PROGRAM

Educational Systems

and Human Capital

Workshop in Trondheim

27-29 March 2011

SUNDAY MARCH 27

19:30. Dinner

MONDAY MARCH 28

8:30-9:30. Keynote presentation

Chair: Torberg Falch

Hessel Oosterbeek

Education interventions in developing countries

9:45-11:15. Session 1A. Returns to schooling

Chair: Jon Fiva

Elena Crivellaro: Lost in transition? The returns to education acquired under communism 15 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall

Discussant: Monique de Haan

Manudeep Bhuller: Life-cycle bias and the returns to schooling in current and lifetime earnings

Discussant: Kåre Johansen

9:45-11:15. Session 1B. Norwegian schools

Chair: Edwin Leuven

Arnt Ove Hopland: School facilities and student achievement

Discussant: Lars Monkerud

Astrid M. J. Sandsør: Early school start and child outcomes

Discussant: Elke Lüdemann

11:30-12:15. Session 2A. Peer effects

Chair: Torberg Falch

Jon Marius Vaag Iversen: Gender peer effects and school controlling mechanisms

Discussant: Edwin Leuven

11:30-12:15. Session 2B. Pedagogy

Chair: Bjarne Strøm

Johan Coenen: Do activating educational methods improve early career labor market outcomes?

Discussant: Elena Crivellaro

12:15-13:30. Lunch

13:30-15:00. Session 3

Chair: Sofia Sandgren Massih

James Vernoit: The effects of moving to more autonomous school structures: Academy schools and their introduction in English education.

Discussant: Fredrik Carlsen

Marijn Verschelde: School autonomy and educational performance: Within-country evidence

Discussant: Bjarne Strøm

15:30-17:00. Session 4

Chair: Bjarne Strøm

Kaja Høiseth Brugård: High school attainment, student achievement, and imprisonment

Discussant: Mikael Lindahl

Monique de Haan: Scale economies can offset the benefits of competition: Evidence from a school consolidation reform in a universal voucher system

Discussant: Jørn Rattsø

19:30. Dinner

TUESDAY MARCH 29

8:30-9:30. Keynote presentation

Chair: Hans Bonesrønning

Mikael Lindahl

Transmission of human capital across four generations: intergenerational correlations and a test of the Becker-Tomes theory

9:45-11:15. Session 5A: Teacher behavior

Chair: Lars Monkerud

Krzysztof Karbownik: What determines the teacher mobility in Sweden?

Discussant: Torberg Falch

Edwin Leuven: Estimation of preferences for job attributes using job-to-job mobility: Teacher turnover and school characteristics

Discussant: Johan Coenen

9:45-11:15. Session 5B: Classmate influence

Chair: Adam Booij

Marianne Haraldsvik: Peer effects on student achievement: How important is the educational level of the classmates’ parents?

Discussant: Jon Fiva

Marc Piopiunik: Do teachers really grade on a curve? Evidence from within-student variation

Discussant: Jon Marius Vaag Iversen

11:30-12:15. Session 6A. Exit exam

Chair: Rune Borgan Reiling

Elke Lüdemann: Intended and unintended short-term effects of the introduction of central exit exams: Evidence from Germany

Discussant: Hans Bonesrønning

11:30-12:15. Session 6B. Birth month

Chair: Trude Gunnes

Ingeborg Foldøy Solli: Birth month and long term outcomes

Discussant: Sofia Sandgren Massih

12:15-13:30. Lunch

13:30-15:00. Session 7

Chair: Torberg Falch

Helge Sandvig Thorsen: Too cool for school? Evidence of declining quality of teachers

Discussant: Adam Booij

Jon H. Fiva: The effects of paternity leave on parents and children

Discussant: Hessel Oosterbeek