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	CESifo/PEPG Conference on Economic Incentives: Do They Work in Education? Insights and Findings from Behavioral Research CESifo Conference Center, Munich 16-17 May 2008 PROGRAMME
	Friday, 16 May 2008
09:00 - 09:10	Welcome & Introduction
	Session I - Teacher and Student Incentives Chair: Ludger Wößmann (University of Munich and Ifo Institute)
09:10 -09:55	Gender Differences in Market Competitiveness in a Real Workplace: Evidence from Performance based Pay Tournaments among Teachers VICTOR LAVY (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) Discussant: Karthik Muralidharan (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
09:55-10:40	Paying to Learn: The Effect of Financial Incentives on Elementary School Test Scores ERIC BETTINGER (Case Western Reserve University) Discussant: Hans Bonesronning (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim)
10:40 - 11:00	Coffee Break
	Session II - Private School Operation Chair: Caroline M. Hoxby (Stanford University)
11:00-11:45	The Impact of School Choice on Educational Performance, Segregation and Costs: Swedish Evidence ANDERS BÖHLMARK (Stockholm University), Mikael Lindahl (Uppsala University) Discussant: Eric A. Hanushek (Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
11:45-12:30	"Every Catholic Child in a Catholic School": Historical Resistance to State Schooling, Contemporary Private Competition, and Student Achievement Across Countries Martin R. West (Brown University), LUDGER WÖßMANN (University of Munich and ifo Institute) Discussant: Mikael Lindahl (Uppsala University)
12:30-13:30	Lunch
	Session III - Incentives at work Chair: Eric A. Hanuskek (Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
13:30-14:15	You Get What You Pay For: Incentives and Selection in the Education System ARMIN FALK (University of Bonn) and Thomas Dohmen Discussant: Richard E. Romano (University of Florida)
14:15-15:00	The Role of Information in the Take-up of Student Loans Adam Booij (University of Amsterdam), Edwin Leuven (University of Amsterdam) and HESSEL OOSTERBEEK (University of Amsterdam) Discussant: Michael Podgursky (University of Missouri-Columbia)
15:00 - 15:20	Coffee Break
15:20 - 16:05	Are Educational Vouchers Only Redistributive? Eric Bettinger (Case Western Reserve University), MICHAEL KREMER (Harvard University), Juan Saavedra (Harvard University) Discussant: John H. Bishop (Cornell University)
	Saturday, 17 May 2008
	Session IV - Incentives in Charter Schools Chair: Paul E. Peterson (Harvard University)
09:00 - 09:45	Incentives in Charter Schools CAROLINE M. HOXBY (Stanford University) Discussant: Stephen J. Machin (University College London)
09:45 - 10:30	Paying for A's: An Early Exploration of Student Reward and Incentive Programs in Charter Schools MARGARET RAYMOND (Hoover Institution, Stanford University) Discussant: Jay P. Greene (University of Arkansas)
10:30 - 10:50	Coffee Break
	Session V - School Management Chair: Michael Kremer (Harvard University)
10:50 - 11:35	Impact of For-Profit and Non-Profit Management on Student Achievement: The Philadelphia Experiment PAUL E. PETERSON (Harvard University), Matthew M. Chingos (Harvard University) Discussant: Jim Taylor (Lancaster University)
11:35 - 12:20	Educational Achievement and Ethnicity in Compulsory Schooling Christian Dustmann (University College London), Stephen Machin (University College London), UTA SCHOENBERG (University of Rochester) Discussant: Martin R. West (Brown University)
12:20 - 13:20	Lunch
	Session VI - Teacher Performance Pay Chair: Stephen J. Machin (University College London)
13:20 - 14:05	Teacher Unions, Teacher Pay and Student Performance in India: A Pupil Fixed Effects Approach GEETA G. KINGDON (Oxford University), Francis Teal (Oxford University) Discussant: Matthew M. Chingos (Harvard University)
14:05 - 14:50	Impact of the Teacher Advancement Program on Student Test Score Gains: Findings from an Independent Appraisal MATTHEW SPRINGER (Vanderbilt University), Dale Ballou (Vanderbilt University) Discussant: Toberg Falch (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim)
14:50 - 15:10	Coffee Break
15:10 - 15:55	The Impact of Performance Pay for Public School Teachers: Theory and Evidence MARCUS A. WINTERS (University of Arkansas), Gary W. Ritter (University of Arkansas) , Ryan H. Marsh (University of Arkansas) , Jay P. Greene (University of Arkansas), Marc J. Holley (University of Arkansas) Discussant: Kerstin Schneider (University of Wuppertal)
15:55 - 16:40	Teacher Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from India KARTHIK MURALIDHARAN (Harvard University Graduate School of Education), Venkatesh Sundararaman (World Bank) Discussant: Paul E. Peterson (Harvard University)
19:00	Conference Dinner at the Seehaus im Englischen Garten

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