Workshop on Human Capital and Public Policy
Details:
- Date: August 30-31, 2017
- Location: Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), Sveavägen 65, Room 336 (on 3rd floor in main building)
- Contact: humcap2017@gmail.com
Schedule:
August 30, 2017:
12:00-1:00pm: Lunch & Welcome by Juanna S. Joensen (Chicago/SSE) in Terrassrummet, Holländargatan 32 (on 8th/top floor)
1:00-3:15pm: Skills and Labor Market Outcomes
Erik Lindqvist (SSE) “Firms and Skills: The Evolution of Worker Sorting”
John Eric Humphries (Yale) “The Causes and Consequences of Self-Employment over the Life Cycle”
Martin Nybom (SOFI/IFAU) “The Rising Return to Noncognitive Skill”
3:15-3:30pm: Coffee break
3:30-5:00pm: Education: College
Greg Veramendi (ASU): “College Major Choice: Sorting and Differential Returns to Skills”
Elena Mattana (Chicago/Aarhus): “Student Aid, Academic Achievement, and Labor Market Behavior”
5:00-5:15pm: Coffee break
5:15-6:30pm: Plenary Talk
Magne Mogstad (University of Chicago): “Rent Sharing, Earnings Dynamics, and the Transmission of Firm and Market Level Shocks”
7:00pm: Dinner at Restaurang Sue Ellen, Tulegatan 17
August 31, 2017:
8:20-8:40am: Coffee break
8:40-10:10am: Education: Upper Secondary School
Karin Edmark (SOFI) “The effects of the Swedish upper secondary private school expansion”
Anders Stenberg (SOFI): “Type of education – does parent assignment influence children’s choices?”
10:10-10:30am: Coffee break
10:30-11:30am: Student presentations
Maria Gregersen (Aarhus): “How does parental support interact with child helplessness at the micro level?”
Michela Carlana (Bocconi) “Stereotypes and Self-Stereotypes: Evidence from Teachers’ Gender Bias”
Elin Molin (SSE) “Impact of School Choice on Student Sorting and Long Term Economic Outcomes: Evidence from a Swedish Admission Reform”
11:30am-12:15pm: Lunch
12:15-1:45pm: Education: Middle School
Abhijeet Singh (SSE): “Disrupting Education? Experimental Evidence On Technology-Aided Instruction in India”
Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela (CEP/LSE): “Entry Through the Narrow Door: The Costs of Just Failing High Stakes Exams”