These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Cecilia Rouse (Princeton University)

Friday, January 4, 2:30 PM

Friday, January 4, 2:30 PM
Session: Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Education:? Theory, Policies and Practice (AEA)
Presiding: Ngina Chiteji (Skidmore College)

Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Achievement: Evidence from Florida
Cecilia Rouse (Princeton University)
David Figlio (University of Florida)

The Impacts of Choice and Accountability on African-American versus Latino Children in Chicago
Brian Jacob (Harvard University)

Within-School Variation in the Quality of Instruction across Course Levels and Racial Groups
Ronald Ferguson (Harvard University)

Saturday, January 5, 2:30 PM

Saturday, January 5, 2:30 PM
Session: The Impact of Hurricanes on Residents and Local Labor Markets (AEA)
Presiding: James X. Sullivan (University of Notre Dame)

Returning to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Christina Paxson (Princeton University)
Cecilia Rouse (Princeton University)
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The Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the Labor Market Outcomes of Evacuees
Jeffrey Groen (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Anne Polivka (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
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How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets: The Effects of Hurricanes in Florida
Ariel Belasen (State University of New York-Binghamton)
Solomon Polachek (State University of New York-Binghamton)

Measuring the Labor Market Impacts of Hurricane Katrina Migration: Evidence from Houston, Texas
Molly Fifer McIntosh (Princeton University)
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Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM

Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM
Session: Student Incentives in Action: Experimental Evidence from Offering Money for Educational Achievement (AEA)
Presiding: Joshua Angrist (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Paying to Learn: The Effects of Financial Incentives on Elementary School Test Scores
Eric Bettinger (Case Western Reserve University)

Incentivising: An Intuitive Approach to Raising Achievement
Roland Fryer ()

Lead them to Water and Pay them to Drink: An Experiment with Services and Incentives for College Achievement
Joshua Angrist (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Daniel Lang (University of Toronto)
Philip Oreopoulos (University of Toronto)

The Effect of Financial Incentives on Community College Attainment: Evidence from Opening Doors
Cecilia Rouse (Princeton University)


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