, Munich
2-3 September 2011
Programme
Go to Saturday programme
Friday, 2 September 2011
08:50 - 09:00
Welcome & Introduction
Eric A. Hanushek (Stanford University)
Session 1 – Plenary Session
CESifo Young Affiliate Award Candidates
Chair: Eric A. Hanushek
09:00 - 09:45
Incentive Strength and Teacher Productivity: Evidence from a Group-Based Teacher Incentive Pay System
SCOTT A. IMBERMAN (University of Houston) and Michael F. Lovenheim
09:45 - 10:30
Teacher Experience and the Class Size Effect - Experimental Evidence
STEFFEN MUELLER (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
Parallel Session 2 A
College Students
Chair: Glenn Ellison
11:00 - 11:45
The Effects of Student Coaching: An Evaluation of a Randomized Experiment in Student Advising
ERIC P. BETTINGER (Stanford University) and Rachel Baker
Discussant: Stephen Machin
11:45 - 12:30
The Determinants and Effects of College Mismatch
Eleanor Dillon and JEFFREY SMITH (University of Michigan)
Discussant: Christina Felfe
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
Parallel Session 2 B
Intergenerational Transmission
Chair: Dennis Epple
11:00 - 11:45
Early and Late Human Capital Investments, Borrowing Constraints, and the Family
Elizabeth M. Caucutt and LANCE LOCHNER (University of Western Ontario)
Discussant: Kjell G. Salvanes
11:45 - 12:30
Transmission of Human Capital across Four Generations: Intergenerational Correlations and a Test of the Becker-Tomes Model
MIKAEL LINDAHL (Uppsala University), Mårten Palme, Sofia Sandgren Massih and Anna Sjögren
Discussant: Susan M. Dynarski
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
Parallel Session 3 A
High Achievers
Chair: Wolfram F. Richter
13:30 - 14:15
Heterogeneity in High Math Achievement Across Schools: Evidence from the American Mathematics Competitions
GLENN ELLISON (MIT) and Ashley Swanson
Discussant: Guido Schwerdt
14:15 - 15:00
Do Gifted Programs Help Urban Districts Retain Middle Class Students?
Billie Davis, John Engberg, DENNIS EPPLE (Carnegie Mellon University), Holger Sieg and Ron Zimmer
Discussant: Edwin Leuven
Parallel Session 3 B
Supply and Demand for Education on the Labor Market
Chair: Stephen Machin
13:30 - 14:15
Pathways to Adjustment in Science and Engineering Labor Markets
John Bound and SARAH TURNER (University of Virginia)
Discussant: Giorgio Brunello
14:15 - 15:00
Monopsony Power, Pay Structure and Training
Samuel, Muehlemann, Paul Ryan and STEFAN C. WOLTER (University of Bern)
Discussant: Jeffrey Smith
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break
Parallel Session 4 A
Schools and Families
Chair: Kjell G. Salvanes
15:30 -16:15
School Accountability and Family Sorting
DAVID FIGLIO (Northwestern University), Lauren Linzmeier and Jonas Vlachos
Discussant: Mikael Lindahl
16:15 - 17:00
Surfing Alone? The Internet and Social Capital: Evidence from an Unforeseeable Technological Mistake
Stefan Bauernschuster, Oliver Falck and LUDGER WOESSMANN (University of Munich, Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
Discussant: Thomas S. Dee
Parallel Session 4 B
Teachers and Principals
Chair: Martin R. West
15:30 - 16:15
Public Employees and Public Sector Reform Implementation
HANS BONESRØNNING (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Discussant: Maria Fitzpatrick
16:15 – 17:00
Pension-Induced Rigidities in the Labor Market for School Leaders
Cory Koedel, Jason A. Grissom, Shawn Ni and MICHAEL PODGURSKY (University of Missouri-Columbia)
Discussant: Peter Dolton
Session 5 – Plenary Session
CESifo Young Affiliate Award Candidate
Chair: Ludger Woessmann
17:00 - 17:45
Long-Term Effects of Teacher Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from India
KARTHIK MURALIDHARAN (UC San Diego)
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