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Fourth Symposium of the Network:
Economics of Education
and Education Policy in Europe (EEEPE)

(Marie Curie Training Network)

Madrid, 19-20 October 2007

Hosted by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

(Classroom 15.1.01, Building 15)

Programme

Friday, 19 October

 

09:00 - 09:30 Welcome and Registration

 
09:30 - 10:15 With a Little Help from my…Parents? Family Networks and Youth Labor Market Entry

*Francis Kramarz (CREST-INSEE and CEPR)
Oskar Nordström Skans (Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU))

 

10:15 - 11:00 Human Capital Accumulation: Family Background, Cohort Effects and Unemployment

Michael Fertig (RWI Essen)
*Christoph M. Schmidt (RWI Essen and CEPR)
Mathias Sinning (RWI Essen)

 

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break

 
11:30 - 12.15 Childless Households and Education Policy: Can Categorical Aid Be a Tide that Lifts all Boats?

Gianni De Fraja (University of Leicester and CEPR)
*Francisco Martínez Mora (University of Leicester)

 

12.15 - 13.00 Should You Compete or Cooperate with Classmates?

Massimiliano Bratti (Università Degli Studi di Milano)
*Daniele Checchi (Università Degli Studi di Milano)
Antonio Filippin (Università Degli Studi di Milano)

 

13.00 - 13.45 Assessing School Quality: Academic Standards, Pupil Wellbeing and Parental Satisfaction

Stephen Gibbons (CEP, London School of Economics)
*Olmo Silva (London School of Economics)

 

13.45- - 15.00 Lunch

 

15.00 - 15.45 Assessed by a Teacher Like Me: Race, Gender and Subjective Evaluations

*Amine Ouazad (Paris School of Economics and LSE)

 
15.45 - 16:30 Democracy, Human Capital and the Curse of Natural Resources

*Antonio Cabrales (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR)
Esther Hauk (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC)

 

16:30 - 16:45 Coffee Break

 

16:45 - 17:30 Inside the Black Box of Ability Peer Effects: Evidence from Variation in High and Low Achievers in the Classroom

*Victor Lavy (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and CEPR)
M. Daniele Paserman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and CEPR)
Analia Schlosser (Princeton University)

 

17.30 - 18:15 Rank-Order Tournaments as Incentive Devices: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Education

Edwin Leuven (University of Amsterdam and CEPR)
Hessel Oosterbeek (University of Amsterdam)
Joep Sonnemans (University of Amsterdam)
*Bas van der Klaauw (Free University Amsterdam and CEPR)

 

18.15 - 19.00 On the Optimal Composition of Evaluation Committees: Evidence from Public Exams

*Manuel Bagüés (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Florentino Felgueroso (Universidad de Oviedo, FEDEA and CEPR)
María José Pérez-Villadóniga (Universidad de Oviedo)

 

21:00 Dinner at Restaurant Samarkanda ( inside Atocha Railway Station)

 
Saturday, 20 October

 

09:30 - 10:15 University Reforms and Human Capital Investments

Lorenzo Cappellari (Università Cattolica Milano)
*Claudio Lucifora (Università Cattolica Milano)

 

10:15 - 11.00 Does Class Size Affect the Academic Performance of College Freshers?

*Matilde P. Machado (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR)
Marcos Vera-Hernandez (University College London and IFS)

 

11.00 - 11:30 Coffee Break

 
11:30 - 12:15 The Impact of (unconditional) Cash Transfers on School Enrollment: Evidence from Ecuador

*Hessel Oosterbeek (University of Amsterdam)
Juan Ponce (FLACSO-Ecuador)

 

12.15 - 13.00 Paying to Learn: The Effects of Financial Incentives on Elementary School Test Scores

*Eric Bettinger (Case Western Reserve University)

 

13.00 - 13.45 Does Speed Signal Ability? The Impact of Grade Repetitions on Employment and Wages

Thomas O. Brodaty (University of Cergy-Pontoise)
*Robert J. Gary-Bobo (Université Paris 1 and CEPR)
Anna Prieto (CNRS)

 

13.45 - 15:00 Lunch

 
15:00 - 15:45 The Field and Length of Studies in the French Post-Secondary Education: The Effect of Expected Earnings

Magali Beffy (CREST-INSEE)
Denis Fougère (CNRS, CREST-INSEE and CEPR)
*Arnaud Maurel (CREST-INSEE

 

15:45 - 16:30 New Evidence on Intergenerational Mobility

*Jo Blanden (University of Surrey)
Stephen Machin (CEE, University College London and CEPR)

 

16.30 - 17.00 Coffee Break

 
17:00 - 17:45 The Effect of Health Education on Health Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Randomized Experiment

*Edwin Leuven (University of Amsterdam and CEPR)

 

17:30 - 18:15 School Tracking and Development of Cognitive Skills

*Tuomas Pekkarinen (Uppsala University)

 

*denotes presenter

 
Organizers:

Juan J. Dolado (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR)
Steve Machin (CEE, University College London and CEPR)
Sandra McNally (CEP, London School of Economics)

 

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